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Top 10 Revelations From Robert Gates’s Memoir
Wall Street Journal ^
| January 7, 2014
| Dion Nissenbaum
Posted on 01/08/2014 7:06:51 AM PST by Zakeet
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For some mysterious reason, Gates thinks the Royal Oaf is a clueless idiot!
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:06:51 AM PST
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
Here’s a quickie summary:
1. Obama is unbelievably stupid.
2. Obama is unbelievably dishonest.
3. Obama is unbelievably corrupt.
4. Obama is unbelievably uneducated.
5. Obama is unbelievably lazy.
6. Obama has contributed less to the country than ANY military man or woman...none of whom respects the miserable piece of excrement.
There, quick, easy, and the ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:11:38 AM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: Zakeet
None of this is really a surprise to me, but hearing it being said is refreshing. Further, and on a tangentially unrelated note, I believe the term “neo-con” is overused, as is typical of most liberal linguistics.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:13:43 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:14:27 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: Zakeet
#11 - The most powerful person in the White House is not who you think!
To: Da Coyote
I really think Obammy is just the figurehead. He reads the scripts they write for him. He gives the speeches. In return he gets to “live the dream”..... MS Obammy gets to spend $$$$ and live the dream. He has no part in really running this country. That’s my guess.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:17:37 AM PST
by
kjam22
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To: kjam22
Omgosh I wrote a post exactly like this yesterday. I’ll see if I can find it. Funny. But I do agree with you.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:20:31 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Da Coyote
You forgot: “but Hillary’s great!”.
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01/08/2014 7:21:44 AM PST
by
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:24:28 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
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To: Yaelle
Sorry on a
Phone so I didn’t get yesterday’s date but this was my post yesterday on the rush Limbaugh thinks Obama is an economic idiot thread.
Yaelle to Sub-Driver
Most people would be ashamed that even ones enemies thought of them as stupid.
I think that as long as Obama gets what he wants, he simply doesnt care. Im not sure what his underlying desires out of all this are, though I am sure it has something to do with BEING A STAR, famous and beloved.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:25:30 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Zakeet
Here’s what I got from this.
BHO = all politics, all the time and much more involved than he lets on. He’s definitely impeachable based on these revelations.
Gates = CYA memoir, incompetent, should have quit in protest much sooner, but needed the job.
Biden = As advertised.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:25:32 AM PST
by
Rockitz
(This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: Zakeet
3. Suspicion of White House Control Mr. Gates described the White House and its national security team as too controlling and says that he found himself at odds with Mr. Obamas inner circle. At one meeting in the Oval Office in 2011, Mr. Gates said he considered resigning because of the White House micromanagement and strategy. I never confronted Obama directly over what I (as well as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta and others) saw as his determination that the White House tightly control every aspect of national security policy and even operations, Mr. Gates writes. His White House was by far the most centralized and controlling in national security of any I had seen since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger ruled the roost in the 1970s.Is it just me, or does this, kind of, destroy his "I know nothing" defense as regards the NSA spying scandal?
To: kjam22
You are not guessing: He is a figurehead, groomed by his handlers for years ahead of the election. The new mayor of NY? Same story. He and his wife both worked for the Clintons and presto! I fear that Hillary in ‘16 is virtually a lock.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:33:53 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: Zakeet
Two things stand out for me. One is this
There is no son of a bitch in the world who can talk to me like that, he writes of his fantasy. And yet they did talk to him like that and he took it, over and over. His job and perks were more important to him than his integrity, which I believe he severely lacks.
The other is this - His White House was by far the most centralized and controlling in national security of any I had seen since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger ruled the roost in the 1970s. I was under the naive assumption that DoD, DoS, et al., worked for the President. The White House. In my mind, regardless of which party controls the Presidency, this has been a long standing problem the various departments within the Executive Branch feel free to do whatever the hell they want to do without bothering to listen/pay attention to the White House.
One last thing is this - Mr. Gates writes that his reputation for having an even temper often masked his outrage and contempt. I did not enjoy being secretary of defense, he writes. And yet he never left. I guess it is hard to give up that salary and other DoD perks. What a low-life hypocrite.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:36:51 AM PST
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: LibertarianLiz
That’s my understanding as well and I noted in my post# 11.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:37:57 AM PST
by
Rockitz
(This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: Rockitz
Heres what I got from this. Heres what I got from this!!!! Unbelievable POS occupying the Whitehouse!!!!
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:44:33 AM PST
by
ontap
To: sarasota
I agree. Unless something remarkable changes... I think Hillary is lock. She'll be better than what we've got. (never thought I would say that) We've got some guys and gals on our side that would be great leaders. But we're way out numbered. Really, we become more out numbered every day. The "claim every handout" culture is multiplying faster.... and it finally realizes it can vote to take money away from everyone else.
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:45:20 AM PST
by
kjam22
(my newest music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gNI9bWO3s)
To: Rockitz
should have quit in protest much sooner, but needed the job.
I thought he was running the University of Texas when Bush put the arm on him to replace Rumsfeld. Surely there was some other cushy job waiting for him in academia.
To: Buckeye McFrog
I thought he was running the University of Texas when Bush put the arm on him to replace Rumsfeld Texas A&M
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:50:59 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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posted on
01/08/2014 7:55:29 AM PST
by
MestaMachine
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