Perino appointment needs to be approved by the Senate. I'm calling and writing

[monmouth]

mine to be sure that doesn't happen. What an insult.

[JuniperLea]

1. Which Republican would you choose for that post?

Because there must be four in that group.

[frylock]

5. you keep saying that, but it's not entirely true..

Mr. Obama is required to make the board nonpartisan; by law, it must consist of no more than four members of the same political party.

why not put an indy or a green in that position?

[JuniperLea]

6. Whatever... which ones then?

Why not put the weakest links out there? Perino was only chosen by BushCo because she was weak and they could use her. She won't go far with this panel.

[frylock]

10. i haven't the time nor inclination to research which moderate republics are available..

but since you're insistent upon throwing that red herring out there, scotty mcclellan's name has been bandied about. he was probably the least offensive of shrub's lying-ass press secs.

[JuniperLea]

12. Surely you jest!

Scotty was horrid to us! They all were.

Perino is just fine by me... she's too dull to hurt anyone, and if she starts spouting pre-digested RW pablum, there are smart Dems in there to make her STFU. She was only good at parroting, not good at thinking on her own.

I think she will ultimately become as benign as they come.

[frylock]

13. i know this is not a big deal..

but this really smacks of some sort of reward. and for what?! her petulant attitude was absolutely unbearable.

[Ocracoker16]

15. According to the Board website there must be 4 Republicans

From BBG official website
http://www.bbg.gov/


The Board is composed of nine members with expertise in the fields of mass communications, print, broadcast media, or international affairs. Eight members (4 Democrats and 4 Republicans) are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The ninth, the Secretary of State, serves ex officio.
http://www.bbg.gov/about/faq.html


I think that Wikipedia made a mistake.

[ashling]

8. Excuse me, but I've been "out of the country"

the last few weeks I have had my head stuck inside research for my paper .... please fill me in

[sandnsea]

2. She'll be on a panel with Democrats

She'll be forced to deal with facts and reason. That would be a good thing.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Since there have to be republicans, at least she doesn't have enough brains to be trouble.

[madrchsod]

4. and mitch mcconelll owes barack a favor! is`t politics grand....

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. (n/t)

[frylock]

11. wonder what mitch's stake is in all this..

you think he's hittin that?

[Ineeda]

7. well, I doubt she'll be spewing RW shit on faux, so that in and of itself is totally worth it. n/t

[EFerrari]

14. Okay. We don't really need this torture apologist to remain in our government.

[ConnorMarc]

16. This Just MIGHT Be Another Genius Move By Obama

Perino has been a Right-Wing mouthpiece and Obama critic on FOXNews and other major news networks since her fall from grace with the Bushy one.

This way Obama gets to keep one of his many enemies closer and has effectively shut her down as far as criticizing goes by bringing her on his team. One can't quite criticize one's own team whilst one is a participating member of said team, now can one?

LOL!!

I'm interested to see how this plays out.