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applegrove

(118,642 posts)
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:45 PM Mar 2018

Steve Bannon is a parasite abroad in search of a new host to ruin

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/03/14/steve-bannon-parasite-abroad-searching-new-host-kurt-bardella-column/417553002/

Kurt Bardella, Opinion Columnist at USA Today

"SNIP........

Before TIME Magazine dubbed him “The Great Manipulator” for his role in helping Donald Trump become president, Steve Bannon was a man without a candidate.

When I first met Steve in 2013, his political figurehead of choice was former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. At this point in time, Palin was probably the highest profile Republican figure willing to attach herself to Bannon and the Breitbart platform.

By November, Steve had a new political favorite, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. After a plagiarism controversy derailed Paul's weekly column with the Washington Times, Bannon orchestrated moving it to Breitbart.

By the 2014 midterm elections, Steve was fully entrenched with the Tea Party movement, weaponizing the Breitbart platform to support conservative Senate primary challengers in Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and Kansas. While every single one of the Bannon-backed candidates lost, it became clear that Steve had greater ambitions for his role in the political world beyond playing in congressional primaries.

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Steve Bannon is a parasite abroad in search of a new host to ruin (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2018 OP
The French right wing looks like a fat, juicy host right now. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #1
What's his problem? What does he like, believe? What does he do...anything? pangaia Mar 2018 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
1. The French right wing looks like a fat, juicy host right now.
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:46 PM
Mar 2018

Marine lePen would clasp him to her bosom, I'm sure.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
2. What's his problem? What does he like, believe? What does he do...anything?
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:48 PM
Mar 2018

Why not just lie down and forget it all.?
What kind of childhood did he have?

I mean, the guy is a nothing burger.

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