http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/06/townsend.cia/

My commentary on her commentary:

http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2009/01/frances-townsend-weighs-in-on-leon.html

Folks, I apologize for my tirade in this thread. I could have been more mature in my replies.

Well, I didn’t find anything flaggable in your comments, unlike some I could mention.

Pax

There are sound reasons for the choice of Panetta; he has been on point with intelligence for years, and managing the spook factory does not require that he be a spook himself, only that he knows how it works.

I expect Democrats to support Obama. That does not imply that I am advocating the same kind of mindless rubber-stamping practiced by Republicans. Furthermore, I have never been a big fan of DiFi – or any Democrat that has rolled over for Chimpy.

DiFi has been an accomplice to torture and Constitution shredding for the last 8 years – and frankly, I don’t give a flying crap *what* she thinks. She can drop dead – with the rest of the DINOs for all I care. And you too.

As for Panetta, he is an intelligent man. Professionals have not done the job. We are going to be hit again eventually no matter who is in office. As for 9/11, when Bush came into office the Clinton staff had a series of three meetings set up to tell his staff about the terrorism situation. Clinton spent months on it and had a couple of volumes printed. He told Bush it was going to be the most important thing he faced.

Well the Bush team never showed up for any of the meetings. Not one. And Bush shelved the reports that Clinton had set up for him. He also ignored all the information he was given before the 9/11 debacle. So when this idiot and his fellow idiots say they could not have guess it would happen and planes would be used they lied as usual. Planes were specifically mentioned by the intelligence community.

So no one cares if Feinstein supports Panetta or not. She should do what she does best. Fatten up her rolodex and her husbands coffers until she gets out of office. She is marginal due to her own voting record. Let’s hope she stays that way. Although seeing the hand writing, she might do what she does best. Play the game for the new President. Which ever way the wind blows, so blows Dianne.

IT IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR OBAMA NOT TO NOTIFY FEINSTEIN BEFORE MAKING HIS CHOICE.

Take down your pictures of Hillary, it’s over.

“In justifying her vote to confirm Porter Goss as CIA director in 2004, Feinstein said, “I believe the President should have the prerogative to appoint who he wants to be the DCI, or for any other senior position, subject only to the requirement that the person be qualified for the job.” Indeed, as Matt Yglesias writes, “it’s worth noting that not only has it never been the case that the CIA Director must be a career intelligence professional, it’s also long been the case that past service as a White House Chief of Staff has been viewed as a wide-ranging qualification for future public office.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/panetta-feinstein-rockefeller/

when did hate come to make excuses for allowing illegal spying and war crimes?

whodduthunkit…

that puma virus is serious… and it keeps coming back around…
wash your hands, girl…

Gee, thanks, DiFi. We appreciate it.

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