Obama to announce Kerry nomination for secretary of state

[Gerald]

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate U.S. Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, marking his first major step in the overhaul of his national security team on the cusp of his second term.

Obama settled on Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew from consideration last week. The Massachusetts Democrat is expected to win easy confirmation from his Senate colleagues.

Obama will announce Kerry's nomination at 1:30 p.m. EST but will withhold any decision on a new defense secretary, administration officials said. The president has held off in the face of a growing backlash from critics of former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, considered a leading candidate to replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8BK0QO20121221

This was an expected decision.


Note: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:55pm EST

[AVGWarhawk]

If he is not nominated he will have such a long face.

[vienna]

With this nomination, and the probable nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, it will be the first time in many years those positions will have been simultaneously held by decorated war veterans; in all, good choices...

<O>

[soopaman2]

I read an article calling for Hagen earlier.

Both would be a great choice.

Hilary was ok, but in some countries (like the middle east) it is hard for a woman to be taken seriously, no matter how assertive she is.

Not being mysogynistic, just citing culturalism. It's just how thier brain is wired.

I like Kerry personally.

(a friend of mine spent 3 years in Saudi Arabia, they do not like their women doing anything other than spitting out kids, or laying there concieving one. They are a chore to deal with diplomatically, because they hate us paleskins)

[yubba]

A war hero,???? and a tax cheat I guess he will fit in well....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_656985.html

[August]

I'm glad to be getting rid of that lying tax cheat. Maybe he'll take the Ketchup Queen with him.

lying tax cheat.

a tax cheat

Are those two the same peope who say rich business people should be given tax breaks as their increasing wealth creates growth in the economy?

If he was cheating his taxes he would be doing something illegal, as he isn't then he is not a tax cheat, don't complain about something you both support just because it isn't someone from team R that is doing it

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Are those two the same peope who say rich business people should be given tax breaks as their increasing wealth creates growth in the economy?

If he was cheating his taxes he would be doing something illegal, as he isn't then he is not a tax cheat, don't complain about something you both support just because it isn't someone from team R that is doing it

Read up on where he has been hiding his yacht.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Read up on where he has been hiding his yacht.

He doesn't care about that. He just hates that I ignore him.

[AVGWarhawk]

The thing with Kerry is he was destroyed when running for President. Parks his yacht in another state to avoid tax. Yet, some how all is forgotten and the guy smells like roses. I don't get it.

Read up on where he has been hiding his yacht.

Is there a legal requirement that he berth his yacht somewhere other than Rhode Island?

He just hates that I ignore him.

I enjoy your ignorance, it make you look just like Skybird and makes it so easy to show your posts for what they are
Watch out for them Romans legions august

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The thing with Kerry is he was destroyed when running for President. Parks his yacht in another state to avoid tax. Yet, some how all is forgotten and the guy smells like roses. I don't get it.

Same reason that a certain former Mass. Senator gets a pass on DWI homicide because his last name is Kennedy. Their ideological allies that dominate the media shield them from such negativity. Obama gets the same treatment.

Were any of the controversial acts or statements they have made over the years been uttered or done by a Republican the man would have been flayed alive in the press.

Y'know people often reference how democracy works until people discover they can vote themselves presents. Well I think we now live in an age where the press has discovered it's more profitable to shape the news rather than merely report it. It's their bread and circuses and it is tearing our country apart.

Their ideological allies that dominate the media shield them from such negativity.

Ah yes the global media conspiracy, so mel gibson isn't it, they dominate everything you know

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Is there a legal requirement that he berth his yacht somewhere other than Rhode Island?

There is not but it is a blatant tax evasion. Kerry claims the boat is docked there for long term maintenance. The boat is new. Just what maintenance will a new vessel need? He evades a sales tax waiting six months before bringing the boat to his home state. It was cleverly played. Sure there is no laws to dissuade this. However, it draws the kind of character Kerry is. No better then the blowhards running DC who claim to be looking out for the little guy. Its a crock.

[nikimcbee]

@ August
At work, We started to talk about Kerry and how he was "smeared by the right" for the Swift boat thingy. I said it was true, because I know two swift boat vets that served around him (same RON). I didn't get those syllables out of my mouth, when the retort came: "WHAT ABOUT BUSH! BUSH DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" So, what I learned from the conversation, when in doubt, attack Bush.