More Obama political tone-deafness: Picking Panetta for CIA, and not bringing democrat Senators in on it?

First and foremost, I don't for one minute believe that Leon Panetta is any more qualified to run the CIA than Mr. Obama is qualified to run the United States: that is, not at all.

For the last 8 years, the democrat party has been whining and sniveling about the politication of the CIA. So, what does the newly-elected President do?

Makes a political appointment.

So... if it was wrong for Bush to "politicize" this appointment... then why is it right for Obama to do so? Outside the rank hypocrisy of the left, I mean?

Mr. Panetta is by everything I've seen, an experienced, intelligent individual. But so am I. And in reality, I believe my Armored Reconnaissance training gives me the edge over Mr. Panetta when it comes to gathering intelligence.

That said, neither of us are qualified to run the CIA, period. Mr. Obama's ineptitude, amply illustrated by his fumbling of the Blagoball; the screwing up of the Richardson appointment, and now this POLITICAL APPOINTMENT so whacked and mismanaged that he's even pissed off his own senators... not to mention his continuing and moronic silence on the Middle East; reaches new heights by appointing someone with absolutely no knowledge or experience about running arguably the most important intelligence agency on the planet... much like, come to think of it, this Nation's kool-aid drinkers elected someone with absolutely no knowledge or experience to run the most important country on the planet.

At least Mr. Obama is consistent. But in this case, that's not a good thing.

Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise

Jan 6 04:56 PM US/Eastern	46 Comments

Obama Picks Clinton Chief Of Staff Panetta To Head CIA

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama apologized to her for not notifying her ahead of time that Leon Panetta was his pick for CIA director. His name leaked to the press before Obama informed Feinstein, a California Democrat and incoming Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, who will oversee Panetta's nomination hearing. "I have been contacted by both President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden, and they have explained to me the reasons why they believe Leon Panetta is the best candidate for CIA Director," she said. Feinstein complained Monday she had not been told about Panetta and expressed doubts he has the necessary experience. There was no immediate comment from the Obama team, which has made no formal announcement of the CIA pick. More: