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2004-07-13 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Korora 2004-07-13 12:05:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "This evidence is almost as good as the intel we had on Saddam Husseinâs weapons of mass destruction,"

CIA is going down the drain â¦

Posted by Anonymous3245697 2004-07-13 1:01:13 AM|| 2004-07-13 1:01:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Anon: check the source. Put plastic over your keyboard and have Windex handy. Wear a diaper.

//surprised Scott didn't mention that sKerry is a decorated war hero. Not enough people know about that/

Posted by therien 2004-07-13 1:14:33 AM|| 2004-07-13 1:14:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone needs to take a flamethrower to CIA and to State. DoD needs a different but still firm hand. And Bush could use a VP "surprise" himself to put the campaign over the top. And I got just the people in mind...

Imagine this the day after the Dem convention ends...

Cheney resigns (effective end of this term) so Bush can make him head of re-organized US INtelligence Community and first job is to restructure CIA and integrate and delineate CIA/NSA/NRO/NGA/DIA areas of responsiblity.

Powell to resigns as Secretary of State to make room - Bush accepts him as his VP running mate. (Nice useless place for a softie like him, plus immediately whacks the meter on the ticket - puts NY into play, and blows the black vote into splinters, plus whacks the "Haliburton" factor right out of the park).

Rumsfeld needs to resign to clear out the mess from Dept of Defense make him Sec Of State with a mandate to use his blunt manner and non-BS approach to clean house.

Rice resigns as NS-Adv to make her the first female SecDef.

Only leaves N.S. Advisor to be filled - any ideas who?

Nightmare for Kerry. And actually a pretty damned good core staff for the second Bush term.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-07-13 2:19:00 AM|| 2004-07-13 2:19:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Old Spook, you do *not* play nice. I nominate you for the open slot. If you can't make time in your schedule, perhaps you could pursuade TGA!

Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-13 3:25:27 AM|| 2004-07-13 3:25:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Or maybe our own dear Fred could make himself available?

Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-13 3:26:24 AM|| 2004-07-13 3:26:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The howls at State, whoa!

Now that it turns out that Valerie Plame was the CIA point"man" for getting her asshat husband, Joe Liar Wilson, appointed for the Nigeria "mission", what should her fate be? And whomever upstream in CIA approved the idea? This was pure policy sabotage.

Posted by .com 2004-07-13 3:51:22 AM|| 2004-07-13 3:51:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Old Spook, that's savage politics. And damn good policy. You know Rove lurks here don't you?

Paul Bremer for National Security Advisor.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-07-13 11:51:46 AM|| 2004-07-13 11:51:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 There is important ~~penguin~~ humint to be gathered in Antarctica. I'm sure she'll love it there.

Posted by eLarson 2004-07-13 11:51:57 AM|| 2004-07-13 11:51:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Didn't TGA tell Rumsfeld about this site not too long ago?

Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-13 12:05:30 PM|| 2004-07-13 12:05:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I like Old Spook's new cabinet, but...

I would keep Rumsfield as head of Defense. The military may not like change but its necessary and I believe time will bare this out. I would keep Condi as head of NSA, she's doing a good job

I would put Guilianni in charge of State. He's tough and respected and could clean house (which should be the primary mandate for the first year).

I would try to get McCain to head the "restructure CIA and integrate and delineate CIA/NSA/NRO/NGA/DIA areas of responsiblity"

That only leaves Ashcroft. He's doing a good job, but he's such a lightning rod and they've done such a poor job of defending him that he's damaged goods now.

Posted by yank 2004-07-13 12:05:31 PM|| [politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-07-13 12:05:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Fred's deep cover TW can't be spared, for who I don't know, actually I do know, but can't say, actually I can say, just shouldn't, but trust me... he's deep.

Posted by Col Flagg 2004-07-13 1:02:33 PM|| 2004-07-13 1:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Of course, on November 3, the refrain will be: "Scott lied; my cabinet post died."

Posted by Jackal 2004-07-13 2:13:23 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-07-13 2:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Right on, OldSpook! NS--maybe Gulianni.

Yank's got some ideas, too, but McCain? and the CIA? No way! He's a big fat liar that betrayed men to the enemy in 'Nam. Has spent the rest of his life covering it up. Bad, bad, bad idea.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-07-13 5:57:36 PM|| 2004-07-13 5:57:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Trailing Wife... yes I did.

Thanks for the offers but I'm busy over here :)
Old Spook seems just fine to me though.

Posted by True German Ally 2004-07-13 10:29:14 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:29:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Hey, Guys and Gals!!! Hey! Can I be head of the FAA? OK?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 10:36:48 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:36:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I'm afraid not AP - you'd probably put us down as character references....BAD MOVE!

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-13 10:39:44 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:39:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I like your suggestions,OldSpook, especially Cheney for CIA. Though I think Powell might be a good VP candidate, I doubt he'd want to run for an elected position, because he has said previously that he does not want to expose his family to press scrutiny, particularly his wife.

If Powell would not run for office,I'd suggest Zell Miller for the VP position. Zell's a great gentleman,very articulate, and very popular in the South. I think Zell would effectively counter balance John Edwards re: Southern states and Zell would appeal to moderate Democrat voters across America.

I like Donald Rumsfeld myself, but perhaps he is too tainted with the Abu Graves thingey and the Chalabi scandal...maybe Rumsfeld needs to leave Defense along with Feith and Wolfowitz, so GWB is not tainted by the aforementioned scandals.

However, Rumsfeld would be great as head of State Dept. and perhaps a new portfolio would give him a "fresh start." His no-nonsense manner would sure put fear into the hearts of all those deadbeat chair warmers in that useless bureaucracy called State.

What about Stormin'Norman Schwarzkopf or Tommy Franks or Colin Powell for Secretary of Defense? I think any of those 3 men would be well respected within the department as well as being respected by the public.

Don't let flip-flop John McCain near an important cabinet position, puhleaze. Make McCain Ambassador to France , whatever, if he wants an appointment - just give him something far away from DC and where he won't be near a microphone to grandstand and backstab GWB.

I'd keep Condalezza Rice in the NSA. Ditto for Ashcroft in Justice. Both are good in those positions.

The weak links in GWB's cabinet, IMHO, are Tom Ridge and that idiot Mineta. Ridge does not inspire me whatsoever whenever he is interviewed, and he has allowed Homeland Security to stay a big inefficient lumbering operation instead of streamlining and making more efficient the departments that were brought under its wing. Maybe Rudy Guilliani or Ted Olsen should be offered Ridge's position? As for Transportation, there's got to be someone "out there" who is more capable and smarter than Mineta[and perhaps a Republican? gosh, what a novel idea!] That guy needs to be given a one way ticket from DC back to San Jose, CA, after the November election pronto. Hopeless.

Posted by rex 2004-07-13 10:54:34 PM|| 2004-07-13 10:54:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Zell Miller for VP would certainly stand on the brakes of Democrat post-convention momentum! But please keep Colin Powell away from SecDef -- if he can't harness all those clever boys and girls at State, how is he going to reorganize soldiers?!? I love the idea of McCain as Amb. to France -- and they thought Rumsfeld was lacking subtlety and nuance!!! Guilliani would do a great job at Homeland Security, and from there he could push whoever takes on SecTransportation.

Sounds like we've got it all sorted, guys. I hope GWB's people are paying close attention to this thread ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-14 1:52:16 AM|| 2004-07-14 1:52:16 AM|| Front Page Top

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