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A. G.
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 Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) nghtvsn wrote: I don't get why she even took that position. She leaves a powerful seat in the Senate where she's beholden only to the people of New York every 6 years. Now she could be fired at any time for any reason. What is she gaining by becoming Secretary of State other than being etched into history books? Does she really need another reason other than being etched into history books? Isn't wanting to be etched into history books the prime motivating thing for people like her, Bill, McCain, Barack etc?
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Beeblebrox
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Obama will appoint General Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This is definitely the biggest direct "fuck you" to the Bush administration so far.
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Jim Halpert
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Beeblebrox wrote: Obama will appoint General Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This is definitely the biggest direct "fuck you" to the Bush administration so far. whys that? I don't know much about him
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minneapple
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Way back when, he testified in front of Congress that there would be a need for several hundred thousand troops for the war. Rumsfeld pooh-poohed him. And now, look...
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Beeblebrox
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) minneapple wrote: Way back when, he testified in front of Congress that there would be a need for several hundred thousand troops for the war. Rumsfeld pooh-poohed him. And now, look... Rumsfeld didn't just pooh-pooh him. He FIRED him. But Shinseki was right and he will now be a cabinet secretary, and Rumsfeld was disgraced and is now nearly universally hated.
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Caius
A very honest-hearted fellow
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) I don't think Obama's main thought was "fuck you" to Bush. Shinseki seems like a pretty strong pick for Veteran's Affairs.
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Corpse
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Beeblebrox wrote: minneapple wrote: Way back when, he testified in front of Congress that there would be a need for several hundred thousand troops for the war. Rumsfeld pooh-poohed him. And now, look... Rumsfeld didn't just pooh-pooh him. He FIRED him. But Shinseki was right and he will now be a cabinet secretary, and Rumsfeld was disgraced and is now nearly universally hated. Nearly? _________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
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neo_wolf
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Some liberals are already concerned with Obama? http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200812 ... tico/16292Geez, give him a break, the man has not even oficially started his job yet.
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Mannyisthebest
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Liberals are freaking out that Obama may be a centrist?????
lol, that is absurd!!!
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Beeblebrox
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On)  A handful of beltway noise makers. Who cares? Obama today stood up for striking union workers who are owed back pay. We're going to be out of Iraq in 2 years. We have a new New Deal infrastructure project in the works with a focus on greener energy. We have Tom Daschle overseeing a new health care plan. Obama is not the leftist big government hippie that people on both sides seem to think he is. He never promised universal health care. He never said he was anti-war. He has always been for tax cuts. BOTH sides need to get that through their heads. He's not Dennis Kucinich. He's a left-center politician, but more importantly, he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's competent. That alone is a big change from the past 8 years.
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Caius
A very honest-hearted fellow
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Quote: WASHINGTON - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents Tuesday morning on federal corruption charges, officials said.
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A 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps during the last month conspiring to sell or trade for personal gain the state's U.S. Senate seat, which is being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. What a fucking moron.
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Loyal
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Guess he didn't learn a lesson from George Ryan.
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Gulli
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Re: Obama's Cabinet (Robert Gates To Stay On) Thats stratospheric levels of stupid.
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Loyal
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Re: Obama's Cabinet I'm not sure what that was posted in this thread, he and Obama aren't really friends.
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Caius
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Re: Obama's Cabinet I only put it in here because it dealt with Obama's replacement. If you want to move it, I don't mind.
Is Illinois now Louisiana north?
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