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General Hayden eyed to succeed Goss as CIA director

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-05-06 05:03|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A good pick. I hope he survives confirmation.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-06 09:40|| 2006-05-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 He seems like a good guy. Any idea from the 'burg whether he'll be hardnosed enough to keep the pressure on the leakers and others in the CIA who don't seem to follow orders very well?

Posted by JAB 2006-05-06 11:33|| 2006-05-06 11:33|| Front Page Top

#3 He's going to run into a firestorm in the Senate. He's one of the top guys at NSA, and his nomination will allow the ~~goofy, dumb-assed~~ liberal Dems to climb all over Bush once again. Count on CBS, CNN and the NYT providing lots of air-time and print for the assault.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-05-06 11:56|| 2006-05-06 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Politically, the assault will be good for the administration. Spying on terrorists remains popular. I welcome the debate.

Posted by JAB 2006-05-06 13:13|| 2006-05-06 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I very good pick. He is from Pittsburgh as I am and is life long friend of the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney (a revered figure in the NFL). A good catholic man. Most importantly he is a rabid fan of the Super Bowl champs the most hard nosed team in the NFL the Pittsburgh Steelers. Heis tough enough...God bless him in his new assignment.

Brien

Posted by Brien 2006-05-06 20:53|| 2006-05-06 20:53|| Front Page Top

#6 The preceding post was brought to you by the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce - which is (very) loosely affiliated with the Rantburgh (heh) Get 'Er Done Council. We also support the nomination of Gen Hayden and advocate the Nuke Option be employed at the first opportunity.

:)

Posted by Cleamble Cravins1399 2006-05-06 21:16|| 2006-05-06 21:16|| Front Page Top

#7 hey Cleamble Cravins1399 that be ~~snoop~~ spook snark!

Posted by Halliburton ferrets out snark div 2006-05-06 21:32|| 2006-05-06 21:32|| Front Page Top

#8 The donks better be very careful with their firestorm. The vast majority of Americans support what has been done and that is without a strong defence ever having been made. If Hayden comes out and really stuands up for what has been done with domestic spying, it could really hurt the donks in September.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-06 21:46|| 2006-05-06 21:46|| Front Page Top

#9 One Dem has already predicted a "food fight". I'm sure that makes Americans comfortable about that parties' ability to protect them....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-06 22:02|| 2006-05-06 22:02|| Front Page Top

#10 FrankG - Protect them from what?

I'm convinced a significant segment (at least 30%) of the population is simply too self-absorbed and has zero appreciation for any such efforts. They might be concerned about immigration, probably pissed at Halliburton and Exxon (or whoever) about gas prices, and really burned that Geena Davis is out of work and, BTW, How 'bout them [insert sports team here]!

Recently, my confidence in the American public has only been buoyed by their negative reaction to the illegal alien protests. On every other point, many seem as clueless as the Moonbats. 9/11 is a distant bad dream which they were happy to dismiss as the aberration the MSM pushed.

Our successes undermine the support. Ironic, no? As I've seen posted here, I believe there are two possible tracks... If we have a few very bloody failures, we'll regain the momentum to a fast-track solution: pre-emption and overwhelming force responses resulting in the elimination of the cesspools where the enemy breeds and the expulsion of those within our midst. If we aren't, if the status quo continues and we are merely bled from a thousand cuts, we will be undermined from within. Effectively, it's time to pray for rain.

Posted by Sneasing Uleash8657 2006-05-06 22:50|| 2006-05-06 22:50|| Front Page Top

#11 I think we need to attack the cesspools here too. I am fed up with the Democrats and anyone who votes for or provides excuses for them. I am also feed up with Republicans that act like poodles instead of Republicans.

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-06 23:45|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-06 23:45|| Front Page Top

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