Posted on 11/28/2012 10:35:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
When even Chris Matthews can see the dangers in pushing Susan Rice as Hillary Clinton's replacement, maybe the White House should pay attention. Via Eliana Johnson at NRO, the second term hasn't yet begun and Barack Obama needs as much political capital as possible to win on the "fiscal cliff." Why take on this fight, especially when an easy option --- and a better one --- in John Kerry is at hand? Matthews predicts a "very messy and hot" fight over the nomination if it indeed comes, which will be "not helpful," and Matthews hears it may not come at all:
Matthews then goes on to blame the CIA for giving Rice bad intelligence, but Rice told three Republican Senators yesterday that she had access to other intel, and simply ignored it. The blame-the-CIA argument that the White House has used since it became clear that Rice spoke nonsense on September 16th, notes Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed. The blame has been shifted to David Petraeus, James Clapper, the intelligence community as a whole, and then the CIA blamed the FBI before taking it back.
Does Obama want a Senate confirmation hearing to explore all of those story shifts, too — or just a quiet confirmation of a new top diplomat in order to focus on the business he wants to accomplish? In Matthews’ mind, that’s a no-brainer, and it should be in the West Wing, too.
If we use Mr. Tingle’s own words against him, then one thing is clear.
Chrissy must be a racist.
Why this sub average IQ putz Matthews gets so much attention round here I’ll never know.
hate to say it, but Kerry probably is a better choice. Hell, Joe down at the diner is probably a better choice...
Rice is an in-your-face kind of nomination. I wouldn’t count her out just yet, because of that. Zero loves sticking it to the man.
Kerry would be the best guy or Bill Clinton—for a Democrat with a few guts.
I’d rather see Kerry at State than Defense. Kerry at DOD would be a deliberate insult to all in uniform ... which is why Obama may try it, but that is another story.
Kerry would blend right in at State. Appalling, but true.
Prissy Chrissy thinks a middle age white guy wuld be a better pick than Susan Rice? The racist bastard!
With all due respect.. Kerry is a proven back-stabbing traitor and guilty of stolen valor. Rice is a proven liar she still has a ways to go catch up to Kerry.
RE: Why this sub average IQ putz Matthews gets so much attention round here I’ll never know.
Life is hard, we all need a laugh sometimes.
The only position I would nominate Kerry for, is a Swiftboat Captain, in S.E. Asia, if he promises to go NOW!
RE: Hell, Joe down at the diner is probably a better choice..
Is his last name ‘Biden’ by any chance? :)
RE: Hell, Joe down at the diner is probably a better choice..
Is his last name ‘Biden’ by any chance? :)
We have nothing but hacks in the bureaucracy and worse than hacks in the elected branches. Best practice would be to fire everyone and hire all new people to do whatever job they are presently doing.
If I laugh I’ll be at risk of aspirating gastric contents.
Somebody doesn’t want Benghazi Sue under oath in the Senate.
I think Obama put forth Rice in order to make sure Kerry gets a quickie conformation.
Because he’s the perfect example of the MSM mentality. He’s the poster boy for biased, Obama-loving media.
“Hell, Joe down at the diner is probably a better choice...”
Hell I’m a better choice. But tell Barry I’m not available. LOL!!
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