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Palin - McChrystal 2012
6/23/10 | jdsteel

Posted on 06/23/2010 5:37:06 AM PDT by jdsteel

Seriously, I still need to learn more about him, but the beginning of his counter-insurgency (with the insurgency being defined as the obama administration) seems to be going according to plan.


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: mcchrystal; palin

1 posted on 06/23/2010 5:37:09 AM PDT by jdsteel
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To: jdsteel

Oops, should’ve used VANITY posting.


2 posted on 06/23/2010 5:38:17 AM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: jdsteel

Didja know that McChrystal has always said he voted for Obama? Probably not a good candidate for higher office.


3 posted on 06/23/2010 5:38:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Every time a liberal whines, an angel gets his wings.)
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To: jdsteel

He voted for Obama.

I don’t need to know any more.


4 posted on 06/23/2010 5:38:24 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: jdsteel

McChrystal, the main proponent of COunterINsurgency ops? The guy who voted for 0bama? No, thanks.


5 posted on 06/23/2010 5:39:52 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Pravious

Agreed. Anyone who openly acknowledges his poor judgment in voting for Zero needs to be either voted out of office or kept out of office.


6 posted on 06/23/2010 5:39:55 AM PDT by skookum55 (A natural-born US citizen since 1955.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Part of the plan, Stan. Best way to get cover from unfriendly fire (aka Rolling Stone, NY Slimes, Etc). Otherwise this would NOT have made the splash it did.


7 posted on 06/23/2010 5:40:00 AM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: jdsteel
Seriously, I still need to learn more about him...

Shouldn't you have thought of that before annointing him VP?

8 posted on 06/23/2010 5:40:00 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: jdsteel

I see that I am not the first person to note he claims to be an Obama voter.

That makes him either a liar or a fool.


9 posted on 06/23/2010 5:40:32 AM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: jdsteel

Stand by on that! I’ve read that he voted for BO.

That means either he’s a useful idiot just thrown under the bus or so egregiously politically stupid that we don’t want him anyway.


10 posted on 06/23/2010 5:41:11 AM PDT by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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To: Non-Sequitur

If really had the power to annoint, I would use it to get the big O outta there. My purpose is to put up the notion that McChrystal might be COINing Obama, and public office is one possible outcome. With what I know about him already I can say that he is more qualified than Biden.


11 posted on 06/23/2010 5:42:46 AM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: FrogMom

Him saying he voted for BO could also be a careful calculation, meant to shape public opinion and media response.


12 posted on 06/23/2010 5:45:02 AM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: jdsteel

Anyone who voted for Oblunder clearly shows a clear lack of judgement. Nuff said!


13 posted on 06/23/2010 5:46:19 AM PDT by diverteach (D.C. has become Jonestown.)
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To: Pravious

He voted for a non-NBC. Not very bright. The Pentagon must be filled with cowards and idiots if they vote for and support non-NBC S*udi agents.


14 posted on 06/23/2010 5:47:17 AM PDT by Frantzie (Democrats = Party of I*lam)
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To: jdsteel
My purpose is to put up the notion that McChrystal might be COINing Obama, and public office is one possible outcome. With what I know about him already I can say that he is more qualified than Biden.

Well if you consider pissing off Obama to be the sole qualification necessary for VP candidacy in 2012, and continue to tout every public figure who does that for the office, then I predict you're going to be a very busy boy over the next two years.

15 posted on 06/23/2010 5:49:07 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: jdsteel

Better to go with Patreus if you want to put a general there. Personally I’d rather have LTC. Allen West. If McCrystal actually voted for Obama, he must have had something against McCain.


16 posted on 06/23/2010 5:51:35 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (THE CANDIDATE THE LEFT SMEARS THE MOST IS THE ONE THEY FEAR THE MOST.)
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To: skookum55
Anyone who openly acknowledges his poor judgment in voting for Zero...

But gets a good mark in his copy book for honesty.

17 posted on 06/23/2010 5:52:43 AM PDT by JimRed (To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: jdsteel; taildragger

On another thread, Taildragger suggested that McChrystal may be getting set up to be Hillary’s VP. I think that has a lot more validity than the suggestion that Palin would be interested.


18 posted on 06/23/2010 5:52:57 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: jdsteel

Just think, he refused to vote for the ex-Navy pilot to be his commander-in-chief in favor of the community organizer who never served a day.

Jus sayin.


19 posted on 06/23/2010 5:53:16 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: jdsteel
It's getting a little tiring reading posts recommending generals primarily because they are generals. First, it was Patreaus, who describes himself as an “Rockerfeller Republican,” and now McChrystal, who apparently voted for Obama and has caused scores of Allied casualties because of his rules of engagement.

Whose next: Wesley Clark? Colon Powell? They were generals. Joe Sestak was an admiral.

Please do some research before writing a post that is an embarrassment.

20 posted on 06/23/2010 5:53:18 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: jdsteel
It's getting a little tiring reading posts recommending generals primarily because they are generals. First, it was Patreaus, who describes himself as an “Rockerfeller Republican,” and now McChrystal, who apparently voted for Obama and has caused scores of Allied casualties because of his rules of engagement.

Whose next: Wesley Clark? Colon Powell? They were generals. Joe Sestak was an admiral.

Please do some research before writing a post that is an embarrassment.

21 posted on 06/23/2010 5:53:27 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: jdsteel

Doesn’t anyone want to know what the hell the General’s political beliefs and core convictions are before promoting hime for one of the highest offices in the damned land?!?


22 posted on 06/23/2010 5:54:26 AM PDT by MortMan (If quizzes are quizzicle, what are tests?)
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To: JimRed

I’ve little use for an honest idiot.


23 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:19 AM PDT by skookum55 (A natural-born US citizen since 1955.)
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To: jdsteel
"Clinton-McChrystal 2012" would be a lot more likely.

Zero doesn't seem to be enjoying himself. He still looks like he's losing weight. He might pull a "LBJ" and not run, citing "health" reasons.

25 posted on 06/23/2010 5:58:28 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Sooth2222
Just posted the concept about 10 minutes ago...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2539912/posts?page=17#17

26 posted on 06/23/2010 6:00:59 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: jdsteel

A stupid idea. This general voted for obama.


27 posted on 06/23/2010 6:01:51 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: jdsteel
Yeah, there's a winning combination...

She quit when things go too hot and he let our troops function under suicidal rules of engagement and voted for the man-child who is leading the effort to destroy our country.

28 posted on 06/23/2010 6:03:19 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: jdsteel

Oh please. Every damn time someone speaks up to the Kenyan they are #2 on a ticket.

The guy is an Obozo voter for petes sake.


29 posted on 06/23/2010 6:04:44 AM PDT by dforest
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To: plain talk
See post 26 and the link, IMHO this is a setup to politically destroy Obama via no experience and lack of judgment.

They are planting the seeds of doubt....

All the Democratic minions, Matthews, Carville, Zuchermann, Dowd, have been nipping @ Obama now for weeks, the bloom is off the rose and they are looking for plan B for 2012, and it is Hillary.

She needs military gravitas to round out her resume, she now has Senate, and Sec-State under her belt. She needs something to get National Defense Dems and RINOs to vote for her.

30 posted on 06/23/2010 6:06:44 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: jdsteel

Sorry, McChrystal isn’t POTUS or VPOTUS material.
He was picked by Comrade 0 and that means he soiled property.


31 posted on 06/23/2010 6:10:35 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Comrade O has to go; FIRE OBAMA NOW !!!)
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To: jdsteel
Chris Matthews and John Stewart have spoken out against Obama recently, too.

Are they VP material in your estimation?

32 posted on 06/23/2010 6:10:49 AM PDT by Washi
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To: BuffaloJack

Read the link on 26, not for Sarah but for Hilda...


33 posted on 06/23/2010 6:12:04 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: jdsteel

LOL


34 posted on 06/23/2010 6:12:45 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: bwc2221

Ike was a General too, but if the personality portrayed by Rolling Stone is even 50% accurate, I wouldn’t want McChrystal any where near leading my son in to combat or being one heartbeat from the Presidency.


35 posted on 06/23/2010 6:13:16 AM PDT by csmusaret (The way his orders become law, Obama's personal automobile must be a Fiat.)
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To: jdsteel

Sarah yes, the general ... are you out of your mind?


36 posted on 06/23/2010 6:22:07 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
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To: ClearCase_guy; All
On another thread, Taildragger suggested that McChrystal may be getting set up to be Hillary’s VP. I think that has a lot more validity than the suggestion that Palin would be interested.

A copy paste from the other thread....

It's all manipulation. The next race is expected to be between Hillary and Sarah Palin, and Hillary is being positioned as the popular one with all the experience.

Yes it is Clear....

2 things just hit me reading your post.

All the Conservative talkers are talking about should he or shouldn't he have said it and or resigned.

I am going to go out on a limb here.

Not only are they being manipulated, Hillary is way ahead, 3 level chess ahead, maybe even ahead of Palin.

My Bombshell....

McCrystal is Hillary's V.P. Candidate when she runs.

Think of it, he is a Spec-Op career officer that has a get-er-done atittude, and gives her Military gravitas, on top of all over her "other" experience, and has a wedge issue for the pro-military South. She can carry middle of the road Dems and RINO's with a pro-military bent with him aboard.

We are being set up....

37 posted on 06/23/2010 6:27:34 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: SJSAMPLE

No reason to take the Lord’s name in vain. That name may not mean anything to you, but it does to me. No profanity is one of the posting rules here on FR.


38 posted on 06/23/2010 6:35:55 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about Throw Away the Scabbard - a Civil War alternate history.)
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To: carton253

I hadn’t realized that;
a) “JC” was a “profanity” or,
b) This site had become a theocracy.

Thanks for the info.


39 posted on 06/23/2010 6:40:12 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: jdsteel

The General is a complete ass.

He was involved in the Tillman coverup and should never have been promoted by Obama.

Obama picked a lousy worthless jerk and I am not surprised.


40 posted on 06/23/2010 6:41:28 AM PDT by JRochelle (My predictions on 2/3/2010: It will be Thune/Rubio in '12.)
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To: JRochelle

No on McChrystal.

1) He’s a Dem.
2) Voted for Obama
3) Was the superior in charge when Pat Tillman died.


41 posted on 06/23/2010 6:51:39 AM PDT by Lightfinger (Twitter: @ltfngr)
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To: jdsteel
Palin - McChrystal 2012

This really deserves a Picard facepalm. Just because the General trashed 0bama doesn't mean he's automatically a conservative! Suggestions like these are just stupid.

42 posted on 06/23/2010 7:12:34 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Sooth2222
"Clinton-McChrystal 2012" would be a lot more likely.

Agreed. I can't help but notice that Hillary is speaking a lot louder these days.

43 posted on 06/23/2010 7:13:54 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: indylindy

Heheh, another Palin worshipper who knws as much about his VP pick as he does his P.


44 posted on 06/23/2010 7:59:06 AM PDT by Bob J
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To: jdsteel

He voted for Lord Ohaha as a General.

This should a complete lack of concern for his men, the military, our constitution and our country.

Trust no one in any position of power, who voted for Obozo and his anti America thugs.

It appears that the thugs of Obozo are setting up Mc to get rid of him. He will be just another rat thrown under Obozo’s bus.


45 posted on 06/23/2010 8:23:39 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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