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In reply to the discussion: Obama toasts Bush: 'We are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you' [View all]think
(11,641 posts)6. Yikes...
Last edited Mon Jul 15, 2013, 08:37 PM - Edit history (1)
Just one example of yikes:
Wikipedia:Halloween Massacre
The "Halloween Massacre" is the term associated with the major reorganization of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford's Cabinet on November 4, 1975. Several prominent moderate Republicans in the administration were replaced by more conservative figures. The changes were:
Henry Kissinger was fired as National Security Advisor (Kissinger retained his post as Secretary of State), and replaced by General Brent Scowcroft.
William Colby was fired as Director of Central Intelligence and replaced by Ambassador (and future president) George H. W. Bush. Colby was offered the post of U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, but declined.
James Schlesinger was fired as Secretary of Defense and replaced by Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld's deputy and protégé, future Vice President Dick Cheney, moved up to be the Chief of Staff.
Under pressure from Republican Party conservatives, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller announced that he would not run for election as Ford's running mate in 1976.
Subsequent to these events, Rogers Morton was also replaced by Elliot Richardson as Secretary of Commerce.
Political commentators quickly dubbed Ford's sweeping changes the "Halloween Massacre," reminiscent of President Richard M. Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" in October 1973.[1] Historians allege that President Ford's decision was not one of his own design and historically two theories are postulated to support this allegation. First, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney manipulated their appointments to advance their own agendas within the American political arena. Or, secondly, Rumsfeld and Cheney convinced Ford to make these changes in order to improve his election prospects against his primary Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan.[2]
Veteran political correspondents and commentators initiated newspaper and magazine articles immediately fingering Donald Rumsfeld as the manipulator of these events despite Ford's protestations that he, himself, made the decision alone.[3] The historiography of the "Halloween Massacre" appears to support these allegations.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Massacre
The "Halloween Massacre" is the term associated with the major reorganization of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford's Cabinet on November 4, 1975. Several prominent moderate Republicans in the administration were replaced by more conservative figures. The changes were:
Henry Kissinger was fired as National Security Advisor (Kissinger retained his post as Secretary of State), and replaced by General Brent Scowcroft.
William Colby was fired as Director of Central Intelligence and replaced by Ambassador (and future president) George H. W. Bush. Colby was offered the post of U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, but declined.
James Schlesinger was fired as Secretary of Defense and replaced by Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld's deputy and protégé, future Vice President Dick Cheney, moved up to be the Chief of Staff.
Under pressure from Republican Party conservatives, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller announced that he would not run for election as Ford's running mate in 1976.
Subsequent to these events, Rogers Morton was also replaced by Elliot Richardson as Secretary of Commerce.
Political commentators quickly dubbed Ford's sweeping changes the "Halloween Massacre," reminiscent of President Richard M. Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" in October 1973.[1] Historians allege that President Ford's decision was not one of his own design and historically two theories are postulated to support this allegation. First, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney manipulated their appointments to advance their own agendas within the American political arena. Or, secondly, Rumsfeld and Cheney convinced Ford to make these changes in order to improve his election prospects against his primary Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan.[2]
Veteran political correspondents and commentators initiated newspaper and magazine articles immediately fingering Donald Rumsfeld as the manipulator of these events despite Ford's protestations that he, himself, made the decision alone.[3] The historiography of the "Halloween Massacre" appears to support these allegations.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Massacre
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Obama toasts Bush: 'We are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you' [View all]
East Coast Pirate
Jul 2013
OP
INSIDE OBAMA'S HEAD: I can't believe I have to say this sh!t in exchange for immigration reform
blm
Jul 2013
#2
Bush HAD to lose in 92, and WANTED to lose BECAUSE that BCCI report was set to come out
blm
Jul 2013
#86
GOP's dog and pony show on Whitewater 'investigation' was to get into Rose Law Firm.
blm
Jul 2013
#93
the thousand points of light crap always put the hair on my neck up......asshole #1 will we get #3?
lunasun
Jul 2013
#55
This was not needed...by anyone. And he won't get the desired response, anyway.
Demeter
Jul 2013
#12
Are you saying Obama just reads the teleprompter like that San Francisco newscaster?
Divernan
Jul 2013
#19
It's not about the oil. It's about the money. Any way the bastards can get it. nt
valerief
Jul 2013
#81
Way to give Jeb Bush, via his father, a boost in his planned run for the presidency!
Divernan
Jul 2013
#18
was it read with a question mark at the end?- is there a sound bite of it spoken?
tomm2thumbs
Jul 2013
#24
O. seemed to 'credit him' and speak kindly about only the old Bushes "Points of Light" Foundation.
Sunlei
Jul 2013
#28
I wasnt sure if I wanted to rec this thread. Poppy is in good part responsible for the horrendous
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#32
None us can see inside Obama's mind. The thing that concerns me most is this:
GliderGuider
Jul 2013
#50
"Kinder and gentler", yeah that's what pops into my mind when I think of the Bushes...........
Beacool
Jul 2013
#56
In some ways Obama is worse than Romney. We knew what we would get with Romney. What
firenewt
Jul 2013
#57
Tho' kinder and gentler the nation might be, the verdict in Sanford, FL this weekend suggests
indepat
Jul 2013
#59