McCain defends Obama's CIA pick [barf]

CNN - Political Ticker ^ | 2009-01-09

[ETL]

"In April 1985 Panetta joined with 13 of his leftist congressional colleagues — including Ron Dellums, Don Edwards, George Miller, Christopher Dodd, and Les Aspin — in sponsoring a 20th anniversary fund-raising gala for the pro-Marxist Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), which had been described by Brian Crozier, director of the London Institute for the Study of Conflict, as the "perfect intellectual front for Soviet activities which would be resisted if they were to originate openly from the KGB." The IPS was originally funded with millions of dollars from the Faberge perfume magnate and Communist Party member Samuel Rubin and his wife."

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/655

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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: Institute For Policy Studies (IPS)

IPS’s [Institute For Policy Studies] Washington, DC headquarters quickly became a resource center for national reporters and a place for KGB agents from the nearby Soviet embassy to convene and strategize. Cora Weiss headed one of the IPS's most successful forays -- into Riverside Church in Manhattan. She was invited there in 1978 by the Reverend William Sloane Coffin to run the church's Disarmament Program, which sought to consolidate Soviet nuclear superiority in Europe -- in the name of "peace." In 1982 Weiss helped organize the largest pro-disarmament demonstration ever held. Staged in New York City, the rally was attended by a coalition of communist organizations. During her decade-long tenure at Riverside, which became home to the National Council of Churches, Weiss regularly received Russian KGB agents, Sandinista friends, and Cuban intelligence agents. Weiss became infamous for her role in the psychological warfare conducted against U.S. prisoners of war held in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" during the Vietnam War.

The Liberation News Service, which is a news source for hundreds of "alternative" publications nationwide (with antiwar, Marxist-oriented perspectives), was founded in 1967 with IPS assistance."

[lots more at link...]

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6991

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This next one is from the Institute For Policy Studies...

Obama’s Agenda for Change and the 2009 Summit of the Americas

excerpt:

'Yes We Can' — Change for the Americas Coming from Below

Hemispheric resistance to the first attempt by the U.S. to force the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) on every nation on this continent led to its eventual defeat at the IV Summit of the Americas, held in Argentina in 2005. The organizers of the April 2009 V Summit of the Americas had hoped to focus on a social agenda of providing a decent living for all those who call the “Americas” their home. The emergence of the PPA, or Bush’s Plan B for the FTAA, represents a threat to the urgent need of having all nations in the hemisphere focus on tackling the disparities that make the region the most unequeal in the world.

According to Obama, “what's good for the people of the Americas is good for the United States.” Among the specific proposals Obama has made (political freedom and democracy; freedom from fear and security; freedom from want and opportunity) in the “New Partnership for the Americas” document, he says that “it’s time for a new alliance of the Americas” that leaves behind “eight years of failed policies” and “top down reforms”, and puts forward instead an “agenda that advances democracy, security, and opportunity from the bottom up”. For Obama to make good on his vision for a new "partnership" in the Americas, the divisive Bush PPA initiative must be laid to rest well before the April V Summit of the Americas gets underway.

The 2009 IV Peoples’ Summit in Trinidad and Tobago

On April 17-19, 2009, the IV Peoples Summit will be taking place in Port of Spain, Trinidad (while heads of state are simultaneously meeting at the V Summit of the Americas).The message of a "change agenda" for the hemisphere will be brought to the island nation by social movements coming from all points in between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego. A key focus for discussions during the People’s Summit will be the economic meltdown hitting the capitalist system, and the opening that this provides for the implementation of a peoples’ agenda promoting sustainable development, social justice, equity, and peaceful coexistence.[ie, communism/socialism -etl]

In conjunction with the Hemispheric Social Alliance, social movements present in Trinidad and Tobago will be providing a "change agenda" that, in large measure, will likely be echoed by representatives from many of the newly elected governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. The V Summit of the Americas will be an ideal setting for Obama to signal a new respectful and consultative role for the US in the Americas as well. Will Obama avail himself of the opportunity to take this courageous step forward? Ojalá!

http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/933

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The Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy

http://www.panettainstitute.org/index.htm

[sergeantdave]

I’m very upset, or maybe disturbed (menatlly), that I voted for Mr. McCain.

[Uncle Miltie]

Just go give him a bj already, Juan.

[andy58-in-nh]

I’m speechless. Really. I don’t even know how to respond to this, perhaps except to apologize to my fellow FReepers for ever having defended McCain. I was wrong - you were right. He’s an idiot.

[Sarah Barracuda]

I feel ya man, but just remember, you voted for Sarah, not McCain

[Prole]

John McCain will blame the American Conservatives before he blames Obama with his gang of criminals and communists.

McCain is a damn fool, and he would have gotten no more than 4-5 million votes if it weren't for Sarah Palin.

Sarah, and Sarah alone, is the reason why McCain got 57 million votes last November.

[AmericanVictory]

LOL! And the Clinton’s did so much to boost our intelligence capabilities, opening all ours up to communist China in the way that they did. Can you say Riady. Wasn’t Panetta in charge when they kept fudging on all those security clearances. That will really help at the CIA.

[madison10]

J. McCain, if you are thinking of running again for President...don’t.

[cripplecreek]

Remembering it in the next election is all the apology needed.

[pallis]

McVain is back and needing a fix from the Omedia pimps. Did anyone here really think he would come to his senses? For however much time he has left, he will spend it being a McO. Count on it. Now, excuse me while I try to wash the filth of voting for him off my hands.

[LeonardFMason]

THANK GOODNESS THIS A-HOLE LOST!!!!!!!!!!

[Radix]

McCain’s brain is so fried.

[unkus]

>>He is a pain and the fact that he is a GOP Senator is about all he has going for him. No wonder we got stomped this election.<<

I received a letter today from the National Republican Congressional Committee and returned it in their envelope with a note: “When the Republican Party returns to real conservatism,let me know. Until then, I don’t want to hear from you”.

[Steamburg]

McPain is the single flaw in Sarah Palin’s campaign. I would wager that her fear of having Zero and Company was enough for her to put country ahead of her well being. I just hope that by 2112 McPain won’t be part of the political scene.

[Vigilanteman]

Exactly right. Our local GOP HQ couldn't give away McCain lawn signs until Sarah joined the ticket. Then, they couldn't keep them in stock. Our county is 60% Democrat registration. But McCain won with 58% of the vote because he had the sense not to show up here and send Sarah instead.

[EEDUDE]

“He’s an idiot.”

We told you so! :)

But we all make mistakes..... I married my ex wife :(

[stevio]

I see her as being able to wash off the stench in time for 2112.

[secret garden]

Just one more reason why it was so difficult for conservatives to hold their nose and vote for him.

[HighlyOpinionated]

I saw part of the interview (on Fox) and nearly shot the television, then remembered it was not MY television (I don’t have one). McCain should just change Parties and get it over with. He has NO backbone. If the Supreme Court declares Obama ineligible to be President, I hope we have another election and do not have to accept McCain as President.

[LeonardFMason]

Question for McCain: “Could you have given a better effort in making sure Obama won the election?”