Posted on 12/15/2012 10:47:42 PM PST by Zakeet
Sen. John Kerry, who sources say has been tapped by President Barack Obama to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, will come to the post with a full plate of foreign policy crises, from the civil war in Syria, to the nuclear antics of North Korea, to a looming showdown with Iran over its nuclear program.
Anybody who follows Clinton would have some pretty big shoes to fill. Clinton was not just the most popular member of the president's Cabinet for the past four years, she had celebrity status and respect almost everywhere she went around the world.
But as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for almost 30 years, the past four as chairman, Kerry himself is a highly respected figure on the world stage. While Obama is not close to a lot of world leaders, Kerry has deep relationships with many heads of state that he can draw on as the nation's top diplomat. Sources close to the Massachusetts Democrat note that the increasing partisanship on Capitol Hill has disillusioned Kerry and he is ready to leave the Senate.
He is no stranger to diplomacy and has often traveled overseas on behalf of the Obama administration as a diplomatic troubleshooter and to mend frayed relationships. Kerry persuaded Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to an election runoff in 2009 and has traveled Pakistan after a series of incidents, including the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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And that includes serving in Cambodia during Christmas, 1968, after President Nixon ordered him to go there to take part in his "secret war."
Hillarie’s Thong! I remember when Bill Clinton when to Brazil and bought two thong bikini’s —but then—they may not have been for his wife. Think of all the good things from this appointment!
1. Kerry’s now out of the Senate! One less Dem.
2. He’s off a powerful committee.
3. He’s got loads of friends in the Communist world.
4. He will be motivated to do a good job—to look better than Hillary if nothing else.
5. He will be a refreshing change from Hil.
6. He did serve in the military once—something the President never did. He can give a proper salute.
7. He can’t screw things up worst than they are.
Don't be so sure.
Kerry won't have Huma telling him what to do and say. And left to his own devices -- which are admittedly meager --Kerry is quite capable of making an even bigger hash of things.
-——7. He can’t screw things up worst than they are.-——
He is the ugly American. Never underestimate the disgust that sheer arrogance can produce
That's right! I'd forgot. A newly elected president was so anxious to get the benefit of young Kerry's abilities that -- even before he was sworn in as president -- Nixon asked Kerry to do diplomatic/military missions!
“Lap dog!”
That’s right. He’s a liberal, pandering, lying lap dog. He’s so much of one that he has his nose snuggled right in the crotch of Obama.
Requirement #1 is to know how to lie, and he meets that requirement in spades.
John Kerry or Eli Manning ?
They do resemble each other
It is no surprise that this administration would select a treasonous, traitorous, tax dodging, anti-American scumbag like Kerry. No surprise at all. I fully expected it.
Kind of cuts to the heart of the matter there, doesn’t it? You have a knack for that in your posts...:)
Well Kerry has a lot of experience betraying the military so he and Barry should have a field day for the next 4 years. It just got a lot more dangerous being on the front lines.
Well he certainly has “experience” in being a traitor to America, and shooting an unarmed teenage asian boy in the back, and running away like a coward from a gunfight- dumping one of his men into the water (for ANOTHER boat to rescue while still under gunfire)
yes, he has that kind of experience
Hey! Lurch is the man!
Experience? He served in Vietnam.
Deep resources? His wife has deeper pockets than anybody.
Well, this one ain't photo-shopped, is it?
On second thought maybe it is. No botox.
Funny that!
I had missed that legal drama with Registered; I had simply wondered what happened with him. Now I suppose I know the tale.
Iirc traitor Kerry spent Christmas in Cambodia.
So he has multinational experience.
We need some perspective here. Everything we know is wrong with this guy is seen by ob as being qualified for the job
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