The one comment was that his (Obama’s) intelligence team will give him the “unvarnished” view of the information, as opposed to the version that they think the President wants to hear.

Whatever dude. Haven’t been attacked on US soil since 09/11/01. If varnish is what it takes, so be it.

The president of the United States -
Barack H. Obama

Just as it once depended on what the definition of “is” is, the definition of ‘ torture’ can also be adjusted - if it suits their purposes. I think we have seen that no one is slicker than a Democrat lawyer when weasel words are called for.

Anything that was once said for far-Left consumption will become non-operative, as necessary, once the inauguration is over.

(thanks izoneguy…i’ve been waiting for an opening for this pic..lol)

Ronald Reagan said it best, “The problem is so much of what [our] opponent[s] know, simply isn’t true”

Except the script writers won’t be working for Leon, and we’ll all lose a lot.

On the other hand, this could be an opportunity for another “McConell Comprimise”:

“Harry, you are going to tell The Big O to withdraw this nomination or I assure you the confirmation hearing will bring up ALL the things that should have been included in the report by the 911 Commission but weren’t. We’ll also ask a lot of questions about what he knew about Sandy Burglar, I mean Berger and when he knew it.”

Let’s wait for Panetta to “actually sit” as CIA Chief. Then we can start laughing off (or angrily scoffing) at Obama’s stupidity in his personal pick.

But I doubt if it’s really a personal pick. It’s more of a concession among Dems… like sharing the loot. What a corrupt administration it will be!

He told us that he started a foundation to encourage young people to get into public service, because so few young people seemed interested in being congressional pages and growing up to be legislators these days. I told him that if he really wanted to meet American kids whose hearts were set on public service he should visit Iraq. There are thousands of them there.

I don’t think he considers military members as being involved in public service. What more do we need to know?

I’m now utterly convinced only something truly catastrophic can right our ship, because as a nation we have utterly lost our way. God knows how many will be lost. This Clinton Admin III will take us a long way toward that catastrophe if not bring it about altogether.

Historians will marvel at the mindlessness of this age.

Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the intelligence panel, said Panetta is a “savvy” Washington veteran who can change the agency.

Savvy Washington veteran, eh? Well, there are all of a sudden a whole lot of Washington Veterans getting appointed to some positions and the winds of change are being replaced by the winds of adminstrations past!