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| WaPo Crows: Armitage's Election Hopes |
| 2006-11-07 |
| Former deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage, who was an influential adviser to Colin L. Powell when Powell was secretary of state, has weighed in on today's midterm elections, saying they offer the United States a chance to win back lost allies around the world. "The message I think from the electorate is that fear doesn't work. You've got to go back to what is traditionally ours, and we've got to go back to those things that made us important in the eyes of the world," Armitage said yesterday in a speech in Canberra, Australia, according to Reuters. Armitage was the No. 2 man to Powell from the beginning of the Bush administration until their resignations in 2005. A former Navy officer, Armitage was seen as part of the wing of the Bush administration more cautious about invading Iraq. He recently acknowledged that in 2003 he was a source to the news media of the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. |
| Posted by:Phemp Sheck8302 |
| #10 McCain better think; he already has enough baggage with the voters already without hiring as an "advisor" someone who's gonna turn around and bite him in the ass when it turns out to be expedient. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-11-07 21:45 |
| #9 IIUC he still is a foreign-policy advisor to POTUS candidate John "how dare you question me" McCain |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-07 19:27 |
| #8 I'd rather not talk about the accusations put out by those who have crossed the line from cryptozoology into stalking atm; I'm rather too upset about the current situation. Armitage was willing to let others take the fall for his actions because he had policy differences with them, at a time when he was supposed to be implementing the executive's policies, and not his own. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-11-07 17:50 |
| #7 Once again a government official shows his true colors. We have someone who is being paid to obey the lawful orders of his superiors showing arrogance and total contempt for the elected officials we the people have placed in positions of authority. Mr Armitage should not only be fired, he should lose any pension he was hoping to receive. Such "unelected lawmakers" should swing, but I'll settle for their immediate ouster and total loss of all government privileges. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-11-07 17:32 |
| #6 I have nothing about hominids using bad language. It's when they abduct people and blame it on neanderthals that it bugs me. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-07 11:46 |
| #5 Pardon my language. I know I should watch it. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-11-07 11:39 |
| #4 I guess the fucking piece-of-shit Americans should have been fucking happier about what the fuck happened? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-11-07 11:13 |
| #3 Wow. Well said, TW. I've had personal exposure to Armitage when he was doing a very impressive job (years back), and his attitude was especially refreshing. It's almost literally hard to believe he actually thinks this stuff - standard misinformed Beltway delusion. Also nice of him to slander our troops - they've been "exporting" a lot of good things in the face of fear and oppression that are the only tool our enemies bring to the fight. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2006-11-07 11:03 |
| #2 I almost regret not dropping that 45 pound weight on his foot when he was working out next to me a the POAC. (It was years go) |
| Posted by: Penguin 2006-11-07 09:53 |
| #1 How nice of Mr. Armitage to completely remove that sheepskin he had on over his wolf skin coat. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-07 09:21 |