[PurpleMan]

Spot on and devoid of ODS

[TommyDale]

I know Leon Panetta, and he is one Democrat that can manage people and run a department successfully. My best wishes to him...

[dools007]

Panetta’s a patriot like I’m a russian czar. Barf, barf and tripple barf.

Of course, if what the writer really means is that Panetta is a patriot for Marxism then he’s right on.

[Paradox]

Obama has shown that he has been, through all this time, the FRAUD that we have known he was. But there is an upside to this, and to those of us who love our country more than we hate our political opponents. Because he is completely in over his head, he has had to pick people who actually know something about his job. Alot of those people are Clintonites, and as much as we might have disliked BC's conduct in office, those people are fairly moderate, compared to the extreme liberals who loooooove Obama. So I see this as a good thing for America, and for that, I am grateful.

Actually, I think the REAL liberals, and by those who are above simple hero worship, should disgusted with BO right now. This is the most liberal President Elect ever, and he brings in a team straight from the moderate DLC. Heck, they could have had Hillary for that..

[mkjessup]

Leon Panetta is to patriotic, selfless behavior what e.coli is to an all-you-can-eat buffet, give me a freakin’ break.

Who put what hallucinogen in Hugh Hewitt’s water? THAT is the question that should be getting asked.

[eeriegeno]

If you can get the word patriot out of ‘lip-lickin lap dog’ of a former con man in charge, then yes this clown is a patriot. Else he stays a clown.

[traderrob6]

Experience, experience, experience, or, in this case, the lack thereof. ‘Whatcha talkin bout Willis’?

[neocon1984]

Be careful. Purpleman! Reasonable discussion is considered treasonable by some on this site.

Some Freepers have intense moral certitude in their opinions (whether informed on a particular issue or not). They attack anyone who fails their litmus tests. They hawk 3rd party candidates and obscure congressmen for POTUS because no one else meets their standards.

They honor Ronald Reagan (as I hope we all do) but have little understanding of his political wisdom. They are the ones who hope we have 50 years of Democratic Party rule so that all will finally see the wisdom of their ways. They rejoice in the “purity” of losing because it confirms their self-indulgent sense of personal and political morality. You might find their opposite numbers (cousins, maybe) on the DailyKos.

[nuconvert]

According to Gary Berntsen, right now the CIA needs a LEADER not a manager. He thinks it needs a strong leader willing to take risks, and Panetta is NOT that guy. He thinks Panetta is way to nice to handle the job at this particular time while we’re at war and trying to protect the country against terrorism & terrorist attacks.
I think he’s right.

[Bean Counter]

[Doc Savage]

Let me try to answer this as succinctly as possible. ALL liberal picks and decisions are BAD for America. Hewitt is an idiot defending anything these bastards do!

[freekitty]

There is no defense so shut up.

[Welcome2thejungle]

To be honest, I really don’t think it matters much who BHO selects to be the next CIA Director. The CIA was taken over long about by DemocRAT and liberal/left activists.

The book I am currently reading, “Shadow Warriors: The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender”, by Kennneth R. Timmerman published in 2007, makes this fact abundandtly clear.

[mission9]

Panetta was the Clintonista who was supposed to track down the Roswell captured alien technology stuff. If he can crack the Government within a government on his second go around, I am all for it. The truth is out there.

[Antoninus]

Hugh is a shill. After his pathetic and ongoing bout of Romneymania, I trust him not one iota on anything.

With Leon Panetta in charge of CIA, I'm fairly certain that institution will become more politicized. And that is a very, very bad thing indeed.

[WOSG]

Et tu, Hugh???

I remember Leon Panetta back in 1995, accussing the Republicans of being ‘terrorists’ because they were going to shut down the Government if Clinton didnt compromise on the budget.

Well, well, well. A partisan Clintonite guy who calls Republicans terrorists is now in charge of the spooks who are going after the real terrorists.

I am NOT impressed.