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Anonymous

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What an idiot.

HUNTER: GO TO WALTER REED AND BETHESDA FOR NEW STATE DEPT PERSONNEL

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, will be meeting with President Bush today regarding his Wounded Warrior proposal to Congress. During today's meeting, Congressman Hunter intends to also suggest that State Department personnel who refuse deployment to Baghdad be replaced with wounded veterans at Walter Reed and Bethesda hospitals.

"When the State Department appears to be filled with reluctant personnel, let's turn to those who have bravely followed the American flag in the most dangerous of assignments," said Congressman Hunter. "The U.S. Marines, soldiers, airmen and Navy personnel presently recovering at our national military hospitals have all the character required by the Department of State. They are brave, loyal, intelligent and fiercely determined to win the War on Terror.

"They are veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters and you can be sure that when called on for difficult assignments, they won't convene a town meeting to protest. Especially for those whose mobility has been impaired by wounds, State Department positions, not only in Baghdad but around the world, will provide excellent jobs as well as availing our nation of their enormous talent."

Hunter will recommend a team of State Department recruiters be immediately sent to Walter Reed and Bethesda hospitals, as well as posting application forms on relevant employment websites.

"Let's replace these reluctant Nellies with America's finest citizens," concluded Hunter. "Our wounded warriors will serve our country efficiently, effectively and with undying patriotism."

First is his obvious disrespect for the professionals who spend their lives working for the State Department. And I'm not talking about Condi Rice. I don't put her in the "professional" category.

Second. Why does he think veterans would want to go back to Iraq as State Department employees? Especially since the red zone is targeted daily by mortar rounds? And medical care is questionable, according to one State Department employee.

Does this guy just open his mouth and insert his foot on a regular basis, or is this a special occasion? :roll:
 

Mike

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Looks like you have grasped your last straw! :shock:

I like his idea. I like it a lot.

I say get rid of those so called "professional" bottom feeders that are eating out of the guvment hog trough.

Hunter sounds like a true Patriot. Unlike you. :lol:
 

Sandhusker

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I've got no problem with it. If somebody doesn't have the nads to do the job, put in somebody who has already done much more.
 

Liberty Belle

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hopalong, we wouldn't care about the hole ff is sinking into if she didn't want to drag the rest of us down with her. Hunter is definately who I'm voting for if he's still around by primary time in South Dakota.

Hunter is the only presidential candidate I've sent money to since Ronald Reagan. Too bad the media almost totally ignores him, but I guess that's to be expected...

Oh - and I totally agree with him on THIS issue. Those nervous Nellies in the State Department have taken an oath to go to wherever they are needed. If the president wants to send them to Outer Mongolia or downtown Baghdad, they can either go or find another job.

Frankly, I'd rather see those wounded vets sent over to Iraq to collect the paycheck these chickens are getting. They would definately know what problems to deal with when they got there.
 

Steve

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Liberty Belle
Hunter is definately who I'm voting for if he's still around by primary time in South Dakota.

Hunter is the only presidential candidate I've sent money to since Ronald Reagan. Too bad the media almost totally ignores him, but I guess that's to be expected...

Oh - and I totally agree with him on THIS issue. Those nervous Nellies in the State Department have taken an oath to go to wherever they are needed. If the president wants to send them to Outer Mongolia or downtown Baghdad, they can either go or find another job.

Frankly, I'd rather see those wounded vets sent over to Iraq to collect the paycheck these chickens are getting. They would definately know what problems to deal with when they got there.

:agree:

The Vets would make great statesmen....
 
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From what I been gathering- the State Department is one HUGE MESS...Completely dysfunctional management...I don't think its all Condi's fault, as it sounds like she inherited quite a problem from Colin Powell--but its her watch now....The employees of the Department were polled in an internal poll- and only 12% have faith in her ability and leadership... :roll:

I've been watching some of the Congressional Oversight hearings on C-SPAN at night when my old buddy Arthur Itis won't allow me to sleep... These are all coming about now because of the reports of all the missing taxpayer money and undone contracts (mostly in Iraq)...

The US Comptroller General testified that while the budget (and the accompanying bureaucracy) for the State Department grew 55% under GW's reign (2001-2006)-- the budget for the departments GAO oversight to watch over all this additional spending was actually reduced by 6%...

And on top of that- the legislated inspections/audits of each embassy which is supposed to occur every 3 years- was waived by the Republican Congress during all that time.....

Which he pretty well summed up--means there has been drunken sailor type spending all over the world of taxpayer money- with absolutely no oversight and ripe for corruption, fraud, mismanagement, and war profiteering....

Again GW wants no accountability for anything... :( :mad:
 
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Liberty Belle said:
Hunter is definately who I'm voting for if he's still around by primary time in South Dakota.

Hunter is the only presidential candidate I've sent money to since Ronald Reagan. Too bad the media almost totally ignores him, but I guess that's to be expected...

ACLU: 7% (indicates very conservative)
American Conservative Union: 92%
Americans for Better Immigration: A+
Americans for Tax Reform: 88.5%
Campaign for Working Families: 100%
Christian Coalition: 100%
Concerned Women for America: 100%
Eagle Forum: 100%
Family Research Council: 100%
Federation for American Immigration Reform: 100%
Gun Owners of America: A
NARAL: 0% (indicates a pro-life record)
National Federation of Independent Business: 100%
National Rifle Association: A+
National Right to Life Committee: 100%
National Tax Limitation Committee: A
National Taxpayers Union: B

I definitely like the endorsements he's got-- and his positions...But since I don't see the Chamber of Commerce, Oil Industry, Walmarts, AMI, and sweatshops operators endorsements- he doesn't stand a chance in this Corporate run world that we've let our country/government become....

Thats the reason he isn't even listed in the polls- and the reason the corporate worlds annointed (and sold out to) two are leading- Hillary and Rudi (who the neocons are now calling Baby Bush) knowing they can manipulate him like they did GW.... :( :(
 

Steve

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GoodPasture:
Even if he doesn't make the nomination, write him in....make a statement.

:agree:

but don't get used to it... I'm sure there is enough other things we can disagree on...

With the first primary votes months away the only one with a voice right now is the liberal media... and we can see who they like... but when it comes time to vote is what counts..

and if Hunter is not on my ballot I will write him in.!!!!
 

Red Robin

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Missouri Republican Assembly Endorses Duncan Hunter for President
Hunter Described as True Republican of the Party
San Diego, CA - Congressman Duncan Hunter's presidential campaign continues to gain momentum as he received another endorsement, this time from the Missouri Republican Assembly (MRA) at their quarterly membership meeting. A member of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, the MRA voted to endorse Hunter's campaign for President in the upcoming Missouri Republican primary as he represents a strong conservative choice among the other candidates seeking the Republican nomination.

"Congressman Hunter is a true social conservative and honestly represents the Republican Wing of the Republican Party," stated Chris Brown, MRA state President. "When you add together Duncan Hunter's commitment to the military, American jobs, and fighting for family and life issues, there is no better choice for President. America needs Hunter's integrity, courage and proven leadership
 

passin thru

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It sure is nice to come back and find that I am not the only Duncan supporter.
He is a man that one is proud to vote for and not just the lesser of two evils.
I am sure that he is not heard of because the liberal press is afraid of him and they try to ignore him.
 
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Oldtimer said:
From what I been gathering- the State Department is one HUGE MESS...Completely dysfunctional management...I don't think its all Condi's fault, as it sounds like she inherited quite a problem from Colin Powell--but its her watch now....The employees of the Department were polled in an internal poll- and only 12% have faith in her ability and leadership... :roll:

I've been watching some of the Congressional Oversight hearings on C-SPAN at night when my old buddy Arthur Itis won't allow me to sleep... These are all coming about now because of the reports of all the missing taxpayer money and undone contracts (mostly in Iraq)...

The US Comptroller General testified that while the budget (and the accompanying bureaucracy) for the State Department grew 55% under GW's reign (2001-2006)-- the budget for the departments GAO oversight to watch over all this additional spending was actually reduced by 6%...

And on top of that- the legislated inspections/audits of each embassy which is supposed to occur every 3 years- was waived by the Republican Congress during all that time.....

Which he pretty well summed up--means there has been drunken sailor type spending all over the world of taxpayer money- with absolutely no oversight and ripe for corruption, fraud, mismanagement, and war profiteering....

Again GW wants no accountability for anything... :( :mad:


Looks like even the conservative media is seeing thru the holes in this administration.....




Condi Earns C Minus

Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:10 PM

By: John Mercurio Article Font Size






Condoleezza Rice arrived in Foggy Bottom in January 2005 to a standing ovation.


With critics of the Iraq War still a marginal faction of the liberal left, the new secretary of state was an international star in an administration that had few. Supporters urged her to consider a 2008 run for president as chatter of “Condi vs. Hillary” filled the airwaves.


Three years and more than 60 global trips later, Rice’s profile has plummeted, even among the conservatives who once viewed her as their ideological savior and soulmate.


In light of her changing image, Newsmax decided to take a hard look at Rice’s performance and issue a report card on her efforts to date. Her results have been mixed at best, which is reflected in our overall grade of “C-.”

Gauging the clout of an official such as Rice, tasked with so many varied and subjective duties, isn’t easy. But consider these performance points:



These days, Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps Rice waiting outside his Moscow office like a pesky salesman peddling office supplies.



She's in a running battle with Vice President Dick Cheney and his neo-conservative allies over diplomatic efforts with Iran.



In Iraq, Rice and her aides have yet to offer a real plan for political reconciliation.



Rice recently failed to keep Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf from rescinding his nation’s constitution – something he’d backed down from earlier this year.


“Look at the world. Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Russia. Venezuela. You have to search pretty hard to find some success,” says Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, who worked closely with Rice at the university and advised U.S. occupation authorities in Baghdad in 2004. “It’s a very intractable world she inherited in 2005. But, of course, it’s a product of the first term of an administration in which she served as national security adviser.


By its own admissions, Rice’s department is struggling in its stated effort to improve the way the United States is perceived around the world.

Karen Hughes — like Rice, a longtime Bush aide — stepped down recently as Rice’s public diplomacy chief. International polls show little improvement in the world’s view of the U.S. since Hughes, or Rice, took their positions.


At the same time, morale at the State Department is at historic lows. A poll conducted last month by the American Foreign Service Association found that only 12 percent of Foreign Service officers “believe that Rice is fighting for them.”


Here is our look at some key areas Rice has focused on during her tenure as secretary of state, along with our grades for each endeavor:


Iraq War

Grade: D


Explanation: U.S. diplomatic efforts to keep regional powers like Iran and Syria out of Iraq has largely failed. Efforts to encourage reconciliation in the Iraq government have also gone nowhere.


Repairing America's Image Abroad

Grade: C-


Explanation: Under Karen Hughes, the U.S. budget for public diplomacy has nearly doubled in the past two years, to $900 million a year. But as Hughes acknowledged last week in announcing her departure, the U.S. repair effort is a “long-term challenge” that “will take a number of years.”


International Cooperation on the War on Terror

Grade: B


Explanation: The Bush administration has been lucky to have drawn new support in the War On Terror from once critical allies such as Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Angela Merkel of Germany. But relations with other allies are increasingly problematic. Just this month, Rice expressed great “disappointment” with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after he suspended the country’s constitution.


Russian Relations

Grade: C


Explanation: Vladimir Putin has gone from being a top U.S. ally and personal friend of Bush to a staunch critic of the United States. Putin now wants to withdraw from the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) unless it is expanded to include China (something the U.S. opposes). Putin also has characterized U.S. military action as illegitimate. “They bring us to the abyss of one conflict after another,” he said recently. “'Political solutions are becoming impossible.”


Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Grade: C-


Explanation: Rice worked tirelessly to persuade Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories and free up commerce and travel between the two areas. But critics believe that she so far has lacked the follow-through she’ll need on her limited success in Gaza with the kind of intense diplomatic efforts many of her predecessors displayed.


Relations with China

Grade: B-


Explanation: While she is fluent in Chinese, Rice and her Chinese counterparts are not always speaking the same language. Nonetheless, there have been recent successes in working with China on the North Korea situation.


Iran Nukes

Grade: B


Explanation: With Rice at his side, President Bush recently announced sanctions against three Iranian state-owned banks and the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards. It was a badly needed boost to the administration’s stated campaign to stop Tehran's nuclear program by nonmilitary means. Still, diplomats have failed to win support for a third round of U.N. sanctions, which many critics believe should have been implemented last summer.


Climate Change

Grade: B-


Explanation: Despite recent outreach, activists remain skeptical about the administration’s commitment to climate change. Rice recently conceded that the U.S. is a major source of the problem. She said the U.S. was willing to lead the international effort to reduce global warming. But she repeated the Bush administration’s mantra that solutions can’t starve struggling economies of fuel or slow growth. “Every country will make its own decisions, reflecting its own needs and interests,” she told a White House conference on climate change in late September. As climate change watchers noted, there was a key word missing from Rice’s comments: “Mandatory.”



Overall: Rice earns a “C-.”
 

Red Robin

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Oldtimer said:
Oldtimer said:
From what I been gathering- the State Department is one HUGE MESS...Completely dysfunctional management...I don't think its all Condi's fault, as it sounds like she inherited quite a problem from Colin Powell--but its her watch now....The employees of the Department were polled in an internal poll- and only 12% have faith in her ability and leadership... :roll:

I've been watching some of the Congressional Oversight hearings on C-SPAN at night when my old buddy Arthur Itis won't allow me to sleep... These are all coming about now because of the reports of all the missing taxpayer money and undone contracts (mostly in Iraq)...

The US Comptroller General testified that while the budget (and the accompanying bureaucracy) for the State Department grew 55% under GW's reign (2001-2006)-- the budget for the departments GAO oversight to watch over all this additional spending was actually reduced by 6%...

And on top of that- the legislated inspections/audits of each embassy which is supposed to occur every 3 years- was waived by the Republican Congress during all that time.....

Which he pretty well summed up--means there has been drunken sailor type spending all over the world of taxpayer money- with absolutely no oversight and ripe for corruption, fraud, mismanagement, and war profiteering....

Again GW wants no accountability for anything... :( :mad:


Looks like even the conservative media is seeing thru the holes in this administration.....




Condi Earns C Minus

Thursday, November 8, 2007 7:10 PM

By: John Mercurio Article Font Size






Condoleezza Rice arrived in Foggy Bottom in January 2005 to a standing ovation.


With critics of the Iraq War still a marginal faction of the liberal left, the new secretary of state was an international star in an administration that had few. Supporters urged her to consider a 2008 run for president as chatter of “Condi vs. Hillary” filled the airwaves.


Three years and more than 60 global trips later, Rice’s profile has plummeted, even among the conservatives who once viewed her as their ideological savior and soulmate.


In light of her changing image, Newsmax decided to take a hard look at Rice’s performance and issue a report card on her efforts to date. Her results have been mixed at best, which is reflected in our overall grade of “C-.”

Gauging the clout of an official such as Rice, tasked with so many varied and subjective duties, isn’t easy. But consider these performance points:



These days, Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps Rice waiting outside his Moscow office like a pesky salesman peddling office supplies.



She's in a running battle with Vice President Dick Cheney and his neo-conservative allies over diplomatic efforts with Iran.



In Iraq, Rice and her aides have yet to offer a real plan for political reconciliation.



Rice recently failed to keep Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf from rescinding his nation’s constitution – something he’d backed down from earlier this year.


“Look at the world. Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Russia. Venezuela. You have to search pretty hard to find some success,” says Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, who worked closely with Rice at the university and advised U.S. occupation authorities in Baghdad in 2004. “It’s a very intractable world she inherited in 2005. But, of course, it’s a product of the first term of an administration in which she served as national security adviser.


By its own admissions, Rice’s department is struggling in its stated effort to improve the way the United States is perceived around the world.

Karen Hughes — like Rice, a longtime Bush aide — stepped down recently as Rice’s public diplomacy chief. International polls show little improvement in the world’s view of the U.S. since Hughes, or Rice, took their positions.


At the same time, morale at the State Department is at historic lows. A poll conducted last month by the American Foreign Service Association found that only 12 percent of Foreign Service officers “believe that Rice is fighting for them.”


Here is our look at some key areas Rice has focused on during her tenure as secretary of state, along with our grades for each endeavor:


Iraq War

Grade: D


Explanation: U.S. diplomatic efforts to keep regional powers like Iran and Syria out of Iraq has largely failed. Efforts to encourage reconciliation in the Iraq government have also gone nowhere.


Repairing America's Image Abroad

Grade: C-


Explanation: Under Karen Hughes, the U.S. budget for public diplomacy has nearly doubled in the past two years, to $900 million a year. But as Hughes acknowledged last week in announcing her departure, the U.S. repair effort is a “long-term challenge” that “will take a number of years.”


International Cooperation on the War on Terror

Grade: B


Explanation: The Bush administration has been lucky to have drawn new support in the War On Terror from once critical allies such as Nicolas Sarkozy in France and Angela Merkel of Germany. But relations with other allies are increasingly problematic. Just this month, Rice expressed great “disappointment” with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after he suspended the country’s constitution.


Russian Relations

Grade: C


Explanation: Vladimir Putin has gone from being a top U.S. ally and personal friend of Bush to a staunch critic of the United States. Putin now wants to withdraw from the landmark Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) unless it is expanded to include China (something the U.S. opposes). Putin also has characterized U.S. military action as illegitimate. “They bring us to the abyss of one conflict after another,” he said recently. “'Political solutions are becoming impossible.”


Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Grade: C-


Explanation: Rice worked tirelessly to persuade Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories and free up commerce and travel between the two areas. But critics believe that she so far has lacked the follow-through she’ll need on her limited success in Gaza with the kind of intense diplomatic efforts many of her predecessors displayed.


Relations with China

Grade: B-


Explanation: While she is fluent in Chinese, Rice and her Chinese counterparts are not always speaking the same language. Nonetheless, there have been recent successes in working with China on the North Korea situation.


Iran Nukes

Grade: B


Explanation: With Rice at his side, President Bush recently announced sanctions against three Iranian state-owned banks and the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards. It was a badly needed boost to the administration’s stated campaign to stop Tehran's nuclear program by nonmilitary means. Still, diplomats have failed to win support for a third round of U.N. sanctions, which many critics believe should have been implemented last summer.


Climate Change

Grade: B-


Explanation: Despite recent outreach, activists remain skeptical about the administration’s commitment to climate change. Rice recently conceded that the U.S. is a major source of the problem. She said the U.S. was willing to lead the international effort to reduce global warming. But she repeated the Bush administration’s mantra that solutions can’t starve struggling economies of fuel or slow growth. “Every country will make its own decisions, reflecting its own needs and interests,” she told a White House conference on climate change in late September. As climate change watchers noted, there was a key word missing from Rice’s comments: “Mandatory.”



Overall: Rice earns a “C-.”
You lost me old timer. What has this got to do with Duncan Hunter?
 
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