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Should President-elect Trump appoint Obamaphone Woman to head up HUD instead of Dr. Ben Carson?

Apparently, per a Trump spokesperson, Dr. Carson's experience living in publich housing when he was young is what qualifies to him to head up the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

By that logic, shouldn't Trump seek out someone with more recent and relevant experience with such housing rather than someone whose last experience with it was in the 1960s?

Posted - December 6, 2016

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  • 46117
    Hee hee  (you actually said "logic") 

    Would you ask an Orangutan to do Physics? 

    My answer: TRUMP   When Trump gets done with this "cabinet" we will long for the days of Dick Cheney.  Or does Trump have a job for him as well?  I am covering my eyes through this process.  I cannot endure it. 

    I seriously would rather have Trump than Carson.  This guy is a menace.  Trump is a menace, but Carson?  He makes Trump look like the soul of sanity.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 6, 2016 10:26 AM MST
      December 6, 2016 10:12 AM MST
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  • 3934
    @Sharonna -- Arguably, Obamaphone Woman is a better fit for Trump's cabinet then Carson. While I was looking up the video of OPW, I discovered she has, in subsequent years, become disenchanted with President Obama, and has become something of a darling of the alt-right (e.g. she has done interviews on Alex Jones' radio show). She'd fit right in with Flynn, Bannon, et. al....;-D..
      December 6, 2016 10:30 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I do not know one thing about her.  But guess what?  I already know I don't like her.  Alt-right?  Don't like her.  She may have some arguably good reasons to be disenchanted with our current leader, but to fly to the right as a reaction to that disenchantment?  That speaks to me.  And instead of  spending a lot of time researching her and why she is an idiot?  Since she is alt-right, I will just be prejudicial and say she is a moron until proven otherwise. 

      December 6, 2016 10:41 AM MST
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  • I doubt she is Alt-right or knows what that even is.  I also doubt she has any real idea who Alex Jones is.  Or Obama.  Or anyone for that matter.
    I'm fairly certain she's just an ignorant fool who goes wherever she will be given a platform to squawk on and feel her blather is being listened to.
      December 6, 2016 11:14 AM MST
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  • 3934
    @Glis -- I admit I didn't do an in-depth followup on the woman's activities. But there are several videos of her appearing at various anti-Obama gatherings, such as Alex Jones' radio show, some of which could be characterized as alt-right. You may be correct she has no real clue about the views of the people who are giving her a platform to speak. Still, I was mildly amused that her apparent alt-right connections make her arguably more sympatico with Trump's other appointments than Dr. Carsonn, who is more of a traditional Christian social conservative.
      December 6, 2016 11:24 AM MST
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  • Yeah, I have seen her all over before.

    To be fair the only reason she was known about period was for racist reasons.   The sole purpose of  the video you posted was to depict " Them greedy " Gibs me Gibs Me" dumb negros dat "bama was giving hand outs to.  Follow me?

    They found one person who is ignorant as hell and just looking for what she can get, and used it for a general character depiction of an entire demographic.   People fall for it.  So really she didn't become a darling of the Alt-right,  she always was.  Even when she was thinking she was Pro-Obama. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 6, 2016 12:55 PM MST
      December 6, 2016 11:29 AM MST
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  • 3934
    @Glis -- You raise many good points which did not occur to me. Thank you.
      December 6, 2016 11:39 AM MST
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  • 5451
    Maybe she should be the chairperson of the FCC because phones have something to do with communications.
      December 6, 2016 10:41 AM MST
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  • 3934
    It occurred to me the selection of Dr. Carson on the basis of having lived in public housing 50 years ago was strongly reminiscent of then-VP candidate Sarah Palin claiming foreign policy expertise because she could see Russia from her house...;-D...

    (Note: Yes, I know Palin didn't say that. It was Tina Fey doing her Palin impression. But Palin's real answer was scarcely better)
      December 6, 2016 10:47 AM MST
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  • 3907
    Hello OS:

    Pursuant to Trump, Kushner is a Jew, so he KNOWS about Israel.  Carson is the only "urban" person Trump knows, so, OF COURSE, that qualifies him.

    excon
      December 8, 2016 8:18 AM MST
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