Bernard Kerik is an idiot

[JI7]

the man is a total fool. he doesn't understand anything.

i saw some of his "debate" on CNN with Wes Clark. i didn't expect him to beat Clark. but the man just totally sucked. he had no idea what was going on. i felt embarrassed for him.

of course the only reason he got the job is because he is a Bush loyalist who wont question anything. not that he could as he has no understanding of anything.

the only reason he is famous is because of 9/11 and even then he did nothing just as Rudy Giuliani did nothing. both have profited off of it at the expense of victims and others.

[cyn2]

1. I saw that too

He didn't know anything about the issues they raised, it was obvious he was a "deer in the headlights".

I don't know what kind of "police boss" he is, but he was in charge of training the Iraqi police......I don't think that went too well.

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. So pliable, so maleable....

..virtually no memory effect. He's like Silly Putty!

[aquart]

3. Giuliani did NOT do nothing.

Were you here? Giuliani was the man holding us together, telling us what was happening, what WE needed to do.

Whatever he was before, whatever he's been since, on the day he was one of us, part of it, and he was our leader. Which Bush will NEVER forgive. Which is why Kerik got the job, to give Bush a 9/11 veneer, but never Giuliani.

[Placebo]

5. Giuliani didn't do a DAMN THING...

and if you're going to defend that man for anything after his speech at the RNC, or any of his actions during the campaign and prior, you're a fool.

[BareskinMatt]

16. How does your opinion of Rudy compare to the majority of NYC?

Do they share your feelings towards Rudy?

[high density]

23. Guiliani on 9/11...

As of right now I hate the man, but on 9/11 he was holding press conferences and letting us know what the hell was going on while Bush took his 747 on a tour of the Midwest. I am happy that Guiliani did that, but I am absolutely disgusted by what he did during this election cycle.

[JI7]

6. anyone could have done that, it should have been the President

but Bush got scared and went into hiding. since Giuliani was mayor he used to the occasion to promote himself.

Rudy quickly used that fame to profit for himself . he is a total whore who cares nothing about others and only about what he has to gain himself.

[alcuno]

8. Rudy was holding us together? Spare me.

And he wiped out any good will I had toward him with his war profiteering (along with Kerik) in Iraq.

[sampsonblk]

14. Those who needed a hero to "hold them together"

are part of the problem.

This country was never in danger of falling apart or collapsing or anything close to it. Let's have a little perspective here. We lost 3,000 as a result of 9/11. That's just about an average weekend for those who live in Iraq.

[July]

15. New Yorkers responded without Giuliani's directions.

And I don't think anyone anywhere would have done better.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. The "real" reason Kerik got nominated:

" . . . and I grabbed the sleeve of the police commissioner and I said, "Bernie, thank God that George Bush is president!!" and Bernie wisely nodded and said, "Yes, dear."

[Redleg]

7. Intellect is not important to the Rethugs.

They proved it by voting for Bush.

[Sparkly]

9. It's important that their figureheads not have much of it

Just enough to get through reading a speech written by the team behind the scenes.

Wait -- I take that back. Not even that much intellect.

[GRLMGC]

10. He's one among many n/t

[bunny planet]

11. He's been over in Iraq for 4 months working on the training of the Iraqui

police forces. He's really kicking ass on that assignment, n'est pas?

[pen dragon]

12. He's all brawn and no brains

A muscle-headed thug, just like the head of the gestapo oughta be

[Avalux]

17. He is a Nazi

he will enforce the will of BUSHCO. He wasn't put in that position to think.

[JI7]

18. true, it will be interesting to see how he does

will he hold news conferences ? because i can't see him being able to handle it. there are types like Ashcroft, Porter Goss and others in the administration who obviously have a bad agenda, but they are still intelligent and know what they are doing.

Kerik is just a moron.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Started out as a bodyguard for giuliani

What is the likelihood that kerik couldn't get into the police department and he had to settle for bodyguard.

I wonder how many strings were pulled so kerik could get into the police department?

[hlthe2b]

28. Kerik never finished high school... Isn't that a requirement or a GED?

[Bleacher Creature]

19. He should fit in nicely

Today's article in Slate is pretty damning

http://slate.msn.com/id/2110638/

People can read it themselves if they'd like, but I was shocked by this section:

"Members of Iraq's interim governing council expressed loud dismay that Kerik spent $1.2 billion to train 35,000 Iraqi police in Jordan. More annoying still was his decision to buy from Jordan 20,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 50,000 revolvers, and 10 million rounds of ammunition, when he could have rounded up all those weapons far more cheaply—if not for free—from the disbanded Iraqi army."

[Nashyra]

20. High School drop out

I have been trying to find out where he finished his education.

[Bleacher Creature]

21. Was that in the article?

That's news to me -- thogh not surprising. This is also great:

"Specifically, Kerik started his rise to power as a veteran street cop tasked to be Giuliani's driver and bodyguard during the 1993 mayoral election."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. All I had to hear on NPR was that

he is security advisor to the Saudi royal family. :wtf:

And they say that Michael Moore exaggerates the Influence of the Saudis.

[elf]

24. His book - Lost Son !!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060009012/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-7855312-5883812#reader-link

[stackhouse]

25. wes clark rocks...

i mean what to do folks expect when one goes up against a 4 star scholar???

[elf]

26. His mother was a prostitute

and was murdered...............

[napi21]

27. I think he's better than Ridge!

Talk about somebody not knowing anything! Did you ever listen to him?

I don't know anything about Kerik, but from what I've read on DU, he at least seems to have street smarts, and I don't see anything wrong with that!

Who did you expect shrub to nominate? I think we all should give the guy a chance before making the judgement that he's an idiot and is bad for the job.

[NNN0LHI]

29. Give me a T. Give me an H. Give me a U. Give me a G. Whats that spell? n/t

THUG! Here, let me repeat that. THUG!

Don