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To: ggersh who wrote (126474)12/18/2016 8:00:23 PM
From: Elroy Jetson  Respond to of 217713
 
John Kasich confirmed that one of his aides was contacted about possibly becoming Donald Trump's Vice President, the most powerful Vice-President in history -- putting him in charge of all domestic and foreign policy, as the New York Times reported July 2016. When asked what Donald Trump would be in charge of, Eric Trump told him, "Dad will be making America great again". - cnn.com

This is not evidence of a "deep government", what ever you think that means. It's evidence that Donald Trumpn has no interest or ability in being President of the United States. The fact that he has no interest in the daily Presidential security briefing, because he says, "I'm too smart," should confirm that for you immediately.

Just like the family, friends and co-workers of an alcoholic or drug addict tend to take on the responsibilities which the impaired person is not tending to - people other than Donald Trump will be running the US government. This dysfunctional relationship is often described as a codependent network which enables the alcoholic or addict to keep using. I'm not sure what it should be called with Donald Trump, but it's certainly not healthy.

General Alexander Haig described a similar situation when he was Reagan's Chief-of-Staff, while we now know in retrospect that Ronald Reagan's dementia had progressed significantly. Haig called the Reagan White House "a ghost ship"

'You heard the creak of the rigging and the groan of the timbers and sometimes even glimpsed the crew on deck. But which of the crew had the helm? Was it Ed Meese, then counsel to President Reagan, or James Baker, the White House chief of staff, or Michael Deaver, his deputy, or William P. ('Judge') Clark, later the National Security Adviser. It certainly wasn't the President.' - nytimes.com - Is this evidence of a "deep government" or merely a President who should have been removed from office.

I think many people are not comfortable voting for someone who is more intelligent and competent than they are, so we've at times elected charismatic people President who are clearly not fit for the job of actually running the government. So it hardly comes as a surprise when to don't actually run the government.

George W. Bush, as well, was also never terribly interested in handling the Presidential responsibilities, so he was content to leave that boring stuff to Dick Cheney. George W. was the wise-cracking buffoon who could relate to the more simple members of the public. But it was clear if you had business with the government it was Dick Cheney or someone else you needed to talk to.



To: ggersh who wrote (126474)12/18/2016 8:47:36 PM
From: Sdgla  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217713
 
Cheney will always be the bogey man for the left.