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Leon Panetta Pick Signals Obama Will Relent on War on Terror to ‘Civil Rights’ Concerns of Al-Qaeda
Republican Liberty Caucus ^ | 1/6/2009 | Historicus and Publicola

Posted on 01/06/2009 8:23:30 AM PST by obamaisandrogynous

The pick of Leon Panetta as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency signals just one thing — Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the president-elect, is ready to capitulate to terrorists. For weeks, there have been rumors in the military and intelligence world that Obama was having difficulty finding a new CIA director because no one who was qualified wanted to work with Eric Holder, Obama’s choice for Attorney General. Holder famously defended the “wall of separation” between the CIA and the FBI during the Clinton administration, which prevented the agencies from sharing intelligence on terrorists, for fear of harming their civil rights.

Clearly, Panetta, now in his sunset years, at age 70, just two years younger than John McCain, the man Team Obama mocked as “too old” to be president, will be a passive participant here, as he has no intelligence agency experience, and will do whatever the ACLU types inhabiting the forthcoming administration want to protect the dear little terrorists, perhaps even ensuring that they are Mirandized, on the battlefield. But, when the dirty nukes start going off in mid-town Manhattan, we know whom the media will blame — George W. Bush. Everything is his fault, anyway, don’t you know? Holder at Justice, Panetta at CIA, Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security. Boy, we sure feel safe.

Obama is taking George Orwell’s statement about having “rough men” who do brutal things in the night to protect the nation and turning it on its head. He wants sensitive types who won’t hurt the darling terrorists’ feelings.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; appeaser; bhocia; civilrights; democrats; fbi; husseinobama; lefties; nationalinsecurity; obama; obamaspals; obamatransitionfile; panetta; ppeaser; sympathizers; terrorists; wot
This administration is going to be worse than the last 2 years of Jimmy Carter's horrid tenancy of the White House.
1 posted on 01/06/2009 8:23:34 AM PST by obamaisandrogynous
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Obama and his branch clintonians. Change we can count on huh?
Soiled underwear to soiled underwear still smells bad.


2 posted on 01/06/2009 8:27:35 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Since when is paying more, but getting less, considered Patriotic?)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Well one more looney left-wing campaign fodder out the door.


3 posted on 01/06/2009 8:28:23 AM PST by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

We need a real Mitch Rapp now more than ever.


4 posted on 01/06/2009 8:30:45 AM PST by bigbob
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To: obamaisandrogynous

“This administration is going to be worse than the last 2 years of Jimmy Carter’s horrid tenancy of the White House.”

here here.

Can we all say “Church Committee Hearings-II” ??!!!


5 posted on 01/06/2009 8:35:14 AM PST by petro45acp (CRA, UAW, public education, decline of the republic, IT'S THE DIMS' FAULT!)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

“Holder at Justice, Panetta at CIA, Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security.”

That is an incredibly frightening lineup! Batten down the hatches this is going to be a really bumpy ride!


6 posted on 01/06/2009 8:35:42 AM PST by Batman11
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To: bigbob

“We need a real Mitch Rapp now more than ever”

Here Here!!!!


7 posted on 01/06/2009 8:36:19 AM PST by petro45acp (CRA, UAW, public education, decline of the republic, IT'S THE DIMS' FAULT!)
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To: o_zarkman44
Change Musical chairs from the Clinton Administration we can believe in.
8 posted on 01/06/2009 8:36:51 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Is The Zero capitulating to terrorists or to Clintons here? It’s hard to tell.


9 posted on 01/06/2009 8:38:49 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Live your principles. Don't just type them here.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

After our rookie President has put an intelligence rookie in CIA, and closed down Guantanamo, if - Heaven help us - we have a second 9-11, will it be Bush’s fault?


10 posted on 01/06/2009 8:43:20 AM PST by Malesherbes (Sauve Qui Peut)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Al-Qaeda could right in the middle of beheading a liberal and the liberal would STILL be worried about saying anything that might violate the Al-Qaeda beheader’s rights!!!!


11 posted on 01/06/2009 8:49:05 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Malesherbes

Heaven help us - we have a second 9-11, will it be Bush’s fault?

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Of course it will, dear. That’s the ‘zombie mantra’. I guess they find it ‘calming’. Hehe.


12 posted on 01/06/2009 8:51:01 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Batman11

Panetta? I’d rather see Jihad Johnny get paroled and be the CIA director. He’s got more experience than ol’ Leon.


13 posted on 01/06/2009 8:52:06 AM PST by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: Malesherbes

“...Heaven help us - we have a second 9-11, will it be Bush’s fault?”

Every horrible thing that happens around the world until the end of time will be Bush’s fault. The Bush haters of the world will continue to repeat the lie until it becomes truth set in stone.


14 posted on 01/06/2009 8:53:41 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

What a shocker to think that this communist Chicago thug would want to weaken our country’s intelligence capabilities......... This country is in for at least 4 years of the September 10th mentality. What a friggin bad joke on America.


15 posted on 01/06/2009 8:57:15 AM PST by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: bigbob
We need a real Mitch Rapp now more than ever.

And a real Jack Bauer for good measure. Light 'em up, boys!

16 posted on 01/06/2009 9:01:24 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: shankbear
It was a shocker that so-called Americans elected the communist Chicago thug in the first place. I blame the "educational system" and the guilt-ridden, bleeding heart liberal bastards of the MSM.

God help the United States of America.

17 posted on 01/06/2009 9:05:24 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Looks like for the next 4 years, only Israel will be defending us.

We won't have the b@lls in the Washington to do it ourselves.

18 posted on 01/06/2009 9:08:36 AM PST by TonyRo76 (American by birth. Patriot by choice. Christian by grace.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

God help us .


19 posted on 01/06/2009 9:09:02 AM PST by Deetes (God Bless the Troops)
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To: Malesherbes

What’s the over/under on the number of US civilians that will die due to leftist terrorist coddling policy?

I’m picking 15,000.


20 posted on 01/06/2009 9:11:20 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Poor ole Obama owes so much to so many he will never be able to implement his promises to the people.


21 posted on 01/06/2009 9:13:20 AM PST by ncpatriot
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To: Max in Utah

This is like watching a drunk self-destruct.

And I’m referring to the country as a whole.

She will have to hit rock bottom before she turns around. Hopefully she won’t die first.


22 posted on 01/06/2009 9:14:17 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the president-elect, is ready to capitulate to terrorists.

Yep.

23 posted on 01/06/2009 9:18:06 AM PST by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Leon Panetta heading the CIA? Obama must have consulted Hugo Chavez, Putin and the central committee of the Red Chinese Communist Party on who to pick.

It would be less damaging to dissolve the CIA and just let U.S. big corporations pass on to our government what they may learn about our enemies in doing business abroad.


24 posted on 01/06/2009 9:19:46 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: obamaisandrogynous

Oh, the rough men will do brutal things in the night - and day - but to American citizens.


25 posted on 01/06/2009 9:20:43 AM PST by informavoracious
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Hussein Obama, Jr., the president-elect, is ready to capitulate to terrorists

Sanction of the victim -> lack of resistence by the intended victim -> simple obedience or appeasement = unhonorable peace of cowards and slaves

26 posted on 01/06/2009 9:25:05 AM PST by mjp (Live & let live. I don't want to live in Mexico, Marxico, or Muslimico. Statism & high taxes suck)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
It’s hard to tell.

It's always been hard to tell. Like when Clinton was allowing sensitive technology to be sold to the Chinese in return for campaign cash in 1996. Or when he repeatedly allowed bin Laden to slip from our grasp.

27 posted on 01/06/2009 9:30:07 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: petro45acp

“Halloween Massacre”


28 posted on 01/06/2009 9:45:14 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: obamaisandrogynous

We’re going to be in a level of danger we weren’t under with President Bush.


29 posted on 01/06/2009 10:32:36 AM PST by ensignbay (*** http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/we-demand-true-conservative-leadership.html ***)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
I weep when I recall how the MSM slammed McCain for his age and JF Kerry joked about 'Depends'.
30 posted on 01/06/2009 11:17:35 AM PST by Ciexyz
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To: obamaisandrogynous
This administration is going to be worse than the last 2 years of Jimmy Carter's horrid tenancy of the White House.

It'll be worse. At least we could see Ronaldus Magnus waiting in the wings back then.

31 posted on 01/06/2009 12:57:50 PM PST by randog (Hope is a bad business plan.)
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To: MrB
What’s the over/under on the number of US civilians that will die due to leftist terrorist coddling policy?

That would be exactly 0. Remember, the winners write history. It'll all be on the shoulders of "Bushitler" and the "neocons".

And with that out of the way, I say >1M.

32 posted on 01/06/2009 1:01:07 PM PST by randog (Hope is a bad business plan.)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
When Obama left the Bush admin’s Secretary of Defense in place, there was applause from the right. I suspected the real underlying fact was that Obama simply did not care enough about the military to make an early pick. I think the CIA pick almost proves the point. He does not take it seriously to treat it as other than an opportunity for distributing political spoils. Of course, there are other motives behind both picks. A whipping boy to take the blame at Defense. And a partisan to do his bidding at CIA.
33 posted on 01/06/2009 1:02:23 PM PST by FlameThrower
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To: obamaisandrogynous; All

The selection of Arizona Governor Napolitano for Homeland Security (say what?) suggests capitulation as well.

To My fellow urban freepers: please move away from the big city to the exurbs and the country. Stat.


34 posted on 01/06/2009 1:06:34 PM PST by quesney
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To: randog

numbers that large would have to involve a nuke or bioweapon


35 posted on 01/06/2009 1:06:47 PM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: obamaisandrogynous
Gawd Panetta? True story, the guy was running for office , Congress I think when he was cruising around in an old VW, Santa Cruz going door to door, window washer( that was me) to cook...I'd just joined the military...CIA director??? Panetta? sorry end of true story.
36 posted on 01/06/2009 1:59:20 PM PST by Karliner (Golda Meir: “The wars will stop when the Palestinians love their children more than they hate us.")
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To: MrB

Yup.


37 posted on 01/06/2009 4:36:35 PM PST by randog (Hope is a bad business plan.)
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To: randog

The reds murdered over 100 million in the 20th century. I see no reason a similar number of victims won’t be reached in the 21st century.


38 posted on 01/07/2009 4:30:23 AM PST by lodi90
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
'Is The Zero capitulating to terrorists or to Clintons here? It’s hard to tell.'

Is there really any difference?????

39 posted on 01/07/2009 4:34:00 AM PST by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
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To: MrB

I just finished listening to ‘Spy’ by Ted Bell. Lord Alexander Hawke saved DC from the terrorists, and a nuke - from the depths of the Amazon. The jihadists and the communists were working together to take ‘the Great Satan’ down.


40 posted on 01/07/2009 4:37:39 AM PST by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

I think this July 4th, we won’t like the fireworks that go off.


41 posted on 01/07/2009 4:39:06 AM PST by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
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To: mathluv

Yes, there’s a difference. The Clintons aren’t allah-worshippers and they’re not interested in putting us under sharia law.


42 posted on 01/07/2009 4:47:08 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Live your principles. Don't just type them here.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast; mathluv
Yes, there’s a difference. The Clintons aren’t allah-worshippers and they’re not interested in putting us under sharia law.

Yeah, the only stoning Clinton would want for adultery would be the doobie and coke before and after.
43 posted on 01/07/2009 4:49:44 AM PST by aruanan
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To: obamaisandrogynous
I'm just speculating but the Clinton's may have influenced the appointment of Panetta. His agenda may be to serve as a figurehead for a year or two while quietly purging the agency's archives of anything that implicates the Clinton Administration in a wide range of espionage-for-cash schemes and national security negligence.
44 posted on 01/07/2009 1:05:57 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“Well, I left Kentucky back in ‘49
An’ went to Detroit workin’ on a ‘sembly line
The first year they had me puttin’ wheels on CLINTONS

Every day I’d watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I’d hang my head and cry
‘Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I’d sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin’ caught meant gettin’ fired
But I figured I’d have it all by the time I retired
I’d have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.

CHORUS
I’d get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn’t cost me a dime
You’ll know it’s me when I come through your town
I’m gonna ride around in style
I’m gonna drive everybody wild
‘Cause I’ll have the only one there is a round.

So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn’t miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an’ bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy’s mobile home.

Now, up to now my plan went all right
‘Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that’s when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a ‘53
And the motor turned out to be a ‘73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin’ just like a song
Now the headlight’ was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of ‘em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that’s when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said “Honey, take me for a spin.”

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin’ for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn’t laugh
‘Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

CHORUS
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn’t cost me a dime
You’ll know it’s me when I come through your town
I’m gonna ride around in style
I’m gonna drive everybody wild
‘Cause I’ll have the only one there is around.”


45 posted on 01/07/2009 1:17:18 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
'allah-worshippers'

They may not be allah-worshippers but they did nothing to stop them gaining power.

46 posted on 01/07/2009 3:25:48 PM PST by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second)
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To: Old Professer

Johnny Cash!

I had this notion when I was about 12 that if I mowed enough lawns I could buy a different part each week at the speed shop and be able to build a car by the time I was old enough to get my license.


47 posted on 01/07/2009 5:12:43 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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