Another crappy Obama nomination

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 5, 2009 12:19 PM

I was going to ask whether Barack Obama’s vetters had taken a vacation.

But that would presume that they ever actually showed up for work.

The latest nightmare Obama nomination? Charles Freeman, the White House pick “to serve as chairman of the group that prepares the U.S. intelligence community’s most sensitive assessments, according to three congressional aides.” He’s got a rather, um, colorful history of Israel-bashing, America-bashing views and glaring conflicts of interests due to his Saudi and Chinese ties. Yet, the White House has only now decided to vet his record.

Hello?

Seriously?

Criticism of the pick is coming from all sides — Left and Right.

Frank Gaffney sums up this latest botch in four words: Garbage in, garbage out.

Epigram of this administration.

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  1. #1
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, thirteen28 said:

    “crappy Obama nomination” … isn’t that redundant?

  2. #2
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, granite said:

    *(Sigh)*
    Will we ever have patriotic, honest, American grown-ups running things?

  3. #3
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, b-cat said:

    Freeman has longstanding financial ties to the Saudis, and once complained that the Chinese didn’t act quickly enough to oppress the Tiananmen Square protests:

    Financially tied with Sharia. Critical of a communist regime for not being ruthless enough against demonstrations for Liberty. What more qualification for the Obama administration is needed?

  4. #6
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, b-cat said:

    Freeman has longstanding financial ties to the Saudis, and once complained that the Chinese didn’t act quickly enough to oppress the Tiananmen Square protests

    For those who think Obama isn’t trying to be a collectivist dictator, take a second look at this nominee.

  5. #7
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, cpodug said:

    Sounds like a great idea for a new bumper sticker; GI – G(O)

  6. #8
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, Freddy said:

    Freeman has longstanding financial ties to the Saudis, and once complained that the Chinese didn’t act quickly enough to oppress the Tiananmen Square protests

    At least the rules of engagement are being clearly defined.

  7. #9
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, sambo said:

    Freeman has longstanding financial ties to the Saudis, and once complained that the Chinese didn’t act quickly enough to oppress the Tiananmen Square protests

    Maybe he can be the leader of the Obama Youth. He’s exactly the right person to stop the teaparties.

  8. #10
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Anti Semite, commie sympathizer tax cheat taking money from unfriendly countries. Nothing to see here folks, just another Obama appointee getting rubber stamp approval from a clueless administration and a squishy senate.

    Change You Can Believe In

  9. #11
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, nbarry said:

    Of all of Obama’s nominations, this one is the worst. Others can be excused away (but not by the good people commenting here) as “it’s only money.” This one is a paid shill for the worst of humanity.

  10. #12
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, b-cat said:

    This one is a paid shill for the worst of inhumanity.

    Slight rewording, nbarry!

  11. #13
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, tre said:

    Criticism of the pick is coming from all sides — Left and Right.

    Buyer’s Remorse has set in.

    Well, it’s too late now. Maybe next time they’ll listen to us.

  12. #14
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:48 pm, cpodug said:

    Maybe next time they’ll listen to us.

    If there IS a next time.

  13. #15
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Drained Brain said:

    What a surprise – no, a shock! Who could possibly have guessed from what we learned about President Obama before the election that he’d be appointing people like this?

    Or maybe it’s a misunderstanding about which aisles he planned to reach across.

  14. #16
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Defector01 said:

    I know that you get the government you deserve but damnit this is pushing it a little too much!

  15. #17
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, rambler said:

    Here I was thinking that BHO’s political appointees would resign faster than Bill Clinton’s did and I failed to realize that he would have trouble finding qualified appointees in the first place. I’ll bet that Clinton resigns in 2 yrs to run against BHO’s lame duck administration.

  16. #18
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    So, this means I’ve been wasting my time trying to learn Spanish, when I should’ve been learning Chinese and Arabic? “Honey, have you seen that coupon with the 800 number for Rosetta Stone?”

  17. #19
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, swede said:

    Charles Freeman: Yale University, National Autonomous University of Mexico, (Whaa?) and J.D. from Harvard Law School. Barry team egghead credentials; check. Nuff said? Nope.

    In 2002, Freeman told a conference in Washington that, “And what of America’s lack of introspection about September 11? Instead of asking what might have caused the attack, or questioning the propriety of the national response to it, there is an ugly mood of chauvinism. Before Americans call on others to examine themselves, we should examine ourselves.”

    Translation: “America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” Soooo now he’ll be “chairman of the group that prepares the U.S. intelligence community’s most sensitive assessments”??? God help us.

  18. #20
    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, conservativesRus said:

    almost completely ot…
    Did you just see the headline in FoxNews online? Bulldozer goes on rampage in Israel.
    Nope the headline wouldn’t say a terrorist did it. The bulldozer must have just started itself and started driving over people.

  19. #21
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, b-cat said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, conservativesRus said:
    almost completely ot…
    Did you just see the headline in FoxNews online? Bulldozer goes on rampage in Israel.
    Nope the headline wouldn’t say a terrorist did it. The bulldozer must have just started itself and started driving over people.

    I hate when that happens.

  20. #22
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, swede said:

    conservativesRus said:
    Nope the headline wouldn’t say a terrorist did it. The bulldozer must have just started itself and started driving over people.

    Read the story:

    Schachar said the man was killed and an open copy of the Koran, Islam’s holy book, was found in the vehicle. He said the presence of the book indicated the attacker was affiliated with or influenced by Islamic radicals.

    As much as they can say until the guy’s identified. Good restraint I think.

  21. #23
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, lottadawg said:

    Dear Leader continues to amaze me as he “makes the jump to hyperliberlism”.
    Some things are more clear. Things that baffled me like the leaks about national secrets involving our security. Where oh where did they come from and why.
    The more appointees that get a pay back answers a lot of questions.
    I want my freedom back. I don’t want the coupons offered to the producers in our country. They are not worth the price.

  22. #24
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, walterc said:

    So, we have a tax cheat running the IRS, A late term abortion advocate running HHS and now a commie sympathizer is going to do our intelligence assessments.

    Starting to look more and more like Bill Ayers will be appointed as director of BATF.

    I can’t figure out why former Gov Blago isn’t heading up the search team.

  23. #25
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:26 pm, katablog said:

    Wonder when O will replace Freeman with Sandy BurglarBerger

  24. #26
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:27 pm, hadsil said:

    Sometimes I wonder if Obama is a real Manchurian candidate.

  25. #27
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    :looks around:

    Where’s lgm or omu, or Red State Septic to defend and worship this choice? They MUST be tripping over themselves to sing the praises of Charles “Crush The Infidels” Freeman for his selection perfectly illustrates Obama’s entire cabinet.

  26. #28
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:34 pm, Joy said:

    hadsil – You can stop wondering…

  27. #29
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Well, I for one am glad that the US won’t repeat the mistakes of the PRC, and will more quickly shoot its own citizens when they protest the emerging Marxist dictatorship.

  28. #30
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I was pretty much 50/50 back in the Fall, trying to decide if Obama was just a younger, more inexperienced version of Jimmy Carter, or ‘The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers’, determined to destroy capitalism and representative democracy and replace it with some form of a Marxist totalitarian state.

    Its now about 80/20 toward the latter.

  29. #31
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, JDinTX said:

    This is just part of the O’s plan to socialize/communize the U.S. He wants to be dictator for life just like the rest of his heroes.

  30. #32
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:43 pm, sonofdy said:

    Where’s lgm or omu, or Red State Septic to defend and worship this choice?

    At some point even they will have to put thier heads in thier hands and think WTF did I do in supporting this guy…..

  31. #33
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, letget said:

    It would be a great day if bho did not have another ‘crappy nomination’! Seems they all are.
    L

  32. #34
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Freeman merely reflects the views of the person who appointed him. Why would Obama consider it a bad appointment?

    There is logic behind his selection. It is totally in line with the recent conduct, statements, and pronouncements from the U.S. Secretary of State.

    You can be appalled, but you cannot be surprised.

  33. #35
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, Cosmo said:
  34. #36
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:43 pm, sonofdy said:

    At some point even they will have to put their heads in their hands and think WTF did I do in supporting this guy…..

    Lemmings have no hands to hold their heads with.

  35. #37
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Jamie Gorelick must have turned him down.

  36. #38
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, sambo said:

    Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    or ‘The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers’.

    Now thats funny!

  37. #39
    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, max said:

    Apropos nothing in particular relating to this story, but I’m beginning to think that Michelle (Lady M) Obama is pulling more strings than anybody imagines.
    I also don’t think it’s completely out of the realm of possibility that the choice of (the inappropriately named) Freeman may have been a pre-meditated action. In other words, Michelee and Barry O. knew that this fascist shite would come out about him, just proving the point that White Men Can’t Govern… and as his replacement we’ll see another woman or minority (Powell) in the post.

  38. #40
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, chapoutier said:

    At some point even they will have to put thier heads in thier hands and think WTF did I do in supporting this guy…..

    Seriously. Every day I think to myself “Idiot! If only you had supported Kucinich!”

  39. #41
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, max said:

    At some point even they will have to put thier heads in thier hands and think WTF did I do in supporting this guy…..

    No, liberals are infants and are incapable of dmitting they made a mistake or sh*t in their pants

  40. #42
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, sambo said:

    Once again history has proved itself correct. ‘You can judge the character of a man by the company he keeps’.
    Everyone who said that was irrelevant in the campaign are having their
    chickens coming home to roost.

  41. #43
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm, NBF said:

    Please, if there was any vetting being done anywhere in the vicinity of the Obama camp, he wouldn’t have a pack of tax cheats in his cabinet, and he would have had his original birth certificate made public in February of 2008.

  42. #44
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, granite said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm, NBF said:

    Please, if there was any vetting being done anywhere in the vicinity of the Obama camp, he wouldn’t have a pack of tax cheats in his cabinet, and he would have had his original birth certificate made public in February of 2008.

    I’m not so sure.

    Because of their elitist conceit, these socialists/fascists/statists/etc may have thought that they could repeatedly pull fast ones with no problem.

    After all, are not so many of them ivy league grads?
    (To which I have said, and still say, BFD.)

  43. #45
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:48 pm, sonofdy said:

    Seriously. Every day I think to myself “Idiot! If only you had supported Kucinich!”

    Thats like me supporting ron paul, but looking back…

  44. #46
    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, Drained Brain said:

    Oh my – it appears that Schumer is worried.

  45. #47
    On March 5th, 2009 at 3:19 pm, cheapseat said:

    another israel hating democrat. how strange. i thought jews were pretty monolithic democrat party money men. then hillary goes and smacks israel for defending itself from terrorists, and this bozo from boston puts in his two cents worth. i understand blacks voting democrat uber alles, they think lincoln was a democrat (public school education has left them embarrasingly ignorant) but jews are smart enough to come in out of a hail storm, and i’ll never understand why they support the tax and spend, hate israel left.

  46. #48
    On March 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, Salt said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, chapoutier said:

    Seriously. Every day I think to myself “Idiot! If only you had supported Kucinich!”

    You say that as if you didn’t want to see Bill Clinton back in the White House as First Adulterer.

  47. #49
    On March 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, emjem24 said:

    If this guy served in the military, he’d never get a security clearance with such connections and views. Freeman shouldn’t have any kind of access to classified/sensitive material. Then again, Obummer has that and look at the kind of views/connections he has.

    It’s a crazy kind of sad when people like Obummer/Freeman are put in charge of our intelligence/national security resources.

  48. #50
    On March 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, loob said:

    Why assume the White House has NOT vetted Charles Freeman? Much likelier, it seems to me that Israel and America-bashing along with ties to Islamic and communist nations are very much in line with what they were looking for.

  49. #51
    On March 5th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    And the rumor reported by Fox is that Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn himself from the Surgeon General spot.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/gupta-running-surgeon-general/

    Seems some people are just not very interested in being part of Obama’s cabinet.

  50. #52
    On March 5th, 2009 at 4:34 pm, corona said:

    Chuck E Cheese Schumer is “concerned”.

  51. #56
    On March 5th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Epigram of this administration.

    Would that it were an Epitaph!
    *sigh*

  52. #57
    On March 5th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, lgm said:

    At last we’ll have someone as even handed as George Schultz.

  53. #58
    On March 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm, kevin45 said:

    NO TAXATION WITHOUT CLARIFICATION

    Anyone else like my slogan for american revolution part deux?

  54. #59
    On March 5th, 2009 at 6:06 pm, happyscrapper said:

    No surprise here. Barack Hussein Obama is a Jew hating, Hamas loving, black liberation Chicago thug who wants this country to be Socialist. We knew this was coming, but NO ONE was listening! Even Juan McCain got angry with the republicans for daring to bring up “Rev” Wright. That wasn’t nice. That wasn’t polite. Well,Juan…the time for being nice has long passed. And it is bordering on too late! Today, el presidente is again saying that Universal Health Care is the ONLY way to save our economy. Oh, and by the way, Iran will have nukes in less than 6 months. But no sweat, we need to get that health care going…that is an emergency. Can we start the Revolution NOW??

  55. #60
    On March 5th, 2009 at 6:29 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, b-cat said:

    On March 5th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, conservativesRus said:
    almost completely ot…
    Did you just see the headline in FoxNews online? Bulldozer goes on rampage in Israel.

    I hate when that happens.

    Maybe we should ask Corrie what her position is?

    (42::Dont forget your towel…)

  56. #65
    On March 15th, 2009 at 3:58 pm, DagneyT said:

    Charles Freeman, the White House pick “to serve as chairman of the group that prepares the U.S. intelligence community’s most sensitive assessments, according to three congressional aides.”

    Okay. I feel safer now. NOT!

  57. #66
    On March 15th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, DagneyT said:

    I can’t figure out why former Gov Blago isn’t heading up the search team.

    Waltere, I can explain that! Blago exposed the Chicago Daly organization, and he got out of control when he appointed a non-Daly-ite from So. Ill. who (should they choose to go against him) they’d be called racists, rightfully so!

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