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fadedrose

(10,044 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2015, 12:49 AM Mar 2015

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter [View all]

was sworn in today . . . saw him a couple of days ago taking questions from the Armed Services Committee, or whatever it's called, John McCain, Chair..and I was impressed with his knowledge and his ability to express himself, and his patience with them. I think they were impressed too.

Good choice, Mr. Obama.

Trouble is, we're having trouble finding people with the right qualifications to run besides HC, and since Mr. Carter is employed in the Cabinet, I guess that precludes his chance of being a candidate? I don't even know if he's a Democrat, but I think he'd have a good chance. He got pulled out of a teaching job at some university to take the SD job...

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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter [View all] fadedrose Mar 2015 OP

He's an MIC-whore assclown. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #1

But he speaks clearly fadedrose Mar 2015 #2

Mostly a lifelong Pentagon bureaucrat, in and out. Had to get an ethics waiver TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #6

Maybe fadedrose Mar 2015 #8

Hagel wasn't a dove--he advocated a more aggressive use of special forces closer TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #14

Twilight, fadedrose Mar 2015 #23

I think Obama understands what's going on over there. That's not the issue-- TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #26

But if he gets critics off his back - fadedrose Mar 2015 #28

I was appalled by how he treated Hagel. Cabinet members come and go, they TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #32

I learned a lot from you fadedrose Mar 2015 #33

Ummm...his first name is Ashton, not Ashley Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #3

I wondered about that fadedrose Mar 2015 #4

There's no need to be sorry Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #35

Am I the girl you don't want to talk to at a party fadedrose Mar 2015 #41

Gees, he has 3 last names, how 'bout that? fadedrose Mar 2015 #5

Hagel is a Republican and we did not elect a Democrat to the WH so we could have Republicans sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #7

Leon Panetta was a Dem. However, Carter was actually more of the SecDef TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #9

Is Ashton a Dem or Rep? fadedrose Mar 2015 #12

Leon Panetta began his career as a Republican./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #15

Right, but he converted a long time ago. Supposedly (snort). TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #17

I am just a humble reporter DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #19

Republicans are better at War fadedrose Mar 2015 #10

Um...no. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #18

FDR, Wilson, and Truman were pretty good at war. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #20

Glad you didn't bring up LBJ. LOL. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #21

Because he wasn't particularly good at it but the Dominican invasion was successful./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #24

FDR is not fair to bring up fadedrose Mar 2015 #25

I never said he wasn't a great president nor was his prosecution of WW ll unjustified. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #27

He was both fadedrose Mar 2015 #29

No argument from me. He's in my pantheon of presidents. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #30

In my parent's generation, the saying was always "The Democrats are the party of War" Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #36

That is the impression that is given. I think the neocons got their claws into the government sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #40

That's how I felt bigwillq Mar 2015 #34

But he's not Hillary. That's all that matters... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #11

Amen, Brother nt fadedrose Mar 2015 #13

he will do what hillary did - implement policy dictated by barack obama. your point is...? nt msongs Mar 2015 #16

To some the fact that a candidate is not HRC is all that matters. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #22

He is a careerist and he knows the Pentagon very, VERY well. MADem Mar 2015 #31

Also, in keeping with recent tradition, the next President will probably keep him on for 1-2 years Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #37

That would be a smart move. MADem Mar 2015 #38

I know exactly what you are saying Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #39