Subject: Re: Paging Dope1, Mike, Righties
...the real-world experience of having political and patronage appointees to government positions is that they inevitably make many (most) of their decisions based on political considerations.

This is exactly what Trump is planning to do if he gets the chance, politicize the civil service. It would all be turned to serving Trump's desires and would be a terrible step towards a Putin style oligarchy.