Robert A. George: "Lowering The Intelligence Quotient"

The black moderate-conservative Republican writes: "Well, it was bound to happen! Barack Obama finally made a really lame administration pick: Leon Panetta for CIA director! Leon Panetta? In the words of Amy Poehler and Seth Myers: 'Leon Panetta -- Really?' Don't get me wrong. Panetta is considered, in the world of DC, an 'adult.' He's a good administrator, and served the Clinton adminstration (great, another one of them back) well as both head of the budget office and chief of staff. But he has not a whit of experience in the intelligence field. And, you'd think it might be a good idea to have someone with some sort of background in that sensitive area given things like, oh, 9-11 and the fact that there are two 'hot' wars going on, plus the ongoing War on Terror. So, you bring in a budget analyst/administrator? Of course, the guy [John Brennan] that would have made a whole lot of sense -- the guy Obama wanted in the first place -- was essentially veteoed by the liberal blogosphere because of the torture issue."

Booker Rising response: President-Elect Barack Obama already made a lame pick when he tapped Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to head up Homeland Security, when she can't even handle the illegal immigration mess in her own backyard.