Friday, November 10, 2006

You didn't really expect him to nominate someone acceptable, did you?

Sooo...when our new nominee to replace Rummy, Robert Gates, was nominated in 1991 by 41 to head the CIA, many agency analysts protested because Gates had a history of...wait for it...

cooking intelligence.

What a HUGE fucking surprise.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's also no surprise whatsoever that Dubya would pick someone who's part of Texas good ol' boy network.

vikkitikkitavi said...

It's just such a typically cynical nomination. Of course I expect the Dems will just wave it on through.

Anonymous said...

The confirmation process here should give us some hints of the degree of bipartisanship that will be in play.