Comments on: Reid Calls Pace ‘Incompetent’ – So What?

By: Political Mavens » Bring the Noises Off

Political Mavens » Bring the Noises Off — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:53:34 +0000

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By: Bring the Noises Off at Blog P.I.

Bring the Noises Off at Blog P.I. — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:42:34 +0000

[...] in using the doctrine as a weapon against right-wing talk radio just won’t fly. And as James Joyner asked at the time, what part of the Democrats’ Senate leader calling a Bush appointee [...]

By: Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:43:01 +0000

The Mouse that Roared....

Heh. If only it were that simple. John Hawkins over at Right Wing News gives us a little taste of what might be going on in the Senate regarding the immigration bill - and helps provide a little snapshot of......

By: The Truth Laid Bear

The Truth Laid Bear — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:43:55 +0000

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By: charles austin

charles austin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:13:35 +0000

It seems rather silly to call General Pace incompetent. It is entirely possible that he may be wrong about some things or that he may have made some bad decisions or that he has given some advice that was not sound, especially from the perspective of those with the benefit of hindsight and/or partisan blinders. But incompetent? Please.

This is far from an original thought, but perhaps the folks you need to win a war aren't the same as those you need to administer the peace afterwards. It isn't hard to find lots of examples for this.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:39:41 +0000

I would rather be a yes man then an incompetent man.

Don't limit yourself -- perhaps you, like Gen. Pace, can be both.

By: G.A. Phillips

G.A. Phillips — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:18:56 +0000

I would rather be a yes man then an incompetent man.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:11:22 +0000

Seantor Reid's comments on this topic haven't changed my opinions of him one iota. I've always loathed him as a partisan hack who was in over his head since he assumed a leadership position in the Senate. Mind you, that's true of a depressingly large number of our elected representatives on both sides of the aisle, though I'm not sure whether that says more about me or them.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:08:46 +0000

Btw, the incident is perhaps most interesting for what it says about the Dems and their kibbitzers. When it was reported that Reid called Pace incompetent, the Dem-friendly response wasn't "Damn straight!", but rather, "Surely he didn't really say that exactly ...." Another insight into how the Dems lose elections.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:06:11 +0000

So I'm finding it very informative watching you finally come to the realization that the republican party no longer represents your beliefs . . .

Neither party represents my views particularly well. That's the price of big tent, catch-all parties. But, yes, the party leadership has moved further away from Barry Goldwater-style libertarian-conservatism and even Ronald Reagan small-government conservatism as religious conservatives have become more organized.

. . . and to start rejecting the "disinformation" these dishonest extremists spread.

There's plenty of dishonesty from both sides, methinks. That's the nature of propaganda, I'm afraid. Activists of all stripes have gone into permanent "campaign" mode sending out hourly talking points.

By: cian

cian — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:01:02 +0000

Is this the same guy who, during a speech on memorial day, got the number of American dead in Iraq wrong?

By: spencer

spencer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:40:54 +0000

I visit this blog because I perceive you to be an intelligent, well informed and balanced conservative and/or republican.

My own politics are slightly left of center and I've never been very partisan -- voting conservative democrat or liberal republican.

But over the last decade I've essentially become anti-republican -- but not necessarily pro-democratic -- because it looks to me like the republican party had been hijacked by a group of
fundamentally dishonest extremists.

So I'm finding it very informative watching you finally come to the realization that the republican party no longer represents your beliefs
and to start rejecting the "disinformation"
these dishonest extremists spread.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:33:58 +0000

Do any of Reid's critics, or JJ/OTB posters, have any evidence that Pace *is* competent?

I recall only that he started off being willing to contradict Rumsfeld on a couple of things, and then was apparently yanked back on the leash.