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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:30 PM

NPolitics1979 (426 posts)

Scott Brown for Secretary of Defense???

The Republicans had a major problem with Obama's original choice for the State Department-Susan Rice because they wanted to see Kerry vacate the MA US Senate to head the State Department and give Scott Brown the opportunity to win the Special Election in 2013.
The Republicans also have a major problem Obama's choice for the Defense Department-Former NE Republican Senator Chuck Hagel. Obama-D should nominate Scott Brown to head the Defense Department if Hagel has a tough time getting confirmed.

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27 replies	Author	Time	Post
Scott Brown for Secretary of Defense??? (Original post)	NPolitics1979	Dec 2012	OP
I'll have whatever you're smoking (nt)	Jeff In Milwaukee	Dec 2012	#1
No, thanks	DollarBillHines	Dec 2012	#5
I've got it and it's made me a believer!	AAO	Dec 2012	#11
Not me.. I don't want to get	Cha	Dec 2012	#16
?	Splinter Cell	Dec 2012	#2
That's just nuts.	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#3
But he's danged photogenic, Peggy.	DollarBillHines	Dec 2012	#7
He needs SO MUCH MORE!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2012	#8
To everyone but me.. I look at him and	Cha	Dec 2012	#17
He has no credibility at all..........nt	Stuart G	Dec 2012	#13
..., which he covered in his "Cosmo" spread.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#20
No, god, a thousand times no... I live in MA	Bombtrack	Dec 2012	#4
Thank you, Bombtrack, in	Cha	Dec 2012	#18
What about Jim Webb, he is a military guy.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#6
Secretary of Indian Affairs	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#9
Brown is a very nice looking ignorant mentally disturbed	underthematrix	Dec 2012	#10
But isn't he in reserves?	julian09	Dec 2012	#12
And?	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#15
He isn't qualified to empty the trash	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2012	#14
I'll take Hagel, thanks.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#19
Well, whatever Cabinet post he (might) hypothetically ever get nominated for	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2012	#21
Does he have any defense experience whatsoever?	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#22
Scott Brown is in fact a member of the military and the Armed Services Committee	NPolitics1979	Dec 2012	#23
Did not realize that	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#24
Ambassador to Siberia maybe	davidpdx	Dec 2012	#25
The only Cabinet Post I would save for Scott Brown:	DFW	Dec 2012	#26
No - he has never demonstrated any competency running	karynnj	Dec 2012	#27

Response to NPolitics1979 (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:31 PM

Jeff In Milwaukee (12,512 posts)

1. I'll have whatever you're smoking (nt)

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:43 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

5. No, thanks

I might end up killing my cats, or something.

Naked, climbing up the light pole in front of my house.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:17 PM

AAO (1,497 posts)

11. I've got it and it's made me a believer!

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:44 PM

Cha (124,626 posts)

16. Not me.. I don't want to get

f***** up!

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:32 PM

Splinter Cell (543 posts)

2. ?

Uh, No.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:37 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,999 posts)

3. That's just nuts.

He has no credibility for Secretary of Defense.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:44 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

7. But he's danged photogenic, Peggy.

What else does he need?
DBH

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:54 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,999 posts)

8. He needs SO MUCH MORE!

Men need brains to be good-looking...Jus' sayin'

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:46 PM

Cha (124,626 posts)

17. To everyone but me.. I look at him and

think: slimeball, racist lying, slimeball.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:34 PM

Stuart G (7,687 posts)

13. He has no credibility at all..........nt

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 10:26 PM

TheCowsCameHome (27,708 posts)

20. ..., which he covered in his "Cosmo" spread.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:39 PM

Bombtrack (9,507 posts)

4. No, god, a thousand times no... I live in MA

And I'm going to be one of the people working my ass off to defeat him for senate and even though he's the most electable Republican in the state it still wouldn't be worth flattering that lying himbo who makes himself out to be a "war veteran" because he arranged an extended photo op with troops overseas. Nobody who actively supported Romney in the 2012 election is qualified to make the foreign policy decisions necessary to be secretary of defense.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:47 PM

Cha (124,626 posts)

18. Thank you, Bombtrack, in

Advance!

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:43 PM

Thinkingabout (1,781 posts)

6. What about Jim Webb, he is a military guy.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:56 PM

MannyGoldstein (21,454 posts)

9. Secretary of Indian Affairs

That would be rich.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:16 PM

underthematrix (577 posts)

10. Brown is a very nice looking ignorant mentally disturbed

pervert. He does not have the knowledge, e.g. he is not a student of history nor does he have the intellectual discipline to be Secretary of State of the United States of America. Senator Kerry is the perfect choice.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:24 PM

julian09 (1,435 posts)

12. But isn't he in reserves?

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:43 PM

TheCowsCameHome (27,708 posts)

15. And?

He's a lawyer in the NG.

He's milking it for hefty pension.

Screw him.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:41 PM

TheCowsCameHome (27,708 posts)

14. He isn't qualified to empty the trash

If I hear his name about anything again, it'll be too soon.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:56 PM

TwilightGardener (39,682 posts)

19. I'll take Hagel, thanks.

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Or Flournoy or whoever else Obama nominates. Brown would be a ridiculous choice that would never happen.

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 11:02 PM

Proud Liberal Dem (11,758 posts)

21. Well, whatever Cabinet post he (might) hypothetically ever get nominated for

Let's just hope that he NEVER gets nominated to head the US Bureau of Indian Affairs..........

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 11:16 PM

democrattotheend (7,442 posts)

22. Does he have any defense experience whatsoever?

Did he serve in the military, or on the Armed Services Committee?

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Sat Dec 22, 2012, 11:39 PM

NPolitics1979 (426 posts)

23. Scott Brown is in fact a member of the military and the Armed Services Committee

Served in the Army National Guard- Member of JAG, He is the sixth Republican on the Armed Sevices committee.
My suggestion of Brown being selected to the Defense is to stop Senate Republicans from filibustering the Hagel nomination to be Defense Secretary.
Obama can say to the Senate Republicans-You have two choices on which Republican is going to head the Defense Department. Hagel or Brown

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:21 AM

democrattotheend (7,442 posts)

24. Did not realize that

In that case, not a terrible idea. Although I would love to see the president pick a woman for the job...that would be pretty groundbreaking.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:03 AM

davidpdx (8,796 posts)

25. Ambassador to Siberia maybe

Either that or duct tape him to a place near fault line and count how many days it takes before he's crushed like a grape.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:40 AM

DFW (13,354 posts)

26. The only Cabinet Post I would save for Scott Brown:

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Secretary of the Inferior

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 10:33 AM

karynnj (46,676 posts)

27. No - he has never demonstrated any competency running

anything.

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