# Stop giving Bannon so much credit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625 "2017-02-24T13:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/41 "2018-01-10T04:30:18Z")
I finished Fire and Fury last night. No matter how done Bannon looks to be, it’s probably best to assume he isn’t and keep eyes on him. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/42 "2018-01-10T05:48:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He’s probably not a political mastermind. But he’s only got to outthink Donald Trump. Now THAT bar is pretty fucking low 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/43 "2018-01-10T05:50:26Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > How about the ability to out-think Sarah Palin? > > Did I win? Oh Jeez, I think you won. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/44 "2018-01-11T17:00:22Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > A couple of the online mini-articles I’ve read make me suspect that some of them are doing it just to troll the President, who HATES it when journalists say he’s being led. Is this the Lisa Simpson strategy used to goad Sideshow Bob into a confession of political corruption? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/45 "2018-01-11T20:56:40Z")
[Mr. Congeniality lawyers up](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/11/steve-bannon-hires-lawyer-house-russia-investigation-336498) in prep to testify before congress. I hope he can carry a tune because he’s about to sing like a canary. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/46 "2018-01-20T02:45:03Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > _Whatever happens_, _we have_ _got. The Maxim gun, and they have not._ It’s called Constitutional Carry, dear sir. _Strike hard who cares - shoot straight who can The odds are on the cheaper man._ ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/47 "2018-01-20T23:05:10Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [Mr. Congeniality lawyers up](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/11/steve-bannon-hires-lawyer-house-russia-investigation-336498) in prep to testify before congress. I hope he can carry a tune because he’s about to sing like a canary. I hope he does, and I hope it can ALL be verified and proved. I hope he throws everyone under the bus, and in the end I hope he inadvertently throws himself under too. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/48 "2019-06-15T00:58:55Z")
Bannon’s latest fail, [according to Axios](https://www.axios.com/steve-bannon-populism-monastery-italy-europe-de5d7414-a80c-43e6-af7a-af2b3bd9a0b0.html): [ul] [li]In his most dramatic move, Bannon leased a medieval monastery about two hours from Rome and announced he would use it to train up fearsome hordes of right-wing politicians who will eradicate globalism from Europe.[/li][li]Bannon also told the Times he would offer European populist parties the “fundamental building blocks for winning” in May’s parliamentary elections, including, the Times reported, “expertise in polling, data analytics, messaging and get-out-the-vote efforts, along with the development of media surrogates and campaign war rooms with rapid response.”[/li][/ul] Except Salvini said he only met Bannon twice and doesn’t seem to have been terribly impressed. Because effective May 31, Bannon has been evicted from the monastery he rented for a minute and a half. No doubt told to go find a damp rock under which to crawl and continue to drink himself to death. What a rodent. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/49 "2019-06-15T01:09:59Z")
Ugh. Sorry. Is the the drunk guy with a network? Pat Buchanan? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/50 "2019-06-15T02:18:57Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Except Salvini said he only met Bannon twice and doesn’t seem to have been terribly impressed. Political manipulators (like Bannon or Rove or Atwater or Carville) self-destruct when they try to publicize themselves. Once they try to take credit for how they work the political system, no politician can afford to be associated with them. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/51 "2019-06-15T02:20:30Z")
Wow. “Worst Man in the World” Aleister Crowley was able to occupy a “monastery” in Sicily for three whole years, carrying on debauched pagan revelries and drug-soaked orgies, before Mussolini threw him out of the country in 1923. One can only imagine what Brannon was up to to be evicted so quickly. It would be irresponsible not to speculate. You first. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/52 "2019-06-15T03:31:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > One can only imagine what Brannon was up to to be evicted so quickly. > > It would be irresponsible not to speculate. > > You first. Maybe he packed some condoms. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/53 "2019-06-15T15:24:44Z")
I think he’s simply too stupid and embarrassing to have around. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/54 "2019-06-16T02:25:30Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wow. “Worst Man in the World” Aleister Crowley was able to occupy a “monastery” in Sicily for three whole years, carrying on debauched pagan revelries and drug-soaked orgies, before Mussolini threw him out of the country in 1923. > > One can only imagine what Brannon was up to to be evicted so quickly. > > It would be irresponsible not to speculate. > > You first. Easy - He didn’t pay his rent. ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625/55 "2019-06-16T13:44:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe he packed some condoms. How many does he wear at the same time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-giving-bannon-so-much-credit/780625.md?page=2)