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If Lieberman is calling them "virtually perfect," you know we are in for trouble.

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**

God help us.

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Obama�s National-Security Team �Covers the Bases�

By Ken Fireman and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama unveiled a national-security team headed by a former rival who once called him �na�ve,� a Bush administration holdover and a retired Marine general who appeared with Republican presidential nominee John McCain on the campaign trail.

The prospect of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, Robert Gates as defense secretary and James L. Jones as national security adviser has created unease among some of Obama�s most fervent supporters, who backed him in the Democratic primaries largely because of his opposition to the Iraq war and his call for diplomatic engagement with adversaries like Iran.

�The public voted for something different,� said Matt Stoller, a Washington-based consultant and Obama supporter who blogs at the Web site OpenLeft.com. �If he�s going to pick the same old people, that�s a repudiation of the voters.�

�The problems can�t be handled by the experienced technocrats who got us into this mess,� he said.

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