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Originally Posted by merasmag
what u don't seem to grasp is a 90 something to 0 something vote doesn't mean support...it usually means compromise and leave the battle til another day
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Gates won confirmation by a vote of 95-2. Are you saying that Gates does not have bi-partisan support? If Democrats don't like him, then why did Jimmy Carter hire him and have so much trust in him.
Here is a website that is very crtitical of Gates and even they say that the vote was very meaningful. Here is their quote:
"Not since 2003 when Secretary of State Colin Powell wowed Official Washington with his United Nations speech on Iraq’s WMD has there been such an awed consensus about any public figure as there has been for former CIA Director Gates, who is almost universally praised for his intelligence, experience and down-to-earth style."
The rest of the article is not so glowing, but they admit that the praise for Gates was bi-partisan. Here is the entire article:
http://consortiumnews.com/2006/113006.html