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A Petty Decision by Obama
Townhall.com ^
| January 9, 2013
| Jonah Goldberg
Posted on 01/09/2013 5:13:45 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Venturer
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posted on
01/09/2013 5:48:06 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Hardraade
Plus that arrogant pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave has to reward him for having voted for him in 2008 and 2012
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posted on
01/09/2013 5:51:25 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Kaslin
Obama is a petty, petulant child. You can bet this nomination is payback for him not getting his real choice, Susan Rice. Nothing Obama ever does is in the spirit of bipartisanship and to even hint at it makes any author lose credibility. It's Obama’s way or there's hell to pay. That's the little emperor's theme.
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posted on
01/09/2013 5:55:57 AM PST
by
liberalh8ter
(If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
To: Kaslin
Obama being petty. What a surprise /sarc
To: Kaslin
Hagel was an enlisted man, as was I. Having seen poor leadership and been the recipient of stupid orders it was enlightening to work for General JJ Lindsay on his XVIII Airborne Corps Staff as his NCOIC (He was also my first Infantry Battalion Commander in the 82nd). This was because Lindsay was too a former enlisted man who received a battlefield commission on D-Day, and one morning I had the occasion to ask him why it appeared that his entire officer staff, to include one of the other two generals in the command group were former enlisted. To this he responded that having had to do police calls at Fort Bragg as a inductee and been on the bad side of orders, he felt that only those who had been led, and led by poor leadership would have the insight to issue orders that would be well thought and seen from the eyes of someone who actually was going to do the work.
The only good I can see in Hagel is that he too has seen poor leadership and hopefully that one single facet of his heading DOD if it happens is that he knows grunt work. As for his politics, I could not disagree more as I served two years in Tel Aviv at the American Embassy and support that country for several reasons, one of which is Western Civilization; that other is that our Stock Market is very inter-connected with stocks well represented in the Jewish State.
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posted on
01/09/2013 6:12:29 AM PST
by
Jumper
To: Kaslin
According to Politico, the choice "appeals to Obama's bipartisan spirit." It's just effing laughable - the man has no more bipartisan spirit than he does humility or respect for The Constitution.
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posted on
01/09/2013 6:14:03 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Kaslin
Obama’s intent is:
1) to further divide the Republicans against themselves;
2) to pretend to reach across the aisle, justifying blatant partisanship when the Republicans reject it;
3) to put Republicans in a position of negativity again, using up their energy on a sideshow.
At this juncture, Conservatives have no national leader, no strategy, no agenda — and it shows. Obama enjoys competent handlers running his Presidency as a political campaign, and an adulational “news” media eager to play along. Until we close the “figurehead gap”, Obama and company will eat our lunch, with dire results for the nation.
To: Aevery_Freeman
You got the "t" and the "s" backwards in "this".I wuz trying to be kind :)
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posted on
01/09/2013 6:45:04 AM PST
by
upchuck
(America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
To: Kaslin
Obama’s Cabinet choices indicate that he is the one not willing to accept that he has a mandate from his election. He understands well that those who voted for him are ignorant and he purchased their votes through false promises of wealth distribution and other ridiculous lies. There will be nothing to distribute except unfunded money printing. What really keeps him awake at night is his inferiority complex fueling his hate for the patriots of liberty and the constitution both of which negate his lethal ideology. He can’t resist any opportunity to throw into the present national crisis of leadership his pathetic nominations of obvious hacks. Political operatives who have already proven their unacceptability. They represent Molotov Cocktails of political terror thrown only to further destabilize the Republic of the United States
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posted on
01/09/2013 7:05:25 AM PST
by
Postnbeam
(Obama Cabinet Nominations are Political Molotov Coctails)
To: Jumper
The only good I can see in Hagel is that he too has seen poor leadership... You must referring to Trent Lott.
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posted on
01/09/2013 7:24:23 AM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Aevery_Freeman
You’ve got that right!
This is just a game to Nobama. He practices the street hood “in yo face MoFo” intimidation, but will fold when confronted with a worthy opponent. May I suggest Ted Cruz?
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posted on
01/09/2013 8:19:35 AM PST
by
X-spurt
(Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
To: X-spurt
I guess on the plus side...nobama didn’t nominate his commie pals, Ayers or Dornan.
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posted on
01/09/2013 9:22:42 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Kaslin
Occams Razor applies here. Obama selected Hagel because they are sympatico where the “the jews” are concerned.
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posted on
01/09/2013 9:32:06 AM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: hal ogen
Do not put them past him.
This bunch really likes to “crank us up” with FU’s like BiteMe’s hinting nobama will outlaw 2nd Amendment by EO. They know that will never get by, but it really pisses us off just to hear it, that’s how subtle intimidation works.
I won’t be the least surprised when nobama starts giving the bird to his dem friends too.
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posted on
01/09/2013 10:33:27 AM PST
by
X-spurt
(Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Because Obie is a punk? A street thug? "I'll take 'street thug' for $800, Alex."
To: montanajoe
Personally I’ll take a liberal Republican who was a grunt and decorated combat veteran over just about anyone else O would have nominated... Granting you his decorated service as an enlisted man, nevertheless what should be in the foreground here is the reasoning behind Obama's nomination of him, and what Obama intends by it, and what he intends Hagel to do, if he's confirmed. What are Obama's policies that Hagel will execute, and what are the politics of the nomination? That's the point.
And none of it looks good.
To: lentulusgracchus
Exactly. Hagel was picked to provide cover for further eviscarization of the military because BO thinks he can do it better than an avowed Marxist in his own party. It's that simple.
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posted on
01/09/2013 2:29:53 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: lentulusgracchus
Exactly. Hagel was picked to provide cover for further eviscarization of the military because BO thinks he can do it better than an avowed Marxist in his own party. It's that simple.
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posted on
01/09/2013 2:30:17 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: lentulusgracchus
What you or I think should be in the foreground is irrelevant. There is no one that you or I think should be picked for Defense Secretary that would stand a chance of Obama nominating.
In my view an enlisted combat veteran serving as Secretary of Defense in this administration is about as much as anyone could hope for.
To: Kaslin
>>>>The interesting question is, why? <<<<<
Here’s the answer from the lips of Lenin:
“Deepen [and] exacerbate existing problems, crises, [and] differences, and if they don’t exist, create them or convincingly claim that they exist... and profit [politically, ideologically and even financially] the most from them in any way you can, and, in the resulting chaos, blame our enemies for the whole thing.”
Obama was correct when he announced in 2008 that change had come to America. It’s a slow-motion version of what the Bolsheviks did in Russia. His actions are designed to enflame and antagonize, and with each response, power is concentrated with the left.
There’s no need for a Reichstag fire when dozens of smaller blazes are set across the landscape. No budget. Contradictory statements. Laws with hundreds of pages, followed by thousands of regulations. Stoking racial animosity. Fast and Furious. Gay marriage. Trillion-dollar coins. Raising taxes on the rich, which means everyone paying payroll taxes. I could list dozens more things that are promoted and proposed to confuse, anger, or deflate the feelings of the American people. And while everyone is looking elsewhere, power is consolidated.
God help us.
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posted on
01/09/2013 9:05:23 PM PST
by
redpoll
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