12-10-2016, 10:19 AM
(12-10-2016, 01:33 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I get your points, pappy.
But, unlikelihood to clean up DC wasn't a factor in my considering Trump a terrible candidate.
Do you not think that the people holding the offices of President, Chief Strategist, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Defense Secretary, National Security Advisor, and the tie-breaking vote in the Supreme Court -- at least in combination -- have the power to greatly affect people's lives in this country? (Serious question)
My guess, is it was a factor to the majority who voted for him.
The president and the cabinet affect peoples lives, but they do not greatly affect them. The career civil servants are the ones who make the decisions that greatly affect people on a case by case basis.
The President and his cabinet set policy, but it is that army of 2.5 million that carry it out. If they don't like the policy there are many ways to circumvent it. The career civil servants do what they want, when they want and could not care who is in charge. That is the inside joke on The Hill, relax they will be gone in four years, we will still be here.