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TreasonousBastard

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4. Actually, she may be one of the better candidates for the job...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Nov 20, 2016, 03:55 AM

Nov 2016

not because she is a woman or party status, but she is highly intelligent, pragmatic, and doesn't equivocate her principles as much as most other politicians. OK, some of those principles we don't like, but at least she has a few.

Head and shoulders above some of the other Trump picks.

(Yeah, she's anti-choice, but is that a problem as SoS?)

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Nikki Haley could be DC-bound regardless of foreign policy inexperience [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

Well hey.. radical noodle Nov 2016 #1

'Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina; elleng Nov 2016 #2

Didja catch this from her Wikipedia page... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #3

Actually, she may be one of the better candidates for the job... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #4

Yes, it can be a problem as secretary of state TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #5

Possibly, but who are the alternatives for that job? TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #6

Probably nobody we would like, TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #7

Ghouliani has lost his mind, but Trump probably doesn't care. Romney most likely... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #8