President Obama appears to have made a good decision to keep on Secretary Robert Gates

[NNN0LHI]

Just seen an interview of him on 60 Minutes and he seems to be a capable and decent fellow.

Reminds me a little bit of W.C. Fields, but that is besides the point.

Don

[Pab Sungenis]

1. Keeping Gates and his warmongering policies

was one of the things that lost Obama the Democratic base and led to us losing the House last year.

Big -1.

[Richardo]

2. Speaking of a big -1

Think you could fit any more ill-informed cliches into one sentence?

[readmoreoften]

4. Actually, continuation of Bush Era policies are absolutely a cliche. What's new is that the pro-war

thugs have added to their ranks Democrats who are too soft-minded and swayed by celebrity to stand on actual ideas, platforms, and principles.

[dionysus]

7. back to the freeperesque "obama's a celebrity!!1!1" thing, huh? must be a slow day for manufactured

outrage.

:rofl:

[Ramulux]

19. Seriously

When did Gates become anything less than a war-mongering imperialist scumbag?

[dionysus]

9. yes, because "the base"'s votes are a referendum on who the secretary of defense is...

:rofl:

[DCBob]

10. We lost the House last year due to the economy and the terrible jobs situation..

it had nothing to do with Gates.

[Cid_B]

11. Yeah, had nothing to do with the economy...

Seriously though, do you think Secretary Gates is on the forefront of the average voter's mind?

[defendandprotect]

25. It also had a great deal to do with economy -- and blowing off MEDICARE FOR ALL --

[MadBadger]

21. Big -1 for knowing nothing about Politics

It was all bout the economy

[Kolesar]

3. I liked his quote about the excess "infrastructure" that was added to the Pentagon

I really wish that he had set the budget for a period of decreases than the "constant $700 Billion/year" that is his plan. I think Gates was uniquely qualified to manage the Iraq-quagmire.

[Pirate Smile]

5. I agree. It was a very good profile. The people (on both sides) who hate anything that makes

President Obama look good will hate it.

[izquierdista]

12. And a 4th war will be even better.

You just don't get it, do you?

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[defendandprotect]

26. Gates makes Obama look good?

I'm sure we're all rejoicing at 10 years of Bush/Obama wars --

Remember '06 -- Pelosi on video proclaiming the morning after . . .

"Democrats were elected to end the war!" -- ???

And for the last five years they've done nothing but refund and keep the wars going!


If Obama hired Cheney some here would think it was wonderful --

[Pirate Smile]

27. Right. Gates is the equivalent of Cheney.

:eyes:

[defendandprotect]

28. Gates was a primary player in "October Surprise" --- !!

Think again about what Gates actually is -- !!

[EFerrari]

30. Robert Gates is a career BushCo fixer.

He's well spoken and sounds reasonable, not a blowhard like Rumsfeld. But he's a war criminal just he same. It just shows you that the face of evil is sometimes a nice looking one. That has nothing to do with hating Obama, it's just a fact.

[Bluebear]

31. Some idiot said this was about Obama "hate"??

Wow. Good thing it's on ignore :)

[roamer65]

6. Wasn't Gates involved the Iran-Contra scandal?

[Karmadillo]

8. That's now the Iran-Contra Mission for Peace. Only the purists think it's a scandal.

nt

[defendandprotect]

24. Repugs labelled it "political differences" with Congress --- !!!

[DemocracyInaction]

13. Huh?

I guess I missed something big. What happened to all the Pinetta and all that jazz? Why did they go there in the first place and then back down. I'm sorry but this makes Obama look kind of Wishy-Washy when he was looking like "great strong leader" one week ago. Who the hell is running the show?---seriously, who the hell is running the show?

[Pirate Smile]

17. What? What are you talking about? "Wishy-Washy"? You put "great strong leader" in quotes because

apparently you never believed it.

Nothing changed.

Same story.

This is either a freeper or green party invasion.

But, hey, that's nothing new around here.

[Egalitariat]

14. Democrats always have a Republican Secretary of Defense. Makes us look like pussies? Yes. But...

all Democractic Presidents seem to enjoy the same douche.

[Pirate Smile]

16. Panetta will be the next one - a Democrat. You seem to hate Democrats.

[defendandprotect]

18. Robert Gates was a primary player in Reagan's "October Surprise" ... !!!

LOL

[Bluebear]

22. see 20

gmta

[Bluebear]

20. Yeah, the planner of the October Surprise which catapulted Reagan into power. GREAT guy.

:eyes:

[Distant Observer]

23. Remember: Gates is a key protege (puppet it has been said) of Brzezinski

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/printout/0,29239,1733748_1733757_1735600,00.html

[Bluebear]

29. +

[Zorra]

32. He's been pretty successful at winning the ongoing longest conflicts in American history.

I'm sorry, did I say winning?

I meant maintaining.

War = Corporate Profits