Comments on: Breaking: Chas Freeman out at NIC; Update: Hoekstra statement

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » The Unvetting of Van Jones

Patterico’s Pontifications » The Unvetting of Van Jones — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:23:53 +0000

[...] Joneses lurking in the bowels of the Obama administration is a near-certainty. Consider the case of Chas Freeman, Israel-hating, Saudi-shilling apologist for the Butchers of Beijing. Like Jones, Freeman blamed [...]

By: The Greenroom » Forum Archive » The Unvetting of Van Jones

The Greenroom » Forum Archive » The Unvetting of Van Jones — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:52 +0000

By: trl

trl — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:36:55 +0000

The evil clownulus Obama is trying to lower expectations. Were he to make a modestly competent decision, the plebes will just go nuts over it.

By: DanaSmiles

DanaSmiles — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:52 +0000

I hear that the new first potential dog has asked to be taken off the list as well.

By: eaglewingz08

eaglewingz08 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:35:04 +0000

The theme song for the Obamanation Administration, Another One Bites the Dust.

By: petertheslow

petertheslow — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:42:14 +0000

How bad is it? he can't even appoint the undead without a scandal. (:c)

By: journeyintothewhirlwind

journeyintothewhirlwind — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:56:19 +0000

This might be the one I wanted…
http://www.newsmax.com/us/nsa_cybersecurity_/2009/03/09/189832.html

By: journeyintothewhirlwind

journeyintothewhirlwind — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:50:57 +0000

People are leaving too. Our cybersecurity chief is stepping down.

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/10/1/113414.shtml

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:53:19 +0000

Worst President EVAR!!!?

By: Track-A-'Crat: The Roll Call Of Democratic Delinquency

Track-A-'Crat: The Roll Call Of Democratic Delinquency — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:24:11 +0000

Don’t Call Us…

Chas Freeman – hater of Israel, lover of Chinese communists and all-around unsuitable choice for any intelligence position anywhere – has been dumped.
No, I do not believe (officially, at least) that he withdrew to free up more time for eating.
But th…

By: Charles “Chas” Freeman is toast! The brilliance of Obama’s vetting process continues | Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:04:53 +0000

[...] Another day, another Hussein Obama nomination, Charles “Chas” Freeman, bites the dust. Freeman was selected to serve as chairman of the group that prepares the U.S. intelligence community’s most sensitive assessments. Freeman who is best known for his China / Saudi Arabia ties and Israel/America bashing, decided to request that his selection not proceed, according to Washington Independent: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director Blair accepted Ambassador Freeman’s decision with regret. [...]

By: Fuquay Steve

Fuquay Steve — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:55:45 +0000

As our Rev once said : “Gotta watch out for the Joooos!”

By: onlineanalyst

onlineanalyst — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:55:03 +0000

Obama: Leap before you look.

Steve Z: This is all part of the Master Plan: Obama’s Great Leap Forward. (with a tip of the hat to Mao, his mentor)

Obama has a lot on his plate right now. He is scrutizing, line by line, all of Bush’s signing statements.

This man-child has skewed priorities and a lot of subversiveness to answer for.

By: onlineanalyst

onlineanalyst — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:41:27 +0000

I hear that Ray “Chocolate City” Nagin has a full fleet of slightly soggy buses to lend to Ackbar.

By: phreshone

phreshone — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:39:38 +0000

When Barry fails, the outlook for the country gets better…

By: notagool

notagool — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:04 +0000

Keystone cops.

Starts at the top.

Maybe Mr HopeyChangey should have tried working for a year or two before becoming President. He might have learned a thing or two about running operations.

By: NoDonkey

NoDonkey — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:13:06 +0000

Were this fat loser and Barney Frank separated at birth?

Or just after a few moments in a rest room stall?

By: Ed Driscoll » Keep Rockin’!

Ed Driscoll » Keep Rockin’! — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:04:14 +0000

[...] story, press coverage of Chas Freeman’s withdrawal “will have to explain all the stuff they didn’t report [...]

By: rob verdi

rob verdi — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:23:21 +0000

Chas Freeman’s response, as quoted in the economist:

Some of the text, from Laura Rozen:

The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding of trends and events in the Middle East. The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth. The aim of this Lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a veto over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our government other than those that it favors.

Not a lot of subtlety, there.

By: darktood

darktood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:11:20 +0000

Clinton was attracted to trailor trash. At least he had some brains and didn’t try to appoint them.

seven on March 10, 2009 at 7:42 PM

No he didn’t appoint them he pardoned them.

Dire Straits on March 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM

An improvement.
.
To paraphrase what i have said before, “If Obama nominates me for a cabinet position, I’m suing him for defamation of character.

By: Some Quick Bites « Bob’s Bites

Some Quick Bites « Bob’s Bites — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:04:32 +0000

[...] Another Obama Nominee Withdraws. Charles Freeman Out The more people found out about Freeman, the worse he got — and not just among conservative critics. His ties to CNOOC, his remarks about the Tiananmen Square protesters, and his support of a national ID after 9/11 painted a strange picture of the man who would run the process of evaulating our intelligence. That, plus the fact that Freeman had no intelligence experience — when the CIA also has a no-experience political fixer running it — doomed Freeman’s appointment. [...]

By: Dire Straits

Dire Straits — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:52:36 +0000

Clinton was attracted to trailor trash. At least he had some brains and didn’t try to appoint them.

seven on March 10, 2009 at 7:42 PM

No he didn’t appoint them he pardoned them.

By: Keemo

Keemo — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:50:15 +0000

Officials: Afghanistan Taliban leader was at Gitmo

By PAMELA HESS – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban’s new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan had been a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, the latest example of a freed detainee who took a militant leadership role and a potential complication for the Obama administration’s efforts to close the prison. U.S. authorities handed over the detainee to the Afghan government, which in turn released him, according to Pentagon and CIA officials.

Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. Rasoul is now known as Mullah Abdullah Zakir, a nom de guerre that Pentagon and intelligence officials say is used by a Taliban leader who is in charge of operations against U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan.

To think, the MSM keeps telling us Obama is the smartest President eva… I hope the MSM continues to die the slow death they so richly deserve.

By: seven

seven — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:42:54 +0000

Clinton was attracted to trailor trash. At least he had some brains and didn’t try to appoint them.

By: anniekc

anniekc — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:14:19 +0000

At the very, (and note the extent to which I use the word, “very”) least, Hillary Clinton had Bubba to draw experience from. She’s out of her league as SOS, but she could have passed as POTUS. Can’t believe I wrote that. Now I have to go rinse my brain with clorox.