Senate Intelligence Committee votes 12-3 in favor of Hayden

CNN ^ | May 23, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

Breaking News:

Senate Intelligence Committee votes 12-3 in favor of the nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden for CIA director.

[yellowdoghunter]

I never had any doubt which is why I didn't follow the hearings. I trust Pres. Bush to put someone there who will help keep America safe.

[YouPosting2Me]

"Senate Intelligence" ha,ha,ha...

[G.Mason]

Link?

[West Coast Conservative]

Can you fix my link. Should be just http://www.cnn.com/

[Rummyfan]

Senate Intelligence

Oxymoron alert!

[frogjerk]

Senate Intelligence Committee votes 12-3 in favor of Hayden

WASHINGTON POST: "BUSH is supposed to be a lame duck!"

[rlmorel]

Hmm. Seems like the Dimocrats listen to Rush...he said they SHOULD be afraid of making a big spectacle out of it, because it will only help Bush.

I notice this fell of the face of the earth last week...:)

Being handled very quietly now. Anyone else get that impression?

[jmaroneps37]

Once again the rat is all bluster and bull shiite. 12 to 3! I just wish the dopes WE have in the senate would recognize that they are in the majority and stop being afraid of the rat.

[oceanview]

let's hope Hayden does some house cleaning in the agency - I still do not know how to read the sudden Goss resignation.

[wildcatf4f3]

The lame duck strikes again

[SevenMinusOne]

CIC GWB just continues to methodically and deliberately get things done / accomplished - All the while the chicken little's (from all sides) scream the sky is falling (along with his *poll* numbers in their silly little made-up polls).

This nation is truly blessed to have this man in office at this time in our nation's history.

[wildcatf4f3]

OK, but you're still a soldier first right? A soldier who works on vehicles. The article's casual phrasing made it sound like he wasn't supposed to get into any fighting, just adjusting valves and so forth.

[Dilbert56]

USA Today - You lose.

Your treason did not pay off.

[paddles]

Game. Set. Match. With a vote like this how can anyone talk of an NSA scandal anymore?

I hope Tony Snow will break this off in the WH press corpse's arse.

[AmishDude]

Hmmm...I would have thought the moonbats would have forced Hayden to be a sacrificial lamb here. I guess this means a filibuster is not tenible.

[SaxxonWoods]

What a fizzle for the anti-military crowd. A majority of the Dems voted for Hayden.

Time for the "real conservatives" to scream that Hayden is too moderate, or something. This was too easy, something is wrong.

"It's a setup! We must lose to win! Hayden=Harriet!"

[SaxxonWoods]

Good observation. The word went out to the MSM lapdogs that Hayden was a shoe-in, fuggeddaboutit, Shhhhh.

[Soul Seeker]

You may have noticed most of us haven't devoted a lot of energy to his confirmation. Care to guess why? Have we gone "soft" on the WOT? No.

The reality is that the NSA program is popular and Hayden is a likeable high ranking man in uniform. Democrats are perceived (rightly) as anti-military and soft in the WOT. This is an election year. An election year in which Republicans would love this to be the primary battle they fight right now vs another battle they are engaged in with their own base....why would the Democrats kill themselves with the public by opposing him further cementing their "softness" and helping Reps turn this into THE issue on the front pages?

I made the calculation he'd be confirmed rather easily as a result. This vote would seem to indicate it. Hence my lack of participation in these threads.

You won't find many conservatives that have a problem with Hayden's confirmation or suspicion at its relative ease, it's predictable under the context of the times.

[SaxxonWoods]

"...why would the Democrats kill themselves with the public...?"

I hear you Soul Seeker, but they have killed themselves with the public over a lot of issues, have they not?

Are you saying they are getting smarter? I'll believe that when they drop the "illegal wiretap" stuff, laud the new govt in Iraq, etc, etc.

Anyway, I was just popping off, I'm taking a long break from work this afternoon, it's been crazy lately.

Cheers,

[rlmorel]

"...I hope Tony Snow will break this off in the WH press corpse's arse.

Now, THERE's a visualization to make me smile! Who is FIRST? Terry Moran? David Gregory? She who must not be named?

[Recovering_Democrat]

LOL...12-3?? Who were the three jack balls?

[Ann Archy]

Pat Roberts is keeping SECRET abut who voted Nay!!! That is SICKENING that a Republican is keeping secrets about how his committee voted!!

[West Coast Conservative]

I think Feingold, Wyden, Bayh.

[West Coast Conservative]

Senators Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, Evan Bayh of Indiana and Ron Wyden of Oregon voted against his confirmation, citing their concerns about General Hayden's role in a controversial domestic surveillance program he ran while head of the National Security Agency.

NYT

[Ann Archy]

Thanks...I had heard him say he was not going to tell the names.

[joylyn]

Amen.

[muleskinner]

Jed Brabyn, a conservative analyst, thinks Hayden won't do much, cuz' he kissed up to Langley in his opening remarks "I will be there to protect you" or some such.

Brabyn's big thing now is his book about why China wants a fight with the U.S. - It looks like the writers of 24 use Brabyn as a template.

[Mike Darancette]

citing their concerns about General Hayden's role in a controversial domestic surveillance program he ran while head of the National Security Agency.

What's their gripe, Hayden became NSA Director under Clinton?

[mware]

Definitely Feingold and Wyden. Not sure about Bayh.

[EDINVA]

yeah, the early talk was he'd get "Borked" until someone figured out they really didn't want a fight with Hayden because it would bring out how well we have been protected from his NSA intercept program that they are always attacking.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The lame duck strikes again

Perfect ;-)