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Larry Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Quote The inspector general fired Friday was looking into Pompeo’s "misuse of a political appointee at the Department to perform personal tasks for himself and Mrs. Pompeo.” If that's all it is, then that's not a big scandal to me. Because he's a political appointee. If he were ordering civil servants to do that, I'd be more angry. And, of course, if the tasks themselves are a problem, that's anther matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 43 minutes ago, Larry said: If that's all it is, then that's not a big scandal to me. Because he's a political appointee. If he were ordering civil servants to do that, I'd be more angry. And, of course, if the tasks themselves are a problem, that's anther matter. The bigger scandal is firing the IG for investigating the matter. And government workers, whether political appointees or not, are not servants used to handle household tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dan T. said: The bigger scandal is firing the IG for investigating the matter. Agreed. 20 minutes ago, Dan T. said: And government workers, whether political appointees or not, are not servants used to handle household tasks. Sorry. At least in my imagination, if, say, SECSTATE tells the Assistand Deputy Undersecretary for Muslim-Hindu relations to go fetch Subway for everybody, I'm OK with that. He probably got the job for working the most volunteer hours in the campaign office in Des Moines, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan T. Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Larry said: Agreed. Sorry. At least in my imagination, if, say, SECSTATE tells the Assistand Deputy Undersecretary for Muslim-Hindu relations to go fetch Subway for everybody, I'm OK with that. He probably got the job for working the most volunteer hours in the campaign office in Des Moines, anyway. How about painting Pompeii’s house, for example? Or doing yard work or house renovations? Fetching lunch during a workday could be construed as work related, but given that “Mrs. Pompeo” was reportedly a recipient of work done leads me to believe it was beyond any scope of “ work-related.” I guess we’ll hear more, fired IG notwithstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 My guess is there is more than we know about or the investigators were suspicious that there was. Because we already knew Pompeo and his wife were up to some self-dealing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Anyone remember a while back (I've got no sense of time anymore 🙄)...when Pompeo's security detail said they felt "like UberEats with guns" because they were picking up food & dry cleaning more than anything else? He's a grifter like the rest of em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Phew. She's concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 And I'm sure she's going to form a special fact finding commission made up of herself and miss Betty childs to get to the bottom of this dastardly deed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Good thing she isn't wearing a mask at meetings. I must see her facial expressions so I can assess her level of concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 If she's not concerned for her own life, I absolutely refuse to believe she gets concerned about anything or anyone else. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larry Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Saw a snippet of Chuck Todd today. He was saying that he understands what Trump is doing. He's trying to attack what he thinks is Biden's biggest strength, which is Barack Obama. But I'm thinking that if I'm Joe Biden, and Trump wants to make this election about Trump vs Obama, then please don't throw me in that briar patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 did... did Donald Trump post a Deep Fake video of the speech from Independence Day with his head pasted over Bill Pullman? What the ****? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 59 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: did... did Donald Trump post a Deep Fake video of the speech from Independence Day with his head pasted over Bill Pullman? What the ****? yes he did. Which just shows how bad he is when a mid-level 90s action movie president appears 1,000x more competent, capable, and inspiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Renegade7 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Fired the IG for investigating making someone walk his dog? Gotta be more then that, or that's wasting political capital, even if it's true. Investigate Trump administration for wanting Democrats to die from coronavirus to win the election, that's where to point that gun at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Fired the IG for investigating making someone walk his dog? Gotta be more then that, or that's wasting political capital, even if it's true. Investigate Trump administration for wanting Democrats to die from coronavirus to win the election, that's where to point that gun at. Except that it is an abuse of their position and tax-payer money. Even in non-political settings, an employer cannot task an employee with such personal tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: Except that it is an abuse of their position and tax-payer money. Even in non-political settings, an employer cannot task an employee with such personal tasks. I feel like the Trump admin does worse than that on a per-minute basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 minute ago, PokerPacker said: Except that it is an abuse of their position and tax-payer money. Even in non-political settings, an employer cannot task an employee with such personal tasks. See if it ties to the thing on track to kill 100,000+ people by 4th of July then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 minute ago, TheGreatBuzz said: I feel like the Trump admin does worse than that on a per-minute basis. It seems like we have to take what we can get thanks to the ****-stains filling up the senate and judiciary. I say investigate them for every petty thing you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skinsmarydu Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, PokerPacker said: Except that it is an abuse of their position and tax-payer money. Even in non-political settings, an employer cannot task an employee with such personal tasks. And Pompeo's wife has a security detail, but holds no office or position to warrant FEDERAL employees running errands for her. Iirc, we had a judge get busted for the same thing here a few years back. Power makes people do nutty things with it. 🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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