I think Clinton as Sec State is a good move politically for Obama to keep Clinton on a short leash. As they say, she "serves at the pleasure of the President" and he can boot her to the curb if needed.

Watch, Bill Clinton replaces her in the Senate.

One thing about Hilary Clinton when she is discharging her duties across the world - she is no pushover. Could you imagine John Kerry?

I LOVE female Sec of States. Nothing makes me smile more than a high powered free women meeting with Middle Eastern misogynists and African despots and European hardliners and Asian socialists. They must squirm in their pants every time thinking what their population thinks!

mlb Wrote:Obama now says he isn't going to raise the taxes on oil companies because the price of oil dropped below $80/barrel. Hilarious, it has been under $80 for 4 months, and the last 2 months he continued to tell everyone he was going to raise the taxes on the oil companies.

Not that I thought they should have had their taxes raised, but just more promises broken.

Broken promises? It's pretty hard to place a surtax on all oil purchases exceeding 80$/barrel, when the price of oil isn't near that. At no time has he disavowed the windfall profit tax, rather the price of oil is no longer hyperinflated thanks to speculators/foreign producers, so the oil companies are no longer receiving those windfall profits. If the price of oil inexplicably skyrockets again, I'd be under no illusion that he won't proceed with the tax to attempt to recover that money for American consumers.

Lord Stanley Wrote:I LOVE female Sec of States. Nothing makes me smile more than a high powered free women meeting with Middle Eastern misogynists and African despots and European hardliners and Asian socialists. They must squirm in their pants every time thinking what their population thinks!

Hadn't thought about it that way. I agree - that has to be uncomfortable for them. Maybe it will welcome them into the post-Dark Ages era.

At Ease Wrote:Broken promises? It's pretty hard to place a surtax on all oil purchases exceeding 80$/barrel, when the price of oil isn't near that. At no time has he disavowed the windfall profit tax, rather the price of oil is no longer hyperinflated thanks to speculators/foreign producers, so the oil companies are no longer receiving those windfall profits. If the price of oil inexplicably skyrockets again, I'd be under no illusion that he won't proceed with the tax to attempt to recover that money for American consumers.

When did he mention some sort of price level on this? I must have missed it throughout the election cycle, including the final 2 months when the price of oil was substantially under $80.

Just like his promises to have new blood in Washington... it is out the window.

mlb Wrote:

At Ease Wrote:Broken promises? It's pretty hard to place a surtax on all oil purchases exceeding 80$/barrel, when the price of oil isn't near that. At no time has he disavowed the windfall profit tax, rather the price of oil is no longer hyperinflated thanks to speculators/foreign producers, so the oil companies are no longer receiving those windfall profits. If the price of oil inexplicably skyrockets again, I'd be under no illusion that he won't proceed with the tax to attempt to recover that money for American consumers.

When did he mention some sort of price level on this? I must have missed it throughout the election cycle, including the final 2 months when the price of oil was substantially under $80.

Just like his promises to have new blood in Washington... it is out the window.

Throughout the duration of the campaign, he's articulated on his website he thought the price of oil should be at most $80-90/barrel.

If you don't think his cabinet choices have lived up to the spirit of his campaign, then fine, I won't argue that since that's just going to be too highly subjective... but I don't think it's warranted to accuse of him breaking a promise for failing to enact measures against a energy problem that does not currently exist. JMO.

Times change, promises get broken. A seasoned Chicago Democrat knows it. Hope, you can believe in and Change, are just slogans forced down the gullet of the American people.

I ask you, point to the things Obama has been truthful about. That list is much shorter.

.

OH BULLSHYTE !!!!!!

We have had several Impeached Presidents not Resign and as many Congressional Members Impeached and stayed right where they were.

All an Impeachment is, is a Gimmick so the Congress can ACT like they are Uber-Offended and a have a How Dare He sound bite.

Look at Barney Frank for Pete's Sake !!!! Involved in what was described as a Male Prostitution Ring and yet Newt was Tossed out on his ear.

Clinton WAS Impeached !!! (The Senate voted on the Articles of Impeachment on February 12, 1999, with a two-thirds majority, or 67 Senators did Impeacehd William Jefferson Blythe Clinton)

And Clinton went no where but back to the Oval Office. Clinton simply had No Shame.

When Nixon was Impeached, he a least had the Balls to Step Down, even though he Got Us Out of Farggin South East Asia and Reinvented the West to China.

Clinton watched Osama bin Laden, on FLIR Video, walk out of a Compound in Saudi Arabia after Saudi Officials had been on the phone with him and Old Willie Clinton simply let bin Laden just Walk-the-Fook away. I have the Video Downloaded.

Quote:Snippet below from this web article – http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/535793/posts

Labeviere argues that the Clinton administration viewed the bin Laden network and the radical Taliban regime in Afghanistan as a bulwark against Russian, Iranian and even Chinese influence in Asia. He quotes a former CIA analyst as saying, "The policy of guiding the evolution of Islam and of helping them against our adversaries worked marvelously well in Afghanistan against the Red Army. The same doctrines can still be used to destabilize what remains of Russian power, and especially to counter the Chinese influence in Central Asia." It was believed that Sunni Islam could be used to undermine Russia in Chechnya and China in southern Xingjiang.

It is just like what Harvey Melt, Woodward's Deep-Throat, told Woodward - - "Popular to contrary belief, when it comes down to it, these guys really aren't all that Smart".

Yet we just keep on Votin' 'Em in - - - Can you Digg it Baby !!!!!!

.

I dont think that the neocons here need to worry about BOs staff....These people have NEVER been involved in change....They have experience in navigation..but..they have been just swabs on the Pirate Ship of State...None of them have experience dealing with "stormy seas".

Maybe BO should go to Somalia and hire some real Pirates.