How I see it: Mr. Obama - you'd better be right.

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By now, the reader probably knows that our President-Elect has chosen someone wholly unqualified to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, former Congressman, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office for Civil Rights, and Director of OMB and a variety of other positions that qualify Leon Panetta to be the penultimate bureaucrat... but do absolutely nothing to qualify him to run this country's Intelligence services.

If we sustain an attack on any American assets anywhere outside the current theater of operations, the Obama Administration will be done (and the democrats with him) even BEFORE Obama is indicted.

But let's also be realistic, here. IF Mr. Obama is SUCCESSFUL; if this reorganization actually succeeds; if we can avoid an attack until he's indicted, then the GOP will be in serious, long term and sustained trouble... because the heretofore Empty Suit will have shown he's got the chops to defend this country.

Unfortunately, the leftist hypocrites that tried to sell us a bill of goods with that waste of skin Kerry back in '04 because Kerry's service was so important in this time of war... have conveniently forgotten all about the importance of military experience now... during this war.

Mr. Obama's inexperience will cost this country lives. The only question is how many and where. Mr. Panetta's lack of experience in intelligence, combined with Mr. Obama's kowtowing to the fringe left nutters as he disassembles our successful intelligence apparatus is going to cost us lives... American lives... lives these people are sworn to protect.

I sincerely and seriously hope I'm wrong. I WANT BARACK OBAMA TO SUCCEED.

Because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate.
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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: