Breaking: Chas Freeman withdraws name from NIC appointment
The Hill reports on the good news:
Rebuttals to the “Chas Freeman is a realist” arguments
Over the last few weeks, an intense debate has developed in (mainly) punditocracy and blogosphere circles over the Obama administration’s choice of Chas Freeman as head of the NIC. This pick was atrocious for a number of reasons discussed here. Unsurprisingly, it was reported last week that the vetting process did not happen on Chas Freeman until after he had been offered and accepted the position and after it was announced publicly by Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence. Blair had – according to his spokeswoman – not notified the Obama administration before he made the announcement of the selection of Freeman, which implies that the Obama administration would have had him more thoroughly vetted had they known of his selection – and we know how thorough the “vetting” process is for Obama admin picks, right?
Another Obama pick gets vetted after the fact
I wrote last week about Chas Freeman, Obama’s atrocious pick for NIC head – a position which doesn’t require Senate confirmation. The pick was so bad that there are even loyal liberals like Marty Peretz and Jon Chait have expressed their strong disagreements with Obama’s choice.
Obama’s atrocious pick for National Intelligence Council
If you thought some of Barry Oh!’s other cabinet/admin picks were problematic, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Make sure to read Moonbattery’s full post on Chas Freeman, and then get back with me and let me know if you can figure out what the hell Team Obama was smoking when they (and he) made the decision to pick this anti-Semitic anti-democracy anti-American weasel to head the NIC.
So much for foreign policy pragmatism
Read it and weep: Obama to close terrorist ‘black sites’ … in addition to Gitmo, of course.
It’s over!!!!!!
The FISA bill has passed in the Senate! Bush is expected to sign it within days! We have lost all our rights because the telecoms will soon be immune from lawsuits related to warrantless wiretapping!  The world is coming to an end! Help!!!!!!