gosh,
i’m really surprised that hillary is moving the furniture around.
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If Elaine Donnelly said it, you can take it to the bank!
I served under ADM Giambastiani, he’s a hell of a leader. Really sucks to lose him in the Vice slot to Electoral Politics
Note to Bush: you can’t protect your friends when put your own party out of power and enrage your own base.
When I heard that his appointment would be renew I thought they got him for his remark on Same Sex remark!
Too bad I did not agree how he went about it, but I hate politics when it interfers with a good General he earn his right to speak his mind!
Can she send me this week’s Powerball numbers?
Backroom Attack Sinks Gen. Pace [Elaine Donnelly]
Last Friday Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the premature replacement of Marine General Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. He appeared slightly sick; as if Tony Soprano had just given him an offer he could not refuse. Using words almost identical to those of Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.), Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern about a “divisive ordeal” that would have focused on the “past rather than the future.”
War always brings controversy and tough questions at confirmation hearings. Gen. Pace, who has been through the drill three times, is an articulate man. He would have stated his position on the war, and even his views on gays in the military, with conviction and poise. Chairman Pace will not have that opportunity, however, because partisan control of Congress has shifted to the Democrats.
Due to threatened rough water ahead, the military is losing not just one but two distinguished leaders. (Adm. Edmund G. Giambastiani cannot continue as Vice Chairman if a fellow Navy man, Adm. Mike Mullen, is confirmed as chairman.) Sen. Levin and colleagues on the SASC have effectively vetoed the president’s choice without a fight. The price of capitulation, which does not inspire confidence, could be higher than President Bush realizes today.
I have no inside information, but I see the fingerprints of SASC member Sen. Hillary Clinton all over this. To win in 2008, the New York Democrat and feminist must convince voters that she supports the troops and can be trusted as Commander in Chief. A vote on the re-nomination of Chairman Pace would have put her on the spot between her gay activist constituency and millions of voters who admire Peter Pace.
Sen. Clinton has a way of getting senior men of both parties to do her work for her. Pre-emptive removal of Gen. Pace excuses candidate Clinton of the responsibility to vote for or against re-confirmation. As a bonus, Hillary and other feminist senators get to vote for a liberal admiral, CNO Mike Mullen, an ardent advocate of “diversity” quotas and other controversial goals for the military.
Several commentators have suggested that Gen. Pace’s career was endangered last March when he expressed personal views regarding morality and gays in the military. A wave of name-calling and demands for an apology ensued, but as I explained in this article Gen. Pace had no reason to apologize for a law enacted by Congress. The 1993 statute banning homosexuals from the military reflects the views of people who see the issue in moral terms, but it uses secular language emphasizing military discipline.
Congressionally approved laws—including prohibitions against lying, stealing, and murder—should not be repealed just because they coincide with religious principles and moral codes such as the Ten Commandments.
Military people and voters who have supported administration policies on the war, or agree with Gen. Pace on traditional values, are receiving a demoralizing message. What’s worse, confirmation of Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman could advance the most liberal agenda for the military since Bill Clinton left office. In my next post, I will explain why.
06/10 10:05 AM
From my perspective, this article has two interesting points :
(a) It speculates that Pace’s firing is related to his “gay” comments.
(b) It puts forth that Mullen is a liberal who wants “diversity quotas.” I had not run across that before ...
So, is Bush now appointing a “Clinton admiral” to the head of the joint chiefs? Are there any other sources out there that point in this direction?
Note to self: May have to re-think tag line.
Gen. Pace seems to be a decent man and a patriot. Dumping him for purely political reasons is an obscenity and replacing him with a Perfumed Prince of the Pentagon in a time of war is irresponsible.
Elaine Donnelly is VERY believable!!! Gen. Pace needs to get a book out QUICKLY!!
That's enough. I am going to finally say it: Bush is a scumbag.
I really look forward to her next post on this.
I’m having a hard time here- the president stands up for Alberto Gonzalez- and allows General Pace to get taken out by the cowardly scum on the left?
On the face of it- that’s a fairly disturbing comparison, isn’t it?
psst - Pace retired so he could campaign against hillary - pass it on
This is pretty much what I suspected. Hillary won’t even have to clean house if she wins the election.
Indeed, all the more reason for the republicans to put him back up, assuming he’d be willing to endure the “friendly” fire with few if any republican Senators watching his back.
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HILLARY’s supporting Communist North Vietnam’s push to takeover a then Free South Vietnam during the Vietnam War =
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
http://www.JourneyFromTheFall.com
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What Price for the still Free to pay now as HILLARY pushes hard to take over our Oval Office in a new time of war..?
12 million suddenly missing Iraqi purple voting fingers on our TV Screens for starters..?
You can just BET on it..!!!
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More like a fudgepack attack. Fired for not approving of anal sex between men. A new low for this Administration, and the little pussy Gates. "The hearing would have been difficult". So what? Fight like men! They won't.
Check this out and have a barf bag ready. Elaine Donnelly
can be trusted, absolutely.
With Mullen, Bush has appointed a liberal “perfumed prince of the Pentagon”.
I can’t take much more of this. Hurry up, 2009!
I hate hillary clinton, and really Admire Gen. Pace, I had a feeling something like this is what killed his command!!
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