Rick endorses Mitt
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Harvey Soapstone says:
I’m proud to think Rick can actually spell M-I-T-T. Our proud gov will sit on his hands during this one, for sure. He won’t be asked for advice, get a cabinet post (might forget which agency he runs)or asked to speak at the convention. I’m remembering posters on this site swearing the nomination would be Perry/Gingrich. Hoot!
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Romney HATES Perry and needs to see how putting a Texan on the ticket as VP turned out for the others who did (see JFK-we all know how this story went).
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Anonymous Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
http://texasconservativepolitics.blogspot.com/
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Mitt is daman!
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Julie Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:54 am
JBB,
You were saying that Perry and Romney were going to be on the GOP ticket. Do you want to offer a prediction on whether Romney will win the presidency, or would you rather avoid being wrong once again?
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
@Julie the republican
I will defer to you, losing seems to be your strong suit. Hows that Obama thingy working out?
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Willie James Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Purt good, JBB! GM is producign cars, Osama is kaput, gas prices down today, jobs coming back every month, the Dow over 13,000. I’ve still got my gun and repugs are about to nominate a believer in Obamacare.
Julie Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 7:50 am
Since you have a habit of being wrong, you are in no position to judge anyone a loser. I see where you predict we’ll have Perry for a long time to come. Don’t be surprised if Perry announces next year that he will not seek re-election.
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anita says:
I’m sure it was a painful night for the Perry’s at the rental mansion last night, having to swallow the bitter pill of a Romney endorsement.
Perry will get a speaking role at the R convention, early morning or afternoon on Thursday or Friday. Hopefully, he won’t be jacked on maple syrup. As the poll numbers show, Texans will cringe when he hams it up on the national stage, presenting us as gun-slinging buffoons with little command of facts and less command of proper diction.
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mega Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Anita, after reading what seems like hundreds of your vituperative posts, I can only assume you are a very sad and bitter person. Lighten up.
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anita Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 10:18 am
Vituperative? I thought it was kinda funny, maple syrup and all.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
nita suffers from a major case of penis envy.
Like Hillary, she resents any man who has balls bigger than theirs.
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Harvey Soapstone Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
JBB, from all I’ve read, you are the one with penis envy.
Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Anita, Perry plans on moving back into the Governor’s Mansion by the summer around June when the renovations are finished according to KXAN-TV NBC 36 in Austin.
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anita Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Thanks — so how much will the taxpayers of Texas paid by that time to keep Rick & Anita housed in the manner in which they believe they deserve?
How much will the Perry’s, the most prolific fundraisers in Texas history, have contributed from private political donations to pay for their housing? I can answer that — ZERO.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Rick and Anita could be staying at a downtown condominium for perhaps 1/3 or 1/4 the rental expense that it costs to put them up in a fancy mansion on the west side of town.
Mike Huckabee stayed in a mobile home when the Arkansas governor’s mansion was being renovated.
Rick and Anita … they sure feel “entitled” don’t they? Oh, I thought it was because of their love of the Living Christ that they were in politics.
cooked Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:44 am
Will the taxpayers still be paying for the gov’s Food and Wine magazine subscription?
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Big O Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Lord help us!!!!!
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JohnBernardBooks says:
I wonder which Cabinet Post Guv Perry will accept, DOE or Sec Of State?
Too bad about the Dept of Edu getting axed.
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Dan C Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Perry for DOE or Secy of State? What have you been smoking?
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Dave Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Ambassador to Somalia, where he can finally enjoy a government that doesn’t cramp his freedoms.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:41 am
If Obama wins re-election, Perry will still be governor.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
“If” if a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his butt so much. if dems were smarter…well you get my drift…
Anonymous Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
Perry will be the VP
anita Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:59 am
Somalia! I love it.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Anita, the problem is Romney has NO chance in hell of beating Obama in November due to his flip-flops and the GOP screwing a good opportunity to get Obama out of the Oval Office with horrible candidates who are GASBAGS (including Perry).
Willie James Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Somalia won’t.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Is Somalia the island that might tip over?
Admonkey says:
“His book clearly stated that individual mandate should be the model for this country.” (DEC 10, 2011)
“He’s a convenient conservative.” (JAN 3, 2012.)
“There is something inherently wrong when getting rich off failure and sticking it to someone else is how you do your business and I happen to think that’s indefensible. He was worried about running out of pink slips.” (JAN 9, 2012)
“He’s a vulture capitalist.” (JAN 10, 2012.)
“I’m supporting him for President.” (Three months later on APR 25, 2012.)
Handy timeline of Rick Perry quotes regarding Mitt Romney.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
he’s the last conservative left in the race running against an avowed liberal. now that the easily fooled have woken up Obama couldn’t win running for office in Chicago.
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Tellnitlikeitis Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
JBB
The problem Romney faces is the complexion of the American electorate. Romney, of course, could win because we don’t know what’s going to happen between May and November.
But he can’t win without doing better with minorities.
White’s made up 88 percent of the voting pool when Carter won the WH in 1976. Flash foward 16 years (to 1992) and the percentage of whites dropped to 83 percent (a decline of 5 points).
Flash forward another 16 years to 2008…and the percentage of whites in the voting pool dropped to 74 percnet (a decline of 9 points).
In other words the decline in the white voting pool is accellerating.
That trend line is not good for a party that is viewed (fairly or not) as being unfriendly to minorities.
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ghostofann Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
But JohnnyBurnsBooks, wasn’t it you bleating not too long ago about how Romney is a RINO/closet liberal and that the only real conservatives in the race were Perry and Gingrich?
Make up your mind (assuming you even have one).
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 29th, 2012 at 2:34 am
“But JohnnyBurnsBooks, wasn’t it you bleating not too long ago about how Romney is a RINO/closet liberal”
no.
Hard to explain to a liberal but using the Buckley rule one always votes for the most conservative in the race.
lemme see Romney the “closet” liberal vs Obama the Marxist
Stevie F. says:
Honestly, does Perry’s endorsement have any significance at this point? I can’t imagine how this help Perry for a cabinet or other position.
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Art Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Rick wont be on any cabinet. He won’t get a federal post under anyone. Get real folks, Rick Perry in a national joke.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
If I were Romney, I would not even want an endorsement from Perry. Past endorsements by Perry have been the proverbial “kiss of death”.
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Bodhisattva says:
Rick’s train is so late, it’s a train.
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retrocon says:
You forgot the one where Perry wags his finger in Romney’s face and bellows, “You’ve lost all respect from me Mitt!”
Let’s see… Perry now endorsing Romney over… who’s left?… Oh yeah, Ron Paul!
I don’t think Perry’s clarity of vision now should trick Republicans into letting Perry near the convention microphone.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Retrocon, Romney will avoid Perry as much as possible and assuming he beats the shit out of Obama in the fall, I would NOT give Perry any damn thing-ever.
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Dave Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Ron Paul just doesn’t show the proper appreciation for maple syrup.
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anita Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 10:01 am
Amen! That’s some damn good syrup!
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Julie says:
Perry’s endorsement is of no benefit to Romney except in Texas, where it might sway some conservatives who are not satisfied with Romney.
Perry offered the endorsement so he could look like a loyal Republican and in hopes that others might return the favor if he runs for president again.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Julie, I tend to think the GOP will likely rally around Jeb Bush or Chris Christie in 2016 IF Romney blows it, or 2020 if Romney somehow wins.
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Brian says:
Somalia, that’s pretty good. The gubmint there will also respect his second amendment rights.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Brian, Perry will NEVER get a cabinet gig or ambassadorship from Romney-ever.
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Brian Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Blue Dogs, you seem to have missed the sarcasm in my comment.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
uh…its a liberal site, sarcasm isn’t detected….ever.
longleaf says:
Latest polling shows putting Perry on the ticket would actually HELP Obama in Texas.
“One thing that would make Obama more competitive in Texas is the- very, very off chance- that Rick Perry was on the ticket. In that case Romney’s advantage over Obama would be reduced from 50-43 to 50-45.”
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/04/texas-is-romney-country.html
If I didn’t actually hang out with the people who vote in Texas elections, I’d be beginning to doubt whether Perry had ever actually won an honest election outside of Haskell County.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
longleaf, with a good and swift dose of term limits, we could once again enjoy a Texas that is Perry-free in the Governor’s office.
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allmaya Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
That term limits thing has produced an outstanding legislature in California, hasn’t it?
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Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 9:29 am
allmaya, perhaps California selected the wrong number of years.
I have said quite consistently that 12 is the magic number.
Nobody has ever given me a coherent argument that 12 years is just too brief of a time for one person to “serve” in one specific elective office.
In fact, when they stop to think about it, often they drop their reflexive opposition to term limits when 12 years is the proposal on the table.
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allmaya Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Distinguished, I hear you.
And I have some experience with drafting legislation myownself. From this, I know that with any legislation, you have the problem of the new statute covering folks you don’t want to cover and not covering others. ‘Tis the nature of language.
My big problem with term limits is that we live in a highly complex society (school finance, anyone?) that mandates years of study to develop expertise.
With term limits, just as soon as a legislator is finally getting a handle on a subject (so that they can tell whether a lobbyist is telling the truth or not), they are forced to leave.
Term limits indiscriminately sweep out the good with the bad.
And, for what it is worth, Nevada has 12 year limits and having lived there for six years, I can assure you that their legislature is no better than ours.
Distinguished Gentleman Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
allmaya, I never said that the person must completely retire from public service.
If the person is so gosh darn great and wonderful, then he or she may seek election to some other office and continue to serve the people, albeit in a somewhat different capacity. Remember, also, that 12 years in one chamber of the Legislature, plus 12 years in the other chamber equals a maximum of 24 years in the Legislature.
Furthermore, it is not all unheard of for a former legislator to still take an interest in, and be a contributor to, the discussion about legislative issues. Over the years, I have seen many a former State Senator or former State Representative testify before committees in the Legislature, sharing the knowledge and expertise which they gained during their tenure in the State Capitol.
As to your comment about the Nevada Legislature, while you say that is is “no better” than the one in Texas, would you likewise agree that it is no worse???
JohnBernardBooks says:
Texas will never be Perry-free, after 20 years of Perry even liberals will say “who was LBJ?”
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Class of 1976 Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
…if they do, it’s only because Texas schools couldn’t afford to teach history.
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Art Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
That penis envy thing, JBB……relax. It’s ok if you never date.
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
“…after 20 years of Perry…” says JBB.
Oh, dear Lord.
Term limits.
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AreYouKiddingMe says:
I’m sure Perry’s endorsement will be great news to the Romney campaign. So good that they probably will try to keep it a secret.
Perry is a joke and couldn’t win an election for dog catcher in any place but the brainwashed, gun totin’, bible thumpin’, anti-gubment state of Texas.
And for the record, I am a Christian, and I do hunt. I’m just not a brainwashed idiot like the majority of Texas voters…
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Tom says:
Besides taxpayers picking up the tab for his rental home, I wonder if we’ll ever know the cost of sending DPS troopers with him on the campaign trail.
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Texas Against Perry says:
Just who really cares? Not me though Mitt should. Look what happened to Newt when Doofhair endorsed him.
Thinking of Huckaby in that mobile home that is exactly where Doofhair should be living and out in the back hills of west Texas. Go back to Paint!
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Class of 1976 Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
That’s Paint CREEK to you!
:rolleyes:
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Anonymous says:
Note to Texas political journalists, do not quote Matt Mackowiak lest the story lose credibility.
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2012/04/poll-perrys-2014-run-in-jeopardy/
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WUSRPH says:
The important question is whether Gov. Oops can actually deliver his one delegate to Romney….That assumes, however, that anyone who was committed to Rick knows that there is a Republican nomination effort underway.
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allmaya Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Didn’t John Connally get one delegate when he ran for President? After spending a boatload of money—
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Patriotone says:
Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line.
The GOP will get behind Mitt as well as they can. My judgment is that Obama is going to win. Quite possible Dems lose the Senate and gain some House seats but don’t win it back. Economy will improve and Dems will do better in 2014 than anyone could imagine. If Mitt were to win, which he won’t, 2014 would be an enormous electoral disaster for GOP. Could even be the Texas turnaround. Who knows?
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Robert Morrow Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 11:59 am
Obama is likely to win.
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Anonymous says:
Where is Robert Morrow. Think that he’s running scared after yesterday’s award to Texas couple who sued online posters for their slanderous comments?
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Robert Morrow Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 11:58 am
I have found that people don’t like it when you lie about them. But what they really HATE is when you tell the truth about them.
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texun says:
I won’t be surprised if Perry does limited work for Romney among Christian fundamentalists. Mormonism is still apostasy for many of them, so they might tend to stay at home rather than sort out Obama vs. The Mormon.
The Republican strategy for dealing with Mormon-avoidance will be to trot out some pols who have cred with the religious right at the same time that they run extensive and intensive slime campaigns in key states. Swift Boat is back, though even stronger and more vile than in its last appearance.
Perry in a cabinet? At this point, Morrow is probably thinking “after a lifetime in the closet that should be a good fit”, but far be if from me to….
More likely, Perry will be pushed as Governor of Guam. He’s definitely not going to be Romney’s choice for ambassador to the Vatican because Perry is a good bit more conservative than the Pope. Hey, I guess that does leave Somalia.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
May 1st, 2012 at 9:58 am
Perry’s a Methodist, NOT a Catholic.
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WUSRPH says:
I think the voters in Guam get to pick their own governor now…but if not, why would you want to wish Gov. Oops on them? He certainly would not measure up to the former governor’s they have had such as Gov. Bill Daniel, the brother of Texas Speaker, Atty. General, U.S. Senator, Governor and Texas Supreme Court Justice Price Daniel Sr., or even the legendary “Duke” of Doonesbury. They would think they were being punished if we sent them Rick…
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Robert Morrow says:
I think Henry Cabot Lodge was predicting a CIA coup of the USA in fall, 1963. This stuff was being openly talked about in the NYT in Oct, 1963.
http://www.jfklancer.com/Krock.html
NYT columnist Arthur Krock was a very close friend to John Kennedy.
The New York Times
October 3, 1963 p. 34
The Intra-Administration
War in Vietnam
By Arthur Krock
… One reporter in this category is Richard Starnes of the Scripps-Howard newspapers. Today, under a Saigon dateline, he related that, “according to a high United States source here, twice the C.I.A. flatly refused to carry out instructions from Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge . . . [and] in one instance frustrated a plan of action Mr. Lodge brought from Washington because the agency disagreed with it.” Among the views attributed to United States officials on the scene, including one described as a “very high American official . . . who has spent much of his life in the service of democracy . . . are the following:
The C.I.A.’s growth was “likened to a malignancy” which the “very high official was not sure even the White House could control . . . any longer.” “If the United States ever experiences [an attempt at a coup to overthrow the Government] it will come from the C.I.A. and not the Pentagon.” The agency “represents a tremendous power and total unaccountability to anyone.”
… The C.I.A. may be guilty as charged. Since it cannot, or at any rate will not, openly defend its record in Vietnam, or defend it by the same confidential press “briefings” employed by its critics, the public is not in a position to judge. Nor is this department, which sought and failed to get even the outlines of the agency’s case in rebuttal. But Mr. Kennedy will have to make a judgment if the spectacle of war within the Executive branch is to be ended and the effective functioning of the C.I.A. preserved. And when he makes this judgment, hopefully he also will make it public, as well as the appraisal of fault on which it is based.
(Imho, JFK was killed more over LBJ/Cuba than Vietnam. Cuba was driving the passions of the times.)
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Robert Morrow says:
“Spooks” make life miserable for Ambassador Lodge
By Richard T. Starnes, The Washington Daily News
October 2, 1963, p.3
By Richard T. Starnes
SAIGON, Oct.2 – The story of the Central Intelligence Agency’s role in South Viet Nam is a dismal chronicle of bureaucratic arrogance, obstinate disregard of orders, and unrestrained thirst for power.
Twice the CIA flatly refused to carry out instructions from Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, according to a high United States source here.
In one of these instances the CIA frustrated a plan of action Mr. Lodge brought with him from Washington because the agency disagreed with it.
This led to a dramatic confrontation between Mr. Lodge and John Richardson, chief of the huge CIA apparatus here. Mr. Lodge failed to move Mr. Richardson, and the dispute was bucked back to Washington. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and CIA Chief John A. McCone were unable to resolve the conflict, and the matter is now reported to be awaiting settlement by President Kennedy.
It is one of the developments expected to be covered in Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s report to Mr. Kennedy.
Others Critical, Too
Other American agencies here are incredibly bitter about the CIA.
“If the United States ever experiences a ‘Seven Days in May’ it will come from the CIA, and not from the Pentagon,” one U.S. official commented caustically.
(“Seven Days in May” is a fictional account of an attempted military coup to take over the U.S. Government.)
CIA “spooks” (a universal term for secret agents here) have penetrated every branch of the American community in Saigon, until non-spook Americans here almost seem to be suffering a CIA psychosis.
An American field officer with a distinguished combat career speaks angrily about “that man at headquarters in Saigon wearing a colonel’s uniform.” He means the man is a CIA agent, and he can’t understand what he is doing at U.S. military headquarters here, unless it is spying on other Americans.
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Tarry House says:
Mitt will not win the presidency. He loses once Bain record is exposed and his religion is explored. Too bad when we have a damaged, disappointing incumbent like the madrasa educated O. perry should run from Mitt and this campaign. 2016 Rs will have great presidential choices, Rubio, McDonnell, Christie, Ryan. Perry should be long retired, serving on boards and kite surfing with wealthy Aggies in Malibu.
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