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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:40 PM Original message |
Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well you gotta admit, he looks the part. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. At least he's not a spook of some sort |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. OT: I had one of those cars in red |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That will be the source of friction as well. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. He'll be resisted strongly by the entrenched bureaucracy, |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. as he was during Nixon's presidency when Panetta supported |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Continuing to reach into the Clinton jar. I like it! nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Who won the Democratic primary? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Who? A moderate Democratic who shuns partisanship and extreme ideology. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hillary Clinton? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Close... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Bill Clinton picked George Tenet |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Bullseye! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. He also picked John Deutch |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. President Clinton pardoned Deutch on his last day in office |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I totally agree. nt |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. but worships moderate ideology? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. "Anyone But Clinton" |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. An outsider is good for the CIA. Sounds like a good choice. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. he's a humanitarian |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. I seriously doubt that, actually. He's a politician, but he seems ok for this job. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Panetta is not tainted by rendition, torture, kidnapping, and other illegal CIA activities |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. He fought the oil companies off the coast of CA while I was in college |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hayden wanted to stay on and didn't believe in Probable cause for the 4th |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. I read that as "Pancetta." Dang these New Year Resolution diets anyway. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I did too. I wish I had some for the pasta sauce I'm making right now. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Bon appetit! (Make me some, too.) |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Thanks! No pancetta but it ended up quite good. Artichoke hearts, capers, mushrooms and |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Should've been Valerie Plame. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Plame and Wilson were virulently anti-Obama during the primaries |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Why the hell not as Molly would say... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. I think that she's a Republican. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Weird choice. Has he served on an intelligence committee or had any |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Those in Bush's CIA had, and look at where we are now |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't know, if I'm being operated on, I'd like someone who knew a little |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The problem here is that most people connected to the CIA are already corrupt. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Analogy is off. He will not be giving the financial advice. He's be running |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I don't think a CIA official has to have been a prior intelligence analyst or spy-- |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Did you read the part of my post that came after "That said....?" |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Yes, I did. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Granted, my post was informal, to say the least, but it said about the same thing. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. airforce.gif |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. hummm... how interesting. Leon Panetta. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've never heard a bad word about Leon Panetta. This is a really good choice, imho. n/t |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Agreed. (n/t) |
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Riverman (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nice- Instead of BUSH III were are getting CLINTON III |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Panetta dealt with the CIA as COS |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Oh my goodness. This is interesting. |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I hear a lot of neo-con's |
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