Posted on 03/12/2009 7:45:15 PM PDT by Libloather
'Weak' Barack Obama loses another nominee
Tom Baldwin in Washington
March 13, 2009
President Obama is facing accusations that he failed his first test on the Middle East by allowing America's pro-Israel lobby to force out the nominee for a top intelligence post.
Charles Freeman, picked to chair the National Intelligence Council (NIC), withdrew after an internet-led campaign branded him as harbouring Arabist sympathies or being influenced by foreign governments.
In a furious message posted to friends and colleagues, Mr Freeman said that the “tactics of the Israel lobby plumb the depths of dishonour and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the wilful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods and an utter disregard for the truth”.
**SNIP**
List of failures
— The attempt by Tom Daschle to become Health Secretary was derailed over his failure to pay taxes on a chauffeur and limousine
— Nancy Killefer, chief performance officer, was forced to withdraw over unpaid taxes
— Barack Obama has lost two Commerce Secretary nominees: Bill Richardson, who became embroiled in a corruption scandal in New Mexico, and Judd Gregg, a Republican who pulled out after pressure from party colleagues to reject big spending plans
— Last week it emerged that two expected nominees for Treasury posts were bowing out of the confirmation process. Annette Nazareth and Caroline Atkinson, who were the choices for Deputy Secretary and Undersecretary of International Affairs, announced that they had stepped aside for “personal reasons”
— Sanjay Gupta, a CNN medical correspondent, also took himself out of the running to become Surgeon-General, saying: “You know, I have two daughters. Our third daughter is now imminent”
— General Anthony Zinni was to be Ambassador to Baghdad but Christopher R. Hill was appointed
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And that doesn't include today's news...
ping
The Brits are going to lay it on thick now.
He should have never pissed them (and Israel) off.
Related thread:
Source: attorney withdraws from Treasury job (2nd Choice for Number 2 position)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205499/posts
I didn't see 0be on the list. Is that a failure?
I need a calculator to add up all of the Obama wash-outs...
I have only four little words for both of them, "Don't mess with Bibi."
Leni
I believe his pro-China massacre had something to do with the opposition.
Who is doing the vetting in this administration? Bozo? (no offense to any Bozos out there!).
From WIKIPEDIA: FREEMAN SAYS U.S. PROVOKED 9-11 ON ITSELF
[Freeman commented at a Washington Institute for Near East Policy meeting in 2002 that, “And what of America’s lack of introspection about September 11? Instead of asking what might have caused the attack, or questioning the propriety of the national response to it, there is an ugly mood of chauvinism. Before Americans call on others to examine themselves, we should examine ourselves.”[12] In October 2005, Freeman told another Washington conference: “On the question of U.S. strikes on targets on Iran or elsewhere, I simply want to register what I think is an obvious point; namely that what 9/11 showed is that if we bomb people, they bomb back.”[13]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Freeman,_Jr.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! This is becoming a spectator sport. I have resumed my daily news fix just so I can see which BHO nominee has been shot down:-) Lovin’ it.
Heard a joke:
This proves Obama is not the messiah. The Messiah could build a cabinet.
OMG! that is perfect!
CC
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