Al Franken, Rod Blagojevich, Caroline Kennedy, and now, Leon Panetta?
You’ve got to be kidding me. It’s bad enough that Al Franken is about to be seated as the Senator from Minnesota and that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has backed Senate Democrats into a corner with his appointment of Rolland Burris to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Barack Obama.
This latest development is even more confusing than the idea that Caroline Kennedy might be appointed to the Senate seat from New York. President-elect Barack Obama is ready to appoint Leon Panetta to head the CIA. And we thought Caroline Kennedy wasn’t equipped to serve in the Senate. Panetta is a former Congressman and former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, hardly qualifications to head the nations intelligence agency. It’s scary to me. These are dangerous times and the dangers will only increase.
The CIA is already struggling to stay abreast of the demands of the on going wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and of course the pursuit of Al Qaeda. There has to be a better choice.
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