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Subscribe to RSSWith the congressional storm over debt and spending temporarily calmed after the fiscal cliff fight, the political world's attention now turns to the administration's shuffling of top agency jobs at the start of President Barack Obama's second term.
The president's cabinet includes 15 heads of federal departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. As Obama’s first term comes to an end, there remains plenty of uncertainty about as to the status of much of the cabinet, including some of the top positions in the government. Here’s what we know so far:
Secretary of State: Obama has already announced Sen. John Kerry as his pick to succeed departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, choosing the Foreign Relations Committee head after his other reported top choice, Susan Rice, withdrew from consideration for the post. Kerry is expected to be confirmed easily by his Senate colleagues.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Sen. John Kerry as Secretary of State to succeed Hillary Clinton, at the White House in Washington Dec. 21, 2012.
Secretary of Defense: An administration official has confirmed to NBC's Chuck Todd that President Obama plans to nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and Vietnam veteran, for the Defense secretary position on Monday. Hagel would replace Leon Panetta at the helm of Defense Department.
The Nebraska lawmaker faces significant opposition from some in his own party who are wary of Hagel's past statements about Israel. Hagel was also forced to issue an apology after foes resurfaced a 1998 comment in which Hagel criticized an "aggressively gay" political appointee.
In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” last week, Obama praised Hagel but said he has not made a final decision about who he wants for the top Pentagon job.
"I haven't made a decision about who to nominate," Obama said. "And my number one criteria will be who's going to do the best job in helping to secure America."
If nominated, Hagel would be boosted by two heavyweights other than the president: Vice President Joe Biden and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed.
Other possibilities reportedly discussed for the post were Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, or Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
With the fiscal cliff crisis barely in the rear view mirror, the White House's likely decision to pick former Sen. Chuck Hagel for the defense secretary position is likely to ignite a contentious confirmation battle. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Treasury Secretary: Current Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, the final remaining member of Obama's original economic team, has signaled that he will step down after the inauguration, which could leave the department without a confirmed chief during the coming showdown over the debt ceiling. White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, is considered to be Geithner's likely successor.
But as NBC's Political Unit notes, the White House may think twice about handling a confirmation process at the same time as yet another round of brinkmanship over the government's legal borrowing power.
Jason Reed / Reuters
President Barack Obama walks off stage with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner after speaking about his meeting on infrastructure investment, in the Rose Garden of the White House in this Oct. 11, 2010 file photo.
CIA Director: While not technically a Cabinet position, also in the mix will be a new intelligence guru to replace former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, who resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer.
In the running for that job are John Brennan, an influential White House adviser on counter-terrorism, as well as acting CIA Director Michael Morrell.
Other Cabinet positions: Along with the candidates for those high-ranking positions, there will likely be other openings throughout the administration, with possible departures from other agencies including the Energy and Commerce departments.
If Interior Department head Ken Salazar chooses to leave, former Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, retiring Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington, and outgoing Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire are on the shortlist to replace him, according to a Democratic insider.
Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson has also announced her departure at the end of January, setting up an open position at an organization frequently targeted by Republican foes of federal regulations. (The EPA chief job is not among the 15 official Cabinet positions but is awarded the status of "cabinet rank.")
When President Barack Obama returns to Washington this weekend, he will still have two big cabinet posts to fill and the current favorite for Secretary of Defense – Chuck Hagel – is taking heat on a range of issues. Obama 2012 traveling press secretary Jen Pskai and former RNC Chairman Michael Steele discuss.
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If Hagel is anti-gay, he's got my endorsement.
if your anti gay your probably homophobic
CK - Forget about it - times have changed since 1996 - Obviously you have not kept up
Our Children and Grandchildren have
Plus my husband also served Air Force - does not accept your views of prejudice - but go for it
Hagel seems a good choice for Defense. It's ironic how the Republicans go on and on about 'bipartisanship" until it's time to actually walk the walk. Obama's choice of a Republican for the office earns him no points at all with the Party of No.
As for Kerry being 'easily confirmed': I will believe that Republicans are capable of cooperation when I see it.
The statement was that he is "Agressively Gay", that means a potential pedophile if you pro gays are willing to include pedophiles in the club then that ruins your credibility also.
what is also important is Homeland Security. that job is, and has been, as open as the border and it needs to be repaired fast. Napolitano is just not getting the job done. and then there is Holder who is still in contempt and Obama* has to exersize executive privelidge again to defend the information from becoming public and there is the death which was caused by their conspiracy to allow straw purchases of assault weapons by foreign insurgents.
putting gay soldiers in the areas where they train the afghanistan police who will shoot them, for being gay, is a farce.
Not accurate. Gay people are no more likely to be pedophiles than straight people are. In fact, it's probably true that most pedophiles are heterosexual.
You don't know what Chuck Hagel meant by that comment, but he surely didn't mean to insinuate the guy was a pedophile.
If a man molests a girl he is a straight pedo.
If a man molests a boy he is a gay pedo.
Obamas track record on executive decisions is not too good. He chose his first cabinet and with them he was unable to accomplish squat so many of them are running or have already gone. hillary has had enough of his lack of leadeship skills. So whats next. he is in a second term and any effects of Bush are gone and it will now rest on him alone. So far since election he hasn't managed to get congress to get a budget done. failed to get emergency aid pushed through for the Sandy victims he was so very very worried about just before the election....lol ( not so worried now is he?) Wasn't able to get the tax hikes he talks so much about and he hasn't offered up any of the other side of "balanced approach" like spending cuts.
This new cabinet will most likely prove to be as in-effective as his first because he is in-effective as a leader.
Avenger,
I will take Obama's record over what we could have had as president any day! Getting the National Liar's Club Award for the biggest lie of the year by Mitt for saying, "Jeeps would be produced in China is not leadership." "I don't care about he 47% is another one!" It is called republican. I also wouldn't want a president who belongs to a religious cult!
Wow! Vile, repulsive and ignorant. What a package.
To many people departing from their post. What is going on with the Obama cabinet? Do they know something we don't know? But I'm glad their leaving because they really gave Obama the wrong advise during their term in the cabinet.
Why does it matter what his race is ? I guess we now know what really bothers you about him and it's not his politics.
The gays should just go back in the closet and lock the door....
Bush appointed 10 new cabinet members of the 13 cabinet positions after his reelection
That is a 77% turnover.
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/politics/inauguration/cabinet.pdf
Judging from these posts, it looks like Republicans are actually admitting to what they really are. As if decent society didn't already know.
Dear MSNBC, can please ban "lying democrats "from this site. His or her comments are sickening, racist and only made to antagonize other Posters. His or her comments have no redeeming value and are only made for hate purposes.
Let's see who Obama picks and go from there.
Obama has shown bipartisanship by picking a Republican Secretary of Defense.
Lastly: Pedophilia has nothing to do with being gay.
51% of Americans now believe gays should be allowed to marry.
We are bringing on Hagel to be Secretary of State, not Secretary of Gays.
Hey, Kaybeetoy advertiser.... go check out the FBI database.... really cool stuff on gay people and child molesters there... also, the mothers against pedophile page... wow, did you ever seem to get it wrong.
@ lying democrats......
" Just because a person does not believe it's natural for a man to stick his member into another mans hairy arse doesn't mean they are homophobic."
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
Hagel, made an anti gay statement 15 years ago and than appoligized but it was in opposisition to some woman being appointed to a position. Nobody has checked to see if he has mellowed out his views in all this time. Over time wounds heal, but it seams like this gay activist group has been picking a scab for all this time and now they want him to bend over backwards and kiss their butts? I'm surprised the Right to Life Activist haven't been jumping on something that doesn't pertain to them.
Michèle Flournoy for Defense !!!!!!!!!!
She is very qualified.
Lying republicans,
show a little class when making your comments and not the gutter type republican approach to answering questions and giving responses. Mitch McConnell was on "Meet the Press" and sounded like some kind of fool. That is no surprise.
So, here’s a part of Barrack Husseins accomplishments over the past 4 years.
4 years in a row of trillion dollar plus deficits.
A National Debt of over $16.4 trillion.
A Federal Reserve that has added $2.9 trillion to its balance sheet and now it worries whether it helped.
We have just spent the $2.1 trillion dollars we raised the debt ceiling to just 16 months ago, over $131 billion a month spent.
Unfunded Liabilities over $125 trillion. There's not enough wealth in America to pay this off.
States are burdened with over $4 trillion in unfunded pensions.
Student loans exceed $1 trillion (most in danger of default).
Social Security and Medicare's Trust Funds will run out in 20 and 12 years respectively.
The Institute of Medicine reports that our health care system loses $750 billion EVERY YEAR!
The federal government made at least $125 billion in improper payments in 2011.
Washington spends $92 billion on corporate welfare (excluding TARP) versus $71 billion on homeland security.
The Congressional Budget Office published a “Budget Options” series identifying more than $140 billion in potential spending cuts.
Examples from multiple Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports of wasteful duplication include 342 economic development programs; 130 programs serving the disabled; 130 programs serving at-risk youth; 90 early childhood development programs; 75 programs funding international education, cultural, and training exchange activities; and 72 safe water programs. This report identifies more than $100 billion to $200 billion in annual government spending on 1,500 different programs that are wasteful, duplicative, or inefficient.
Now let me show you a finding by our own government auditors that should outrage even the most rabid Big Government advocate.
Government auditors spent the past five years examining all federal programs and found that 22 percent of them–costing taxpayers a total of $123 billion annually–fail to show any positive impact on the populations they serve. (emphasis mine)
Almost 25% of our coveted social programs do NOTHING for the intended population!
AT A COST OF ALMOST $125 BILLION EVERY YEAR!!!!!!!
This is $1.25 TRILLION over 10 years.
It may also interest you that this study by our governments own auditors was started under Bush in 2003. When the results were revealed the study mysteriously ended in 2009.
Coincidence?
I think not.
So, despite all this, the argument is over $430 million to Hollywood versus $70 million to NASCAR in the most recent “fiscal cliff” hoax!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe, just maybe, you should be more concerned about the hundreds of trillions of dollars our government has lost to waste, fraud, abuse and corruption over the past century.
Good luck America, you’ll need it with Barrack Hussein trying to ruin our great Republic!
And republican accomplishments? Keeping the rich from paying their % of taxes and otherwise doing nothing!
Jeep is going to make car's in China for there European market.
Obama throwing cheese to the middle class WHILE All HIS FRIENDS ARE GETTING RICH OFF OF AMERICAS BACKS.
As for Kerry vary rich white you all should hate him.
California Tom, You 're just going to have to suck it up about "lying Democrat's" posts. We endure while others appluade Fiesty Red Head's comments so Lying Democrat can say whatever! I'm LMAO here to think that you feel Newsvine has any credibility at all! Tom we just come here to b!tch, it's nothing personal.
clwyd-2621393 "And republican accomplishments? Keeping the rich from paying their % of taxes and otherwise doing nothing!"
Let's see now - The 'rich' (top 10%) make about 43% of the income, and pay 71% of the income taxes.
The Middle Class makes about 54% of the income and pays 27% of the income taxes.
The 'Poor' make about 13% of the income and pays only about 2% of the income taxes, while getting the vast majority of the 'benefits' of government spending.
And YOUR version of 'fair' is what?
Source -
http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners
JimSpence
Here is some interesting info;
Over the last year, virtually NONE of our new Debt (over $1 Trillion) is being bought by any REAL investors - It is being bought by the Federal Reserve to finance Obama's spending spree.
I fact, China (previously our top creditor) has REDUCED the amount that they have invested in American government Debt by about $200 Billion - Why? Because they know that Inflation is coming soon from all of that new money being 'created' by the Federal Reserve. That $200 Billion repayment to China also had to be financed by the Federal Reserve.
Any student of Economics 101 knows that will lead to massive Inflation in the future, and when the Fed tries to stop Inflation by reducing the money supply, it will cause a REAL 'Great Recession'.
Be forewarned.
Yeah yeah yeah...we know. More bad dreams about gay people eating your children, etc...
We all know that if any candidate hates ANYONE, they have your endorsement. Hate is all you're about, CK.
OH! And, Good Morning to you, Roy Wilson. So, did the Penis Enlargement pills you bought ever work? Or are you still stuck with a three-and-a-half lil' fella? Several people here seemed to be interested in your little saga a couple days ago... I wondered myself if you were able to feel a little better about yourself, and more like a man, if you'd grow up at all, and stop whining and telling lies here all the time. I'm honestly curious to see if that actually happens...
6dogs "Hagel, made an anti gay statement 15 years ago and than appoligized but it was in opposisition to some woman being appointed to a position. Nobody has checked to see if he has mellowed out his views in all this time"
15 years before Obama first sought public office HE was smoking Pot and snorting Cocaine. I certainly hope that HE "mellowed out his views in all this time".
Source - http://www.wnd.com/2008/07/70991/
ROY WILSON-336103
Roy, Liberals/Progressives have NO version of "fair".
This is just their irrational rage against those that are successful and become wealthy. This is their anger at themselves that they have never created anything that they can be proud of. They exist only for themselves and their sheltered little lives. They adhere to Barrack Husseins class-warfare/envy meme and hope they can just continue to live off the government dole.
I have asked dozens of times for any of them to define "fair", a "fair share", a "level playing field" and of course their favorite fairy-tale ideology, the "living wage". To date NOT ONE of them can answer it logically. They all come up with some bizarre concept of fairness and each of them are different.
When you confront them with, who will be the ultimate unbiased arbiter to decide what is fair, they are even more disjointed. One of their favorite solutions is that "society" will decide, but when you challenge it with a different opinion they proclaim that is "unfair".
The "living wage" is even more comical to watch them try to describe.
The bottom line is they have no solutions to these ideologies; they're all based solely on emotions. Most Liberal/Progressive decisions are based on emotions rather than policy. This is where their world unwinds into chaos as none of them can agree which emotion should dominate.
The usual, "It's the right thing to do", always ends up with significant unintended consequences that none of them anticipate because they never think ahead. Everything is a knee-jerk reaction to one crisis after another. They never realize the biggest creator of all the crises we encounter is from our own government.
As far as the tax "fairness" is concerned, it will never be resolved. The principle driving factor with Liberals/Progressives regarding taxes is that the rich end up having more money AFTER they pay their taxes.
In the delusional Liberal mind, everyone should have the same amount left after they pay their taxes, regardless of how hard you work or contribute to society. The biggest problem with this level of idiocy is that Liberals/Progressives never achieve much so they contribute so much less, but they expect you to create a business, create commerce, create wealth and prosperity and then just give it to our criminal government in the form of more taxes so it can cause more waste, fraud, abuse and corruption.
In short, Liberals/Progressives know they can't be competitive in the real world so they hide behind the nanny state government and live out their pathetic existence according to the "Life of Julia" Barrack Hussein so worships.
This is their conundrum and shame.
Let the second round of the three-ring circus begin. The lies and deceit will remain the same since the incompetent ringmaster still thinks he knows what he is doing
!!!!!Good luck America!!!!!
Lying republicans,
And I wouldn't play or have played a round of golf with God Owful bush! He has a warrant out for his arrest by the World Court in the Hague for "War Crimes!' So what was your point?
Roy,
You forgot one! In 2010 the top 5% owned 40% of the wealth, In 2011 they owned 42% of the wealth this year 2012 they are up to 45%. Is that all you republicans want it to create and Aristocracy?
ragsdaca,
I hope you are joking about your Jeep comment. The American Liar's Club has already awarded Mitt Romney their grand prize for lies Award on that statement?
"H.J. res. 15." Bye bye term limits. Hello Communism.
lying democrats banned, re-reg of multiple accounter LiberalsAreMorons and others.
What is the Difference, the GAMES are going to continue in Congress. This country is being torn apart from the inside.....
I wonder how many tax cheats he will nominate this time.
Is he going to replace 40+ Czars and their staffs?
@MC Gusto, first, he doesn't have any Czars, that is just a figment of pukebags minds. Low informed minds at that. But keep your excretment coming, people here need a good morning laugh. Don't take this personal, if it wasn't you, it would be some other low informed pukebag that we would be getting a laugh from their postings.
SallyAnn-4595694
That's right Sally keep your head in the sand. I believe he still has 30+
http://www.judicialwatch.org/files/documents/2011/czar-report-09152011.pdf
But keep your excretment coming, people here need a good morning laugh. Oh and PLEASE DO take this personal.
Reb, you are nothing to take personal. Who cares what a backwards, misguided Yahoo has to say. You keep on living in the 60's Reb ans sooner or later you will be right there with Lester Maddox, George Wallace & Orville Fabus in the Redneck Hall of Fame... Get back with me in about 5 years when your type & your m8isguided, loony Party are the minorities. Just think of the greatness you will have in celebrating "Redneck History Month" when you can reminisce back to the times of lynchings & bombings.
Eddie in Seattle
Really??? You have got to be kidding me with those comments. If you're from Seattle you must have just come home from a pot party or some other binge. Go sleep it off a--hole.
REB,
Obama has 43, Bush had 49.
Czars began with FDR who had 17.
Since FDR only Ike and Bush Sr. didn't have any czars.
Presidents don't hire czars. "Czar" is a label bestowed by the media
If Congressional approval wasn't so difficult (for political reasons only) there would be very few if any.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._executive_branch_czars
http://factcheck.org/2009/09/czar-search/
@Reb
Be proud.......The world is now a little dumber for your existence......
Tea Baggers just bring down the level of intelligent conversation here.
Romney was the biggest tax cheat of all time.
Reagan had more Czars than Heinz has pickles.
"What is the Difference, the GAMES are going to continue in Congress. This country is being torn apart from the inside....."
Amen to that. Here's to hoping it all splits wide phuckin open!!!!!!
got proof on Romneys taxes? Thot not....campaign is over remember, O won.
O favors the communist ideals in such folks as Van Jones and many others..
Country is already split wide phuckin open ridr.
If Romney had released his taxes I would have all kinds of proof.
Obama in NOT communist. If he is then Republicans are fascists.
Eric,
Don't bother trying to defend the President from these RWNJs. I've heard he's a Muslim, a Marxist, a Communist, a member of al qaeda, You name it!
All these posters are fanatics still upset about November. They won't get over it. And it'll be worse after they get stomped again in 2016.
@ fuzzy
I would never call our president a muslim, marxist, or a communist. He's just an idiot
Greg Palast of The Nation broke the story on an investigation on how Romney and his ilk profited millions and billions off of the American People...and how he made millions on the Auto Bailout by profiting millions on Delphi Automotive (a parts division of GM)....He stashed those millions in an offshore bank account in his wife's name...
thenation.com/blog/170662/greg-palast-mitt-romney-made-millions-auto-bailout#
Romney for president....would have raped this country. He said it himself at his website in his economic plan...He wanted to overturn everything Obama put in place and issue massive drilling permits and deregulate. The problem is most people never went to his site and actually studied his plan.
LOL!!
Gotta love the bitter, angry Right Wing. Even AFTER their Magic Underwear Mormon Cult Member lost the election -- RESOUNDINGLY lost the election (332 electoral votes to 206 for Mittens) -- they're still whining and screeching about it. And, still throwing words around like Communist and Marxist and Socialist, clearly without ANY educated idea what any of those words mean... Just amazing. They wander out of their trailers with their morning coffee, spend a few moments with their redneck dropouts at the woodpile, and suddenly they think they have a head-full of new ideas!
LMAO!
I used to work shortened 6 and 7 day weeks in D.C. for a bunch of years. Had to wait about 3 hours each day for the first commuter bus back to VA since I would get off early. That was fine, got to see all of D.C. many times over. Had gallery passes to the Senate and House floor. Many days when I was tired or it was really cold out, I would climb up into the gallery to watch different Senators or Congressmen speak or whatever was going on. You are not allowed to sleep or anything up there or they will wake you up or toss you out immediately. Anyhow, one day (this was way back long ago) Kerry got up to the podium to get his statement on the record in front of no one (the chambers are usually empty, they just stand there to get their words into the official record in case you have never visited). After about 3 minutes I couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep. I suppose the security people had seen me up there so many times they let me slide and sleep. But I woke up and missed the first two busses home.... can never forgive Kerry for being so boring.... :-) :-) I feel sorry for him though, all his life living with his Kennedy wannabe infatuation... and never really making the grade. Sad.
Obama did very well in the face of Republican obstruction. He won a second term.
All of the election rhetoric is moor given his win.
He is not a "king", he will act if the obstructionist congress does not, Tea Baggers think they know the constitution but history says they don't, the use of the word "boy" tells me exactly how racist you are.
Why are you people messing up my happy Kerry comment with all your hate stuff? Go away from this one. Makes me happy and sleepy just thinking about the good old days listening to Kerry....zzzzzzzzzzz. :-)
Good story - Kerry can change his present persona with a new, or no, hairpiece. Starting to look like he goes to Trump's stylist. Bald! Live with it John.
@Eric....yeah, a "boy" comment makes "lying democrats" a racist, and his/her picture confirms that fact, that he/she is indeed a racist...YOU are just another uninformed Obamabot
We really need a third party... and possibly even a fourth to replace the two corrupt ones we have now.
Anyone who misses Bush has no room to talk about being "uniformed".
Sorry, but I have to think Eric has been sleeping the past 7 months or 4 years. He is stuck on very old DNC and Moveon talking points. Hey Eric, go check their web sites, they have loaded it up with all new talking points for you to repeat. Good luck with that.
the list will read like this Donald Trump- Presidential Advisor, Sarah Palin press Secretary- Rush Limbaugh SECDEF, Glenn Beck Sec of state- and Wisconsin Governor -Sec of labor
Ted Nugent, Meatloaf and Hank Williams Jr. will all perform at the various inaugural balls
Come on folks I need more help with this
Funny. I suppose I could type out the Obama preferred payoff appointees if he had his choice. That would be a Super Mario list also. Fun. Thanks for the laugh.
Geez, if Romney had been elected, can you imagine his choices? Trump, for sure... Palin, Bachmann, Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, Cantor, Cain, Gingerich, Perry, Sununu, Akin, Mourdock, McCain...
It's mind boggling. Are there any normal Republicans left in this country in 2013?
@kaybeetoys, that answer to your mind boggling questions is not only NO, but HELL NO there isn't. Judging from the various comments on different topics, the only pukebags left are the low informed ones, especially the ones posting here.
SallyAnn, didn't Kaybeetoys type about the same thing as the first commenter and think it was funny? And then you agreed with Kaybeetoys and went way off the entire point and fun of the thing typing hate stuff. Now, aren't you two kind of the "low informed ones" as you call it?
And back to fun lists of Obamas preferred appointees.... how about we start with Vegas showgirls, and move along to.... Rosie, Joy, and Whooopppee..... for starters... :-)
"jeepers" Sally. You're so BIG with your "pukebag" thing. Are you a sophomore in high school or are you just intellectually sophomoric?
Go get your little cheerleader skirt and practice your Obama Sis Boom Bahs.
Sally-
Based on your comments, you make a great case for yourself.
I personally would not want to live in a country that had someone called "The Donald" in any office, whether appointed or elected.
As for the other fools on that list.........................Do the math! Collectively if all their brains were gunpowder, they wouldn't have enough to blow one nose!
Fuzzy, dude, how can you knock their brain power when you are sitting in a dark basement next to the washer and dryer all your life? Oh my.
the list will read like this Donald Trump- Presidential Advisor, Sarah Palin press Secretary- Rush Limbaugh SECDEF, Glenn Beck Sec of state- and Wisconsin Governor -Sec of labor
Ted Nugent, Meatloaf and Hank Williams Jr. will all perform at the various inaugural balls
Come on folks I need more help with this
Lets not leave out Mr. "9-9-9" at Treasury!!!!! :) & Michelle Bachman at NASA so she can recover her brains which, while the size of a pea & circling Pluto, we do have the technology to send up something to try & retrieve it!
As long as the new appointees are willing to lay down their lives (take the blame) for Obama, it doesn't really matter. New president? Nah, just the same old (and worse) same old BS.
NOW THAT"S FUNNY!!!
Hagel, who doesn't recognize Israel as being in his chain-of-command, would balance citizen of Israel and potential U.S. Sec of Treasury Jack Lew whose first loyalty is presumably to Israel. Lew's been gatekeeping at the White House since February so Israel will lose its real-time access to some of the sensitive scenes there if he's confirmed for Treasury.
xscharm - About time we all know who BEBE wanted for President "The Mitt" with all of his dual-ctizenship Israeli advisors
Little known fact Bush JR had 60 Dual-Israeli citizens in various posts throughout his administration - Obama has none
Really pisses them off - no more ear to the White House - no more neo-cons
And with Lieberman leaving - we still have Eric Cantor - maybe just a lone voice
Now for Chuck Hagel - as a Democrat - he probably is the only Republican I ever respected
Think about it two Viet Nam War Vets - both served honorably - Secretary of State Sen John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
Wow I think the Chicken Hawks like Mitch McTurtle - and his ilk (too many to list) heads are spinning
Barbara Jackson - Please read further about Kerry. He LIED about his service exploits. Might have been in the service, but that is about it. Did nothing heroic, but wear a uniform. I wonder where he gets his hairpiece from? Another joke.
Long before even the captain yells abandon ship, the original cabinet has fled. The last few are jumping into icy water to get away. Obama has made history in so many ways... Some are good for our country and equally others point out how he is no different than any other president for the last 30 years. Which in itself is equally damning to his legacy.
Joe Done - First of all they are not jumping ship - most administrations have people sign on for four years - put their lives on hold - after all the pay is ridiculous for the 24/7 they are expected to do
Compare their salaries to the do nothing Congress and it is appalling
Secondly - they where hired to do what the President wanted them to do - time for another A-Team for other projects
Your cinisism is unwarrented - and sadly untrue
All serve at the "pleasure of the President of the United States".. Haven't you watched "West Wing"??? (smile)
Joe Done - Don't set off Barbara Jackson. We don't need her pontificating again. A tad boring.
What is their job description? Are they capable of performing that job?
Then comes, "Do I personally like them?", (and why/not). (Gotta lay out pro/con.)
Right now we need functionality more than anything else. 112 is worst in history. (Change happening too fast for them to grapple with?)
How proud they must be, with all their anti-abortion efforts. (Yeah... that is what I would be focusing on now) Lets make it more expensive to have this procedure. Nobody likes it, and it is an ever diminishing problem if you get over ever diminishing prevention costs. People like sex, and the people who can least afford to have a child end up with a child. Mutually shared hard times make you "cuddle" more. Surprise!!
I won't deal with the over-breading of religious fanatics in this post. Much larger problem.
Sane Central - We rank in the entire world - 37th in Infant Mortality"
Maybe we should print bumper stickers and put that on the cars of these neaderthals - with a note of what that means of course !
It really only applies to which side u think they will grow up on doesn't it? If you are liberal you certainly don't want conservatives to survive and if you are conservative you certainly don't want liberals to survive either, even if you deny it. Is 37th so bad when you consider in the political bias and BS from humans?
Really Joe? So you think it's okay for babies to die before they reach the age of one - when all of the BS is going on about abortions
And other countries some third world can protect these new-borns and we cannot
How sad that you don't care! Maybe - just maybe you never held a newborn in your arms!
As long as you want so many people to have abortions let's make them manditory for Illegals and the 800,000 children of illegals that got the temporary free pass to take tax dollars and tuition from americans
Iamnotyou, and I'm so glad you're not. I would hate going through life with such a jaundiced, cynical view of life. Too bad for you the fifties will never return. It's a new world, whether neanderthals like you like it or not.
His cabinet? Who cares, it will be just like the last. Made of pulp glued wood and full of poop, nothing here is a surprise.
And I'm sure that you are eminently qualified to judge.
"Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid." John Wayne
Unlike liberals, I do not need someone to inform me of right or wrong. Surprise, I am able to think for myself along with accepting when I am wrong without blaming others for that which I do wrong. Would this be where I call ems for you or should I wait on the government to tell me when I can call?
dee do dah duh
High Five
Go ahead! I Dare any of you idiots posting on here to make the country better. Go ahead! Do it! Make the country better! Come on DO IT!!!!!!!
Of course you will blame someone else for not. This is not unexpected it is typical.
I don't know about the idiot part but I wish everyone would try to make our country better.
Why would you want an idiot to make the country better? I would want somebody other than an idiot to make the country better.
Republicans will not oppose Sen. John Kerry for Sec. of State--- so they can have a shot at the open senate seat. Expect them them to oppose Chuck Hagel, a Republican, who often spoke out against his own party when they were wrong. They'll raise hell any chance they get. They dont get it! I urge them to raise hell since it will be more nails in their coffin! The sooner we are rid of this dangerous version of the GOP, the better! This country doesnt need a party willing to do anything, including treason, endangering the country etc, just to achieve the political goals.
Tom in NH-294381
I do believe when you talk about treason, you should be directiing your words to obama and crew
Times: ah, but you dont document it. For example: when a political party deliberately endangers the national security, financial stability and economic future of the US by creating a debt crisis thru huge tax cuts and massive overspending, as the republicans did beginning with raygun--- THAT is treason!! The same can be said about selling arms to a known enemy of the United States(Iran). Outing a covert CIA operative ( in the words of GHWB) is also treason!!(Please, no BS about whether Plame was covert-- she certainly was at the time of her outing according to a court filing by the CIA)
Periwinkle blue, baby blue, navy blue.... you can see the huge difference and reason for hating/killing and opposing... right? (left) or center???
Heh, none of you libtards will engage me head to head. It's like hindsight is 20/20. If you have long enough to think about it you can respond. Face to face I would push you into a trash can by the entrance without even touching you. Wake up people! Your country and life is about to change and they will not (in the media) blame it on your president. Go USA!
@Joe Done, heh, too bad you didn't include Independents in that engagement. If you would have, you would be wandering the streets with a disfigured face, most of your junk missing, and would be eating from the trash cans. And I wouldn't have touched you either.
But I agree, people need to wake up and vote those idiots out of the House. We need some YES votes on some things that will help our country. But all we hear is the NO vote.
Our country and life has changed, and they will not put the blame where it belongs. They just want to blame Obama. Funny the pukebags aren't up in arms that he gave the order to kill bin Laden. Oh, that's right, they tried to take credit for that also. Silly little pukebags.
Even by imbecilic standards that is a moronic statement.
Why would anyone with a brain engage an idiot who refers to people with an opposing view as "libtards'? I quit calling other people childish names in eighth grade. Maybe you should try growing up.
Jeez Joe. I agreed with you about making things better and then you go and make such an idiotic post.
Dear Romney's 1040 Please.
I have read many of your posts and other than Demagogic Bs I did find one line particulerly true.
"the republican conservative tea party of the IRRELEVANT will not stop producing"
And thankfully for you and your wlfare check that is true. Because if they stop producing you will stop receiving.
Some Jews don't like Hagel because he does not want America to start a war with Iran. I hate all theocracies and wish Iran were wiped off the face of the Earth. I once met an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member and felt a hatred so intense I could have put a gun to his head, killed him just to watch him die (as the Johnny Cash song goes). All the same I think Hagel is a good choice for Secretary of Defense. Why? He voluteered for Vietnam, served honorably and learned that wars should be started only when there is absolutely no other choice.
Problem: Russia and China don't want to cooperate on the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Answer: Insure that Isreal has the means to start WW III even after it's it's been attaked as a "one hit state". This will put some skin in the game.
I am glad that lesbian hillary bi--ch is gone. What a waste of human flesh she is!
John Kerry, Hagel, Humpty Dumpty, the Tooth Fairy. It makes no difference. The devastation and soul crushing has taken place. America reelected the socialist farce and will never recover from his policies, never. So, whomever dances Obama's jig for the next four years does not make a lick of difference.
Businesses will make tactical changes. Individuals will make tactical changes. And for those of you that think the changes will benefit mankind or the economy, wake up. Your President and his court jester Vice President are hopelessly fanatical fools, unattached to reality.
Please pay attention to the decline in America over the next four years, revel in it and be proud of what you have allowed this narcissistic vacation goer to accomplish in such a short time. Oh yeah, and when you need your next socialist handout, don't come looking to me. My assets will have been converted to that which your grimy little mitts will never see. Now do you understand how this works?
Waaahhh, waaaaaahhhhhhh, waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
I think, with your wrapped view of this country, you should just leave. And good riddance!
You couldn't point out one thing that Obama has done that qualifies as "socialist", but just keep spewing your right-wing nonsense, and keep watching Fox News.
MikeO76
One thing... Take from the rich and give to the poor.
Hagel is not a true replub, Kerry threw his medals aways and said bad things about vietnam soliders when they was still fighting, and he is good freinds with jane fonda pretty much tells the true story, they are left wing libs.
I think we should get rid of them all starting with Obama and smiley Biden they are all crooks.
Nobody cares what you think.
Better question would be why anyone would want to work under Obama?
Given that we are broke and need to make cuts this would be a great time to freeze all federal hiring until we have a budget that includes debt reduction. Since Obama has so much free time to vacation and play golf he can pick up the slack until then.
Hey Romney 1040 please, how will the government suport liberal leaches and parasites like you when the wealthy is drained of all their money? A--holes like you need to wake up, you bunch of brainless morons.
ROMNEY'S 1040 '' PLEASE '' !!!
yea , what poor americans should do is work for free , '' so the filthy rich can pee-pee a few of their pennies on their heads. '' reagan was right ''
I do not see anyone working for free you a--hole. Why don't your lazy a-- get a job and quit sucking on obama's di-k?
Not quite. Ask the WalMart workers who are earning minimum wage while the Walton heirs who never worked a day in their lives enjoy the profits that the workers provide them. The only place those workers can afford to shop is at WalMart and many of them are on the government dole.
And the majority of Walmart workers earning minimum wage are paid too much...they're dumb!
Since the congress is so good at making new laws why don't they just make a law that puts a Military person the head of DOD...????
God forbid. What do you want a military coup! Of course based on the situation today that might not be so bad.
Yes.
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That's right Romney 1040 please, throw the race card out. Now you show what a loser you are. Game over a--hole. You liberal parasites are all the same. "Throw out the race card and let's show them conservatives how smart us dumbacrates really are". You f----ing loser.