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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:17 AM
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shinseki pick gives the finger to bu$h* - cheney - rumsfeld...et al
shinseki is the guy who said if we invade iraq it will take hundreds of thousands of troops to maintain the peace and was fired for his thoughts.....

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama will nominate retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, two Democratic sources said Saturday.

Obama was expected to make the formal announcement Sunday -- Pearl Harbor Day -- at a news conference in Chicago. Veterans groups appeared to support the selection.

"I am excited. I don't know him personally but this is a huge move," said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

For years, Shinseki, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, has been the patron saint of Pentagon critics who say the former Army chief's sage advice was ignored in 2003, resulting in too few U.S. troops being sent to Iraq after the invasion.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/06/shinseki.obama.cabinet/index.html
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:21 AM
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1. YUP...the Bush Rummy Cheney Gang just got fingered....Their reward for being ASSHOLES
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:22 AM
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3.  really hope they get shackled.... but for now the finger will do
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:22 AM
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2. He's also Asian American
which will make Obama's team even more diverse. I LIKE THIS!
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:24 AM
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4. Republicon chickenhawks have treated our US veterans like shit for 8 long years
Finally, our sons and daughters who are veterans may be getting a fair deal now that the republicons have been tossed out on their lard butts. Let's hope so.
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:25 AM
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5. One of my favorite pics of Gen. Wes Clark is with Gen. Shinseki


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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:26 AM
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6. For those who doubt in despair, never say it's over
This is just one crumbling brick in the fall of the House of Bush and the House of Cheney.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:32 AM
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7. I hope Rumsfeld, Bush and Cheney are having apoplexy fits
Edited on Sun Dec-07-08 10:33 AM by lunatica
Rumsfeld's head = :nuke:
Bush's head = :nuke:
Cheney's head and cloned heart = :nuke:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:33 AM
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8. i doubt they give a shit...they've made their money
Edited on Sun Dec-07-08 10:36 AM by spanone
but i hope you're right....i hope their heads are imploding when their sentences are read

shinseki got fired for being right.....
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:37 AM
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11. But there is never enough money, so their future wealth is in question
Edited on Sun Dec-07-08 10:38 AM by lunatica
They can see those dollar bills with wings flying away. Greed is never, ever satiated. If it were they would have stopped long ago, having made 'theirs'.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:36 AM
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9. It sure makes me feel good
Now we have a seat at the table.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:37 AM
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10. amen.....
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