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Talullahhound
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Hate, Hate, Hate
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11/10/2008 10:38:38 PM
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I think that the use of the "teror levels" (red, yellow, green) were trying to instill fear in people. Every time something negative came out about the Administration. It got to be quite a joke in Washington. They finally stopped it when they realized that no one was paying attention anymore.
I think that McCain trying to allude to Obama with "terrorist" associations; trying to paint him as an Muslim because his middle name is Hussein and referring to his policies as socialist was both hateful and trying to instill fear in people. John McCain's continued insistence that he was constantly "fighting".
I don't believe that the Obama campaign had anything to do with the nasty things said about Sarah Palin's child. I think those stories came out of some disgruntled people and the media picked them up. Heck, it could be the McCain aides that leaked those things, given all the nasty things they've had to say since the election.
You know, I realize you can't understand why I feel so negatively about this Administration, but don't forget, I worked for this Administration. Do you know that Rumsfeld intended to overhaul the military and not include the Generals in the discussion. Do you know that Doug Feith started is own "intelligence" office as an adjunct to his office because he didn't like the intelligence that the CIA was coming up with? They overhauled the civilian personnel performance system so that they would have leverage (and the ability to get rid of ) over people who dared to raise a dissenting opinion. Rumsfeld summarily dismissed anyone that didn't agree with him -- not just staff, but his own executives. The Snowflakes were no joke either -- some offices got 50 in a week and they all had a 24 hour turnaround time.
And there was a general attitude of shouting, screaming and pounding on the desk. That changed once Feith, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld left. I think I mentioned here that my boss worked directly for Doug Feith. And I can tell you from personal experience, the man is a raging idiot. I know people who know and worked for Cheney. I used to routinely go to meetings at the NSC and State and Commerce. I'm not bragging, but I would like you to understand my perspective.
Maybe when you live and work in Washington, you are just hyper aware of what is going on. People talk about it, you live with it, you read about it. There is almost no "local" news in Washington. So forgive me if I'm jaded.
I've probably just seen too much.
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