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    9/11/2018 7:57 am  #1

    Goose
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    Cringeworthy.

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's posted a cringeworthy invitation to follow his Instagram account




    The term "swag" was re-declared dead among political observers online on Monday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo garnished his new Instagram account with an mock-up version of the official State Department seal that featured the term "swagger" in it.

    Merriam-Webster describes swagger as "stylish confidence." Pompeo adopted the description for himself months ago, when he touted his goal to bring "swagger" back to the State Department. He arrived shortly after his predecessor, Rex Tillerson, was unceremoniously fired in a tweet from President Donald Trump.

    Tillerson was frequently criticized for the way he handled the agency, and Trump routinely undermined him in public. Pompeo apparently sought to avoid a similar fate as he took over the agency.

    In a series of tweets and Instagram posts on Monday, Pompeo promoted his new Instagram account on Twitter: "Just launched my Instagram account with a little #swagger," Pompeo tweeted.



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    "Swagger is not arrogance, it is not boastfulness, it is not ego," he added. "No, swagger is confidence, in one's self, in one's ideas. In our case, it is America's essential rightness. 

    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
     

    9/11/2018 8:01 am  #2

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    "Swagger is not arrogance, it is not boastfulness, it is not ego," he added. "No, swagger is confidence, in one's self, in one's ideas. In our case, it is America's essential rightness. 



    Well, Mike, Merriam Webster defines swagger as;
    :"to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner; especially : to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence".

    And, "America's essential rightness'? 
    WTF is that, if not hubris. 

    Last edited by Goose (9/11/2018 8:01 am)

    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
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    9/11/2018 10:56 am  #3

    Just Fred
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    The WH is now a reality show.  We are now mere walk-on actors on the stage. 

     

    9/11/2018 11:47 am  #4

    tennyson
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    Wants to be a mini-me Trump ! 

    "Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
     
     

    9/11/2018 1:42 pm  #5

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    I'm embarrassed to be an American.

    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
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