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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:33 PM Original message |
Trial Balloon: Leon Panetta To Replace Robert Gates At The Pentagon |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. You'd need Sandy Berger to do that. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. And do we trust Panetta more than Gates? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Panetta is CIA. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. He was old school Republican |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. CIA has certainly been working to take over government -- how many CIA presidents so far? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Well, Obama worked at a CIA front company |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Have heard rumors of Obama and CIA -- Certainly Poppy was and therefore W -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Wiki reports "Business Interenational Corporation" as "CIA front company" ---- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. New York Times report on Obama's NYC days --- and his writings about it -- |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Gates was the Director of the CIA, himself, also a Bush holdover as Sec. of Defense. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Thanks. Not half as bad as I would have thought. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes, worked for a Republican Senator, GOP NYC Mayor, and the Nixon Administration before |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Perfect. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let's never again have a Sec. of Defense who is not either a Rethug or a "former" Rethug. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Panetta has been a Democrat much longer than was a Republican |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If you go strictly by labels, maybe. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Even Hillary Clinton is a former Republican, but few would question her Democratic bona fides |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I would -- !! HRC has long been part of DLC leadership -- !! DLC funded by Koch Bros!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Again, you seem to have totally missed the point of my original post. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Both are good people and good managers. |
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rabs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Spectacular quote by Panetta (begging forgiveness) |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. LOL. Panetta the Parrot. nt |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Rumors about Panetta replacement |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That was my first thought..who would replace Panetta. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just a little rearranging before expanding the current war(s). n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hmmm |
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