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Backroom Attack Sinks Gen. Pace
National Review Online - The Tank ^ | June 10, 2007 | Elaine Donnelly

Posted on 06/10/2007 4:42:36 PM PDT by AlbertoMG

have no inside information, but I see the fingerprints of SASC member Sen. Hillary Clinton all over this. To win in 2008, the New York Democrat and feminist must convince voters that she supports the troops and can be trusted as Commander in Chief. A vote on the re-nomination of Chairman Pace would have put her on the spot between her gay activist constituency and millions of voters who admire Peter Pace.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; defense; gates; hillary; marines; mullen
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1 posted on 06/10/2007 4:42:38 PM PDT by AlbertoMG
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To: AlbertoMG

gosh,

i’m really surprised that hillary is moving the furniture around.

(/s)


2 posted on 06/10/2007 4:44:32 PM PDT by ken21 (tv: 1. sells products. 2. indoctrinates viewers into socialism.)
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To: AlbertoMG

If Elaine Donnelly said it, you can take it to the bank!


3 posted on 06/10/2007 4:44:50 PM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: Guenevere

ok..but trying to understand what she said actually


4 posted on 06/10/2007 4:45:44 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: AlbertoMG

I served under ADM Giambastiani, he’s a hell of a leader. Really sucks to lose him in the Vice slot to Electoral Politics


5 posted on 06/10/2007 4:47:38 PM PDT by SShultz460
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To: AlbertoMG

Note to Bush: you can’t protect your friends when put your own party out of power and enrage your own base.


6 posted on 06/10/2007 4:48:46 PM PDT by Asclepius (protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
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To: AlbertoMG

When I heard that his appointment would be renew I thought they got him for his remark on Same Sex remark!

Too bad I did not agree how he went about it, but I hate politics when it interfers with a good General he earn his right to speak his mind!


7 posted on 06/10/2007 4:49:23 PM PDT by restornu
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To: AlbertoMG

Can she send me this week’s Powerball numbers?


8 posted on 06/10/2007 4:49:54 PM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: everyone

Interesting.

Also, it’s a bummer to see that Mullen is a liberal. That sucks just as bad as the decision against reappointing Pace.

God, I’m sick of this cowardly administration.


9 posted on 06/10/2007 4:51:02 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: restornu

Its not just that remark; Pace also submitted a letter of reference to Judge Walton standing up for Libby. Pace is a good man, a very good man, and the MC will miss him as an active leader. But he deserves to retire without having to go through an outrageous hearing that is only based on politics and not military strategy/thinking. The democrats would have slandered him, and he would have had to sit there and take it since General’s don’t play politics. He does not deserve that.


10 posted on 06/10/2007 4:52:53 PM PDT by Laverne
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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Backroom Attack Sinks Gen. Pace [Elaine Donnelly]

Last Friday Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the premature replacement of Marine General Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. He appeared slightly sick; as if Tony Soprano had just given him an offer he could not refuse. Using words almost identical to those of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.), Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern about a “divisive ordeal” that would have focused on the “past rather than the future.”

War always brings controversy and tough questions at confirmation hearings. Gen. Pace, who has been through the drill three times, is an articulate man. He would have stated his position on the war, and even his views on gays in the military, with conviction and poise. Chairman Pace will not have that opportunity, however, because partisan control of Congress has shifted to the Democrats.

Due to threatened rough water ahead, the military is losing not just one but two distinguished leaders. (Adm. Edmund G. Giambastiani cannot continue as Vice Chairman if a fellow Navy man, Adm. Mike Mullen, is confirmed as chairman.) Sen. Levin and colleagues on the SASC have effectively vetoed the president’s choice without a fight. The price of capitulation, which does not inspire confidence, could be higher than President Bush realizes today.

I have no inside information, but I see the fingerprints of SASC member Sen. Hillary Clinton all over this. To win in 2008, the New York Democrat and feminist must convince voters that she supports the troops and can be trusted as Commander in Chief. A vote on the re-nomination of Chairman Pace would have put her on the spot between her gay activist constituency and millions of voters who admire Peter Pace.

Sen. Clinton has a way of getting senior men of both parties to do her work for her. Pre-emptive removal of Gen. Pace excuses candidate Clinton of the responsibility to vote for or against re-confirmation. As a bonus, Hillary and other feminist senators get to vote for a liberal admiral, CNO Mike Mullen, an ardent advocate of “diversity” quotas and other controversial goals for the military.

Several commentators have suggested that Gen. Pace’s career was endangered last March when he expressed personal views regarding morality and gays in the military. A wave of name-calling and demands for an apology ensued, but as I explained in this article Gen. Pace had no reason to apologize for a law enacted by Congress. The 1993 statute banning homosexuals from the military reflects the views of people who see the issue in moral terms, but it uses secular language emphasizing military discipline.

Congressionally approved laws—including prohibitions against lying, stealing, and murder—should not be repealed just because they coincide with religious principles and moral codes such as the Ten Commandments.

Military people and voters who have supported administration policies on the war, or agree with Gen. Pace on traditional values, are receiving a demoralizing message. What’s worse, confirmation of Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman could advance the most liberal agenda for the military since Bill Clinton left office. In my next post, I will explain why.

06/10 10:05 AM

11 posted on 06/10/2007 4:54:20 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: AlbertoMG

From my perspective, this article has two interesting points :

(a) It speculates that Pace’s firing is related to his “gay” comments.

(b) It puts forth that Mullen is a liberal who wants “diversity quotas.” I had not run across that before ...

So, is Bush now appointing a “Clinton admiral” to the head of the joint chiefs? Are there any other sources out there that point in this direction?


12 posted on 06/10/2007 4:56:05 PM PDT by kilohertz
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Note to self: May have to re-think tag line.


13 posted on 06/10/2007 5:04:12 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Better than Gore or Kerry, but that's about it.........)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

The last paragrph is also interesting. I’m sure she’s right that many people in the military will receive a demoralizing message. I think this was also a reason why the Rat senators told Gates not to reappoint Pace.

Yuck.


14 posted on 06/10/2007 5:08:21 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: kilohertz
is Bush now appointing a “Clinton admiral” to the head of the joint chiefs?

I hope not.

15 posted on 06/10/2007 5:08:52 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Laverne

The fact of the matter is that the Corps lost Pace six years ago when he went to the JCS as Vice-Chair. His son Captain Peter Pace USMCR is seeing firsthand how the big green weenie has been forced upon his father.


16 posted on 06/10/2007 5:11:47 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: AlbertoMG

Gen. Pace seems to be a decent man and a patriot. Dumping him for purely political reasons is an obscenity and replacing him with a Perfumed Prince of the Pentagon in a time of war is irresponsible.


17 posted on 06/10/2007 5:12:20 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Better than Gore or Kerry, but that's about it.........)
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To: Asclepius
Note to Bush: you can’t protect your friends when put your own party out of power and enrage your own base.

The administration is protecting Gen. Pace by not subjecting an honorable man to the democratic kangaroo court hearing.

18 posted on 06/10/2007 5:17:24 PM PDT by oldbrowser (Where do we go from here?)
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To: oldbrowser

General Pace didn’t want to be “protected.” He wanted to be reappointed. In addition, Bush is selling out every non-PC (and pro-Iraq war) senior office in the armed forces.


19 posted on 06/10/2007 5:25:01 PM PDT by California Patriot ("That's not Charley the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
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To: AlbertoMG

Elaine Donnelly is VERY believable!!! Gen. Pace needs to get a book out QUICKLY!!


20 posted on 06/10/2007 5:25:38 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
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