"Better Than Cats!" Neocons, Republicans and War Criminals Rave About Obama's 'Team of Rivals.'

As Barack Obama's opus, "Team of Rivals," continues its rolling debut, the early reviews are in and the "critics" are full of praise for the cast:

"[T]he new administration is off to a good start."
--Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell.

"[S]uperb...the best of the Washington insiders...this will be a valedictocracy -- rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes."
--David Brooks, conservative New York Times columnist

"[V]irtually perfect..."
--Senator Joe Lieberman, former Democrat and John McCain's top surrogate in the 2008 campaign.

"[R]eassuring."
--Karl Rove, "Bush's brain."

"I am gobsmacked by these appointments, most of which could just as easily have come from a President McCain...this all but puts an end to the 16-month timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, the unconditional summits with dictators, and other foolishness that once emanated from the Obama campaign...[Hillary] Clinton and [James] Steinberg at State should be powerful voices for 'neo-liberalism' which is not so different in many respects from 'neo-conservativism.'"
--Max Boot, neoconservative activist, former McCain staffer.

"I see them as being sort of center-right of the Democratic party."
--James Baker, former Secretary of State and the man who led the theft of the 2000 election.

"[S]urprising continuity on foreign policy between President Bush's second term and the incoming administration....certainly nothing that represents a drastic change in how Washington does business. The expectation is that Obama is set to continue the course set by Bush..."
--Michael Goldfarb of the neoconservative Weekly Standard.

"I certainly applaud many of the appointments..."
--Senator John McCain

"So far, so good."
-- Senator Lamar Alexander, senior Republican Congressional leader.

Hillary Clinton will be "outstanding" as Secretary of State
--Henry Kissinger, war criminal.

Rahm Emanuel is "a wise choice" in the role of Chief of Staff
--Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, John McCain's best friend.

Obama's team shows "Our foreign policy is non-partisan."
--Ed Rollins, top Republican strategist and Mike Huckabee's 2008 campaign manager

"The country will be in good hands."
--Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush's Secretary of State

**Team of Rivals will be playing all day, every day for at least the next four years**

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Comments

[latinopride]

This is sad, we will have another 4 years of neocon policies to deal with.

[Kache]

Oh really? Take a look under the media blanket.

Robert Gates (DOD hold-over from Bush administration) was a member of the Iraq Study Group and opposed the Surge, favoring a time-table withdrawal instead. Once it became obvious to the Iraq Study Group that Bush was going to go ahead with the Surge, the ISG threatened to fight him in the public arena if he did not replace Rummy with Gates.

James Jones (pick for National Security Advisor) Was commander US forces Kosovo, Supreme Allied Commander NATO. In 2006 Jones turned down an offer for Central Command, which would have made him Abizaid's replacement over the Iraq War. He was opposed to the invasion of Iraq and the Surge. Jones's major non-military accomplishment was brokering a transfer of security from Israeli forces to the PLA in the city of Jenin, a total success from Israeli and Palestinian view points. As SACEUR Jones was over Nato forces in Afghanistan. That alone should tell you why he will be down the hall from the Oval Office.

Be alert latinopride, the world needs more lerts.

[Dystopic]

Agreed, Gates is no neocon, he is his mentor's student, Scowcroft and Baker.

Gates is good for now, I suspect 2 years.

NOT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE NEOCONS.

[gretchenart]

Reverse psychology to piss off the progressives?

[myfatherschild]

You Betcha!

[Veronica]

Thank GOD someone else sees this...I'm a bit disappointed that this hasn't even occurred to someone as smart and insightful as Jeremy Scahill. Like Karl Rove actually thinks he's helping Obama by endorsing his picks? To the contrary, Rove knows very well the exact opposite is true...