Posted on 01/10/2014 3:11:08 AM PST by lowbridge
Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates should have waited until President Obama was out of office to publish his new book critical of the administration, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said this week.
Hoyer was quick to praise Gates's work at the helm of the Pentagon, and emphasized that he has a good personal relationship with the former Defense secretary. But he also argued that Gates contradicts himself in his assessment of Obama; makes "inaccurate" charges against Vice President Biden; and, based on the timing of the book's release, has created the impression – falsely, Hoyer said – that his motivations were political.
"I think, frankly, Secretary Gates would have been well disposed to perhaps wait to write this biography until the administration is over so it didn't look political in nature," Hoyer said Thursday during the taping of C-Span's "Newsmakers" program, which will air Sunday.
"I don't think it probably was political in nature, but Secretary Gates was very positive about the president to me and to others in private and in public when he was secretary of Defense."
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Gates should have published it two months before the 2012 November elections. Saving that, he should have waited until October of this year, right before the 2014 elections.
So in a sense, Hoyer is somewhat correct.
Hmmmmmm...interesting how Hoyer could say Gates was contradictory in the book when he hasn't even read it yet.
Hoyer....A typical Obama boot licker.
Should have waited? Heck, he should have published it while still in the role.
There is no honor in this lawless administration, and every action they take is calculated to further the socialist agenda. Shedding light on this criminal enterprise can never be a bad thing.
Yes, always keep the dirt quiet until after the election...Dem playbook.
IOW... NO ONE SHOULD EVER DO ANYTHING TO HARM THE RATS OR THEIR KENYAN KING RAT... EVER... FOR ANY REASON... UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH!
We need 100 books like this one to bring out the real “truth” about odumbo and his ilk (that includes his so-called wife)
“Gates should have published it two months before the 2012 November elections.”
Correct, but who is to say that a whimpy Romney would not have condemned Gates for revealing inside info.
I agree.
Teddy should have waited until the next day after his hangover to drive Mary Jo home,……….but that didn’t happen. Clinton probably shouldn’t have raped those women, ……………but he did. Hitlery shouldn’t have moved Vince Foster’s body,…………..but she did. Obama probably should have sent reinforcements to save Americans in Benghazi,….but he didn’t. STFU HOYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're low by about 3 feet.
Well, I can’t argue about Romney...he never counter any of the other trash talk about him murdering people, etc.
However, Gates’ revelations would have been very severe still, I think.
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