Posted by
Brian Peters on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:17:42 PM
And some girls too. Watching NBC Nightly News (just to try and get an alternative point of view). That's what the photos looked like at the conclusion of the Robert Gates confirmation hearing today. Everyone was smiliing, shaking hands, back slapping....just a bunch of good ol' boys n' girls keeping everything within their circle in power. Contrasting this was a story about the largest Palestinian refugee camp that is in Lebanon and leaders, albeit our enemy, were taking positive action to motivate their people, one so much, a 36 year old father of four, is going to Iraq soon to 'kill infidels, the American invaders'. I wonder why our Government's PR machine is so poorly managed, it's unable to get through to a father of four, that his life should be at home with his kids, and not going to Iraq to most likely die and leave his kids fatherless. Hillary couldn't be professional enough to keep her mouth shut during the hearing but had to belittle the Bush Administration with her 'candor' comment in her closing remarks. Is that how she would be as President??!!! I uesd to always expect more from people with a 'college degree'...and especially a law degree. Used to. But these days, a college degree means a check in the box only towards a job, and thinking backwards, it probably goes back to the 1960's, a check in the box or to avoid the draft as the poor went off to fight. Talk about a case for patriotism and courage...think about it. I personally don't hold much optimism of hope for any real positive changes in the future. I see a lot of gridlock, investigations, party v party fights, everything that will take the media's attention and our tax dollars. Good luck Mr. Gates.