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2009-07-12 -Obits-
Galloway on McNamara: Reading an obit with great pleasure
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Posted by Wherenter Cliper4002 2009-07-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 McNamara was a slimeball. Thousands of GIs, Marines, and airman as well as 10s of thousands of Vietnamese died because of his stupidity and arrogance.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2009-07-12 01:48|| http://theworldsworstblog-really.blogspot.com/]">[http://theworldsworstblog-really.blogspot.com/]  2009-07-12 01:48|| Front Page Top

#2 "I do not want to comment on the record for fear that I might distort history in the process."

Will someone rid me of this troublesome postmodernism?
Posted by no mo uro 2009-07-12 07:22||   2009-07-12 07:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The Clarence Darrow quote made the article worth reading. Robert McNamara seemed to be universally disliked by about everyone.
Posted by JohnQC 2009-07-12 09:51||   2009-07-12 09:51|| Front Page Top

#4 We might take a moment to remember how Bob came to be Secretary of Defense. He had served with Curtis LeMay in WWII -- he was a number-cruncher then and helped LeMay figure out tactics for the bombing of Japan. Then he went to Ford after the war and enhanced his reputation as a "by the numbers" guy.

So it was natural that John Kennedy, a smart man but an intellectual and moral lightweight, a member of the elite and a media darling, would call on Bob to be SoD.

Any of that sound familiar today?

Look at how Obama has selected the people around him, and compare their reputations to the the one Bob had in 1961.
Posted by Steve White 2009-07-12 10:45||   2009-07-12 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Steve-

I have to post this from my wife's computer.

Somehow, I think I got autozapped. I can't follow links to the articles and I can't comment. Could you check on this, please, or direct me to someone who can help?

Thanks.
Posted by no mo uro 2009-07-12 12:09||   2009-07-12 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 No Mo, I'll put it on the moderator list.

AoS
Posted by Steve White 2009-07-12 12:27||   2009-07-12 12:27|| Front Page Top

#7 no mo euro:

grurkka

at

gmail

dot

com
Posted by badanov 2009-07-12 12:46|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2009-07-12 12:46|| Front Page Top

#8 It is a great pleasure and the fulfillment of a long-time goal to have finally outlived this detestable creature.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-07-12 20:50||   2009-07-12 20:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Now if the traitorous media-cong saboteur Walter Cronkite will just join him.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2009-07-12 21:01||   2009-07-12 21:01|| Front Page Top

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