"I also told him that what he needed to do, in my opinion, was what was best for the institution, and whatever he and the president decided was going to be best for the institution was what Pete Pace was going to do," he said. "Oh and by the way, I can read the Constitution, which says the president gets to nominate and the Senate gets to confirm, or not, and neither one of those two things is going to happen, therefore I'm not staying."
Be nice if the 100%er purist crowd among the Dinocons had the same grasp of how the political system of the USA works that Gen Pace does. Meandog, that is some REALLY bizarre commentary coming from you who spent all last year actively campaigning for Jim Webb(D-VA) on the grounds "we can work with him, he is a patriot".
So tell me, you fight to the last political ditch and still the Democrat Senate committee refuses to "advise and consent" and you have spent months with the JC not having a chief.
So what have you accomplished? Other then looking like petulant fools to the 75% of Americans who are not die hard smash mouth "Conservatives".
Real easy to hang around the 'Net and talk all macho boy tough when you don't actually have to DO anything but talk.
Do you ever listen to what you say?
As I explained, I didn't vote for Webb nor did I campaign for him after his Clinton embrace...still, I find him a decorated Marine who served his country admirably while "Macaca" was tossing interceptions at U.Va.