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12. The incoming administration

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 09:05 PM

Dec 2016

does not understand diplomacy, governance, compromise, or politics by and large

Warren Harding anyone?

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It will be a long time until there is another SoS like John Kerry [View all] milestogo Dec 2016 OP

Sigh. LisaM Dec 2016 #1

+1,000,000 Auggie Dec 2016 #2

Yes, indeed!! Kerry truly is one of a kind. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #3

Yes, he will be missed. CentralMass Dec 2016 #4

I think we have seen the end of the statesman. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #5

In a way its like the decline of the serious news anchor. milestogo Dec 2016 #9

How low we have sunk. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #10

This is what I think, too. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2016 #20

He would have done a commendable job as President... ailsagirl Dec 2016 #6

Gore, Kerry, Clinton - milestogo Dec 2016 #7

Honestly, I was hopeful it would never again happen ailsagirl Dec 2016 #8

that was a killer NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #13

The incoming administration bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #12

Well said. milestogo Dec 2016 #15

Yes mcar Dec 2016 #16

very impressive mehrrh Dec 2016 #17

yes indeed. n/t MBS Dec 2016 #21

John Kerry bdamomma Dec 2016 #19

The Real Thing, for sure. MBS Dec 2016 #22

He has been an outstanding SoS MBS Dec 2016 #23

I hope so. milestogo Dec 2016 #24