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| CIA Nominee Goss Faces Tough Confirmation |
| 2004-08-11 |
| EFL.More Dimbo bullshit. Also a nice hack job on Goss by the AP. President Bush's nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as the next CIA director could lead to tense confirmation hearings, with plenty of questions about the president's national security record and goals, just weeks before the Nov. 2 election. Even as some Democrats praised the nomination of Goss, R-Fla., who gave up his role Tuesday as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, others criticized him as inappropriately partisan for a job that requires relaying objective advice to policy makers. "You must keep the politics out of intelligence," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "I'm not sure that has been done here." Nancy's a walking example of keeping the intelligence out of politics... "The selection of a politician — any politician from either party — is a mistake," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Having independent, objective intelligence going to the president and the Congress is fundamental to America's national security." Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who is a member of the Intelligence Committee, said, "I believe the White House may be playing this with a political angle. If they are, it's unfortunate. We still have a responsibility, despite the elections, to ask the hard questions." Those hard questions. Can't they hire another ex-Clinton guy? Stansfield Turner isn't doing much these days. What about him? Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told ABC's "Good Morning America" that Goss "has shown not only the ability but the willingness to point out the failures that existed in our intelligence agencies prior to 9/11." Bush praised Goss, a former CIA officer, as someone who "knows the CIA inside and out" and said he was "the right man to lead this important agency at this critical moment in our nation's history." And now...the hack job: Goss is one of the wealthiest members of Congress, with assets worth between $6 million and $24 million last year. His biggest holdings included $1 million to $5 million worth of shares each in IBM, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and General Electric Co. He's evil! He's rich! He owns Wal-Mart stock! No mention of Halliburton. We'll keep digging... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 A6044: What I need to know is: is he "Skull and Bones"? I'll guess in the affirmative. Dunno. The guy was a Yale graduate during an era when the CIA still recruited mostly from elite Ivy League schools - before patriotism became a dirty word with that set. No one knows for sure whether the guy was a member of Skull and Bones. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-08-11 15:26 |
| #9 What I need to know is: is he "Skull and Bones"? I'll guess in the affirmative. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6044 2004-08-11 14:26 |
| #8 Ain't it the truth, Cyber Sarge?! Go Goss! Viva Bush! |
| Posted by: JenLArt 2004-08-11 14:24 |
| #7 If the Dimocrats are in an uproar, you know Bush picked the right guy for the job. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-08-11 14:07 |
| #6 Democrats beware: playing a political game with the CIA director's confirmation hearings will hand the GOP another big, honking stick to beat you with in Senate races across the country. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-11 13:36 |
| #5 Natural Dhimmicrat extension: ABBN - Anybody But Bush's Nominee |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-11 13:30 |
| #4 Goss is one of the wealthiest members of Congress, with assets worth between $6 million and $24 million last year. His biggest holdings included $1 million to $5 million worth of shares each in IBM, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and General Electric Co. How often does the press play up Kerry's wealth? Compared to Kerry, this guy's a fricking pauper, but the wording here is intended to make him look like the guy from Monopoly. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-08-11 13:26 |
| #3 Just 2 months ago, Pelosi sadi she'd suport Goss if nominated and gave a glowing account of his credentials. Yesterday, she dismissed him as a partisan hack...and she talks about leaving politics out the decision. Ahem, Ms Pelosi? STFU! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6038 2004-08-11 12:55 |
| #2 Just 2 months ago, Pelosi sadi she'd suport Goss if nominated and gave a glowing account of his credentials. Yesterday, she dismissed him as a partisan hack...and she talks about leaving politics out the decision. Ahem, Ms Pelosi? STFU! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6038 2004-08-11 12:22 |
| #1 I was listening to the 5-minute on the hour radio news from ABC news on my car radio when a story announced the nomination of Goss to the CIA. The second thing they did after the announcement was to get Stansfield Turner on and tell why Goss is bad. They did not even give any background on the guy. Nice balanced reporting. Ass-hats. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-11 12:21 |