John Brennan's voice and tone is so soothing. And he seems to know everything

[LovinLife]

I'm a straight male, but I think I might be in love. I can't get enough of this man talking :blush:

[Parker CA]

1. He has an answer to everything without hesitating for an instant. Very solid showing right now

and it's clear why he has been dominating the podium time during this presser.

[high density]

2. Indeed

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/magazine/17Terror-t.html

“A lot of the knuckleheads I’ve been listening to out there on the network shows don’t know what they’re talking about,” (Brennan) told me after the Christmas Day attempt. Some Republicans, including Cheney, were blatantly mischaracterizing the record, he fumed. “When they say the administration’s not at war with Al Qaeda, that is just complete hogwash.” It was the angriest I had heard him during months of conversations. “What they’re doing is just playing into Al Qaeda’s strategic effort, which is to get us to battle among ourselves instead of focusing on them,” he said.

It is moments like these when Brennan’s disaffection from the last administration becomes evident. “I much prefer talking with someone who is interested in understanding the situation and responding to it appropriately,” Brennan told me.

[Clio the Leo]

3. He handled Helen pretty well just now....

.... when she try to get him to say that aq attacked us because of their religious beliefs.

But I'd really like to send him some chap stick.

[GeorgeGist]

5. If you mean being unable to answer her basic question ...

Why? You must be a Kubuki fan.

[Clio the Leo]

6. I'm NOT a fan of journalists who use the WH briefing room...

... as a forum to vent on their own political agendas. And I dont care how old they are and how many Republicans they did the same thing to.

[eleny]

4. Working for 5 presidents, he sure knows his stuff

[Political_Junkie]

7. For some reason this OP makes me think of

the song "Testify" by Rage Against the Machine.

"Mister anchor assure me
That Baghdad is burning
Your voice it is so soothing
That cunning mantra of killing
I need you my witness
To dress this up so bloodless
To numb me and purge me now
Of thoughts of blaming you..."

[Phx_Dem]

8. He does appear extremely competent. If the lefties had their way,

he wouldn't be part of the administration at all. They raised such a stink about his nomination as Director of the CIA, Obama had to move him to his current counterterrorism post which didn't require confirmation.

What irks me so much about their kneejerk reaction was that they didn't know anything about him except that he worked for the BUsh Administration, along with 4 other presidents. He didn't even get along with the Bushies -- and they shut him out him after he complained about them. But that didn't matter to the leftwing loonies -- he worked for Bush so he was baaaaad.

[shadesofgray]

9. He's pro-torture. Another shitty Obama appointment, IMO.