Rumors Surface That Leon Panetta is Resigning

www.redstate.com ^ | 8/26/2009 | Redstate

[JerseyRepub]

Our friends at Restate are hearing credible rumors that Leon Panetta is quitting over the proposed procecution of CIA operatives. If this is true, kudos to Leon...

[NormsRevenge]

Leon can go back to saving the oceans.

[Busywhiskers]

He is stupid if he doesn’t.

[evad]

The man still has some scruples

[the invisib1e hand]

another one rides (under) the bus.

la dee da dee daa.

[frogjerk]

You know it is bad when even Leon Panetta is resigning.

[La Lydia]

Of course. This has nothing to do with the CIA being persecuted and targeted for the convenience of terrorists. He simply wants to spend more time with his family.

[Gator113]

Good on Panetta, but this makes it look as if Pelosi won.

[frogjerk]

All the brave people in the CIA are now saying “Thanks Leon for standing up and fighting for us! -sarc”

[PGR88]

He is probably powerless and stuck in the middle. The CIA people probably see him as an Obama stooge, and on the other side, he probably has to take ridiculous marching orders from Rahm Emmanuel. Who would want that?

[BenLurkin]

Resigning would be an appropriate thing to do and he would deserve respect for doing it.

Panetta is not part of the far left radical cabal that runs Obama. He is a career Democrat hack with genuine credentials.

He might better serve his country by staying put and doing what he can from there to stop Obama’s attack on America.

[bert]

Let’s see.....he is already triple dipping, the loss of the CIA pension is no biggie

[ClearCase_guy]

I don’t see a current cause for it, but I expect Hillary to resign too. I think Obama is good at creating uncomfortable situations and then throwing people under the bus. Smart people can see that coming and try to get out before things get totally bad. Done right, you can even look like you have principles.

[jazusamo]

Good, I hope he does.

[dinoparty]

This would be a HUGE embarassment for Obama despite all media attempts to claim its simply for “personal reasons”.

The scary thing is: who will Obama pick to replace Panetta? it would have to be somebody who agrees with the investigation of the interrogators!

[cardinal4]

He is fighting the investigations of the CIA. Who’da thunk a Clintonista had a conscience..?

[EggsAckley]

I don’t know about scruples when it comes to Leon. I recall that when the doo-doo was hitting the fan for Clintoon, Leon very quietly resigned and ran back to California. It IS however, a good indication that he sees the writing on the wall. Clintoon was in trouble, and it’s becoming obvious that so is BHO.

Run away, Leon, run away.

[doxteve]

“You know it is bad when even Leon Panetta is resigning.”

Sort of like the chaplain going over the hill.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Someone will get ‘Alinky’d’. I wonder if Panetta will do any ‘singing’?

[Political Junkie Too]

Now let's see Hillary resign, announce she's selling the house in Chappaqua and moving to Massachussetts, say that her mentor Daniel Moynihan got his start in JFK's administration and passed on his love of all things Massachusetts to her, and that she's going to run for Ted Kennedy's seat in the Senate.

-PJ