His eyes were so blue under the lights, his lower eyelids a pink-lipped shade of red.
(Last month: Scaramucci.
Coming soon: Spicer.)
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So it does serve Bannons point, looking terrible, sounding terrible.
One doesnt sense a profound appreciation for irony here.
Note how Bannons cheek-gills suddenly went all steady and statesmanlike when the topic of Russia came up.
Why, Rose inquired, hasnt Trump been harsher on Russia?
Answer question with a question: Why pick another fight?
Obvious statement: Nobodywantsto leave the White House.
A tragedy, to believe yourself Joshua and find yourself mere Moses!
Bannon likes the Biblical stuff, no doubt.
Did I mention the Catholic Church?
According to Bannon, bishops support DACA because they need illegal aliens to fill the churches!
He claimed that the Church has an economic interest in unlimited illegal immigration.
Of course, Bannon can only see the Churchs economic interest.
Officially, he onlyhaseconomic interests.
The view of American history he espoused was a careful celebration of the countrys manufacturing and financial system.
Polk fought a war against Mexico, and one imagines the latter matters to Bannon more than the former.
I dont want to relitigate the Mexican-American war here.
Im not cut out to be a staffer!
he said, and now that hes far away from Trump, Im gonna be his wingman outside!
To which: Sure, pal.
Every pilotwantstheir wingman to be far away.
Look, Im not sure this60 Minutesinterview could change anyones mind about this man.
(Im not even sure most Trump supporters know who Bannonis.
Rose tried to keep the interview on track.
Like most of us, though, he couldnt help but default to basic principles.
He said this line comes before the huge gunfight at the end.
The line actually comes much earlier in Peckinpahs dark western.
One wonders, though, what Bannon makes of the end of the movie.
Maybe Bannon imagines himself that way, riding off to continue the fight.
ButThe Wild Bunchdoesnt turn out well for the Wild Bunch.
Thats the point of the movie, but apparently, some people didnt get it.
