Bush appointed a lot of people who are/were not conservative. He thought he was still in TX, where he got along with Dems.
There is a vast difference in TX/southern Dems and East coast/West coast/DC Dems. One lesson Bush never learned or tried to learn. He should have come in cleaning house and appointed his own men.
NOTE--I have been trying to find something on DeMint's comments about McCain losing the election and the way he ran his campaign. Rush said he was going to talk about it yesterday, but if he did, I missed it.
Thanks!
vaudine
Yes, my point was the silliness in whining about this as a radical appointment. General Jones, who as I've noted I've been very critical of at times, is a Marine 4 star, former Commandant, solid record, who was Condi's choice to train the palestinian security forces. In that position I'd expect him to be critical of Israeli pushback against the capabilities of the palestinians to maintain order. Having failed for over a decade. But that doesn't make him pro-palestinian, nor a nutball, liberal choice. Same with Brennan, best known on the left as pro-torture, and the head of a Bush created agency.
These aren't incompetants. Nor out of the mainstream.
IMO, politically, it's better to wait to criticize policy positions.
BTW, in the Reagan years, I think Jones may have worked with McCain as Naval attache to the Senate, or some similar position. Small world.