Just on MSNBC: Petraeus turned down the NSC job tonight.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Now they're speculating about John Bolton!

[chillfactor]

1. so one fired...

two turned job down.....not a good track record.

[Bayard]

2. Just saw that

And the commentator said, Bolton is the only guy crazier than Trump!

[chillfactor]

3. a government run by crazies....

as this country goes further down the rabbit hole.

[Doitnow]

35. Like attracts like.

[0rganism]

43. all the way down! headed for rock bottom

dig faster dammit! looking for bedrock

[Cha]

44. I some how doubt that.. but good of him to say.. hope trump liked it

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I'd laugh harder but the only people who would take the job at this point

might be disasters like John Bolton.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. I'm laughing only to prevent endless sobbing.

There is no semblance to reality in any of this...

[Cha]

45. Not even a smidgeon

[notdarkyet]

25. He's already talked about bombing Iran right now.

[GP6971]

6. Well, that's at least

one good thing he's done.

[spanone]

7. i saw cruz on the teevee earlier and he was pushing bolton....

the worse choice in the world

NOBODY wants to work for trump....bolton might be crazy enough...he's fucking insane.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Maybe even Bolton would turn it down.

The last two declined in part because they don't want Bannon involved.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

15. It's a whole new level of crazy if even Bolton turns it down.

Quote from Bolton: "There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."

[Mz Pip]

32. Bolton will take it, IMHO

He's a war mondering lunatic and it would prove Trump isn't the America First isolationist he claims to be.

[lady lib]

39. Yeah, he'll take it. Crap. (nt)

[tblue37]

26. But Trump hates his moustache, so if Bolton takes the job, I hope Trump's

distaste for Bolton's look will cause him to make the guy's life miserable every minute of every day.

[spanone]

28. i don't see bolton as a trump kind on guy.....

[marybourg]

29. Trump likes his fellas to be handsome,

slim and well groomed.

[Mz Pip]

33. Like Bannon?

[marybourg]

34. He doesn't own Bannon, the way he does the others.

Bannon owns him.

[Lucky Luciano]

37. Just like Steve Bannon - Mr GQ himself! LOL.

I think you are generally right though. Bannon gets a pass for other reasons.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. Bolton has had a hard-on for war with Iran for a long time,

and that could be problem as far as Trump is concerned because Russia and Iran are allies and trading partners. Iran gets military equipment from Russia, and the two countries' have deals for energy production. Putin wouldn't like it if Trump tries to get too tough on Iran.

[spanone]

50. this morning cnn reported that bolton is 'gaining favor' with the white house.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Maybe because nobody else wants the job.

[kiranerys]

54. Rand Paul said he would block a Bolton nomination

Back in December. So even if Bolton accepts, he might be rejected.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/rand-paul-john-bolton-232477

[Thrill]

8. They were never going to get Petraeus

Guys like that aren't going to go along with the Russian love affair. They hate Russia. Even with Mattis you can tell he's fighting it

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Petraeus might have been halfway competent.

Yes, he had loose lips with regard to his girlfriend, but for the most part he was fairly well-regarded in his previous positions in the military. At least he was smart enough to decide that working for Trump's NSA, especially with Bannon in it, trying to call the shots, would have been a miserable gig and a likely career-ender.

[procon]

11. House of Cards.

Petraeus has plenty of sources telling him that the handwriting is on the wall and Trump's days are numbered.

[triron]

17. I'm thinking that as well

[Blaukraut]

12. Nobody wants it because they won't be allowed to report to Trump directly

That's what they were talking about earlier on MSNBC. Basically they'll be patsies to Trump's inner dummy circle

[keithbvadu2]

36. At present, they would report to President Bannon.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

14. No one in their right mind would work for that orange skid mark

There's not enough money...

[LeftInTX]

16. They should ask Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh

Throw one of those creeps in the snake pit. They wouldn't last.

[Lochloosa]

18. Wow.

Give him a chance to resurrect his career and he turns it down. WOW.

[triron]

19. pretty amazing huh

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. He probably figured (correctly) that it wouldn't resurrect his career

but would instead completely destroy what's left of it.

[JI7]

24. this would have hurt his career. he still has credibility in his career. his fault is with the

affair and seen as more of a personal careless failing .

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. He didn't want that shit sandwich either

Bolton still has GW's dingle berries in his teeth so he'll probably take it.

[NotThisTime]

22. You know it's bad when he turns it down....

[MsLeopard]

23. Who wants to board a sinking ship?

OMG, I hope the drip drip keeps pouring!

[zentrum]

27. Beyond terrifying.

We are screwed now even more. Poor country. Poor world.

Bolton is his own brand of crazy and mean.

[DesertFlower]

30. good for him.

[AgadorSparticus]

31. Bolton? I am laughing. This has to hurt twitler to have to go back&entertain this idea.

I can't see him conceding to Bolton. That would look like he "lost".

[lpbk2713]

38. Trump is a radioactive PoS.

No one wants to be on his team.

[thbobby]

40. Petraeus might be a conservative who has integrity

Seems like a rare thing, but today's GOP does not reflect conservative values. Petraeus made mistakes, but who has not? Some conservatives are not thugs. I can disagree with someone's politics and still respect them. Voter suppression, dishonesty, and greed is the modus operandi of today's GOP, but maybe Petraeus is an honest man who loves his country.

[First Speaker]

41. Perhaps Chico Marx--Chicolini--is available...?

...after all, Rufus T Firefly hired him to become Minister of War for Fredonia, so he has experience...and he immediately committed treason, which would make him right at home in the Trump White House...

[dalton99a]

42. Sounds like it's time to call a temp agency, or pull a random white guy from this photo:

[Tanuki]

46. Patton Oswalt's caption for this pic on twitter:

"We took the Buttered Thumb Rectum Challenge! Ask your local alderman how YOU can be a "Thumb"-ler! "

[DeminPennswoods]

47. Maybe he'll ask Dick Cheney

Cheney's evil, but he's an experienced bureaucrat and bureaucratic knife fighter. It would be fascinating to watch him and Bannon in a power struggle.

[tavernier]

48. I think Nugent is next on the list.

I mean, if he's looking for bonafide crazies, Ted is your man!

[Warpy]

51. Only someone massively corrupt will accept Bannon on the NSC

Apparently that's been one sticking point, having a Russian agent on the council.

[Hoyt]

53. Bolton is the biggest warmonger of them all.