The Worst Nominee

Given the number of Obama's nominees who have withdrawn from consideration for administration posts, the worst nominee has really achieved quite an accomplishment.

Charles Freeman takes prize. He is the nominee to chair the National Intelligence Council. His gems include supporting China's 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, making obsequiously positive comments about China's dictator, Mao Zedong, and Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah. And he has blamed 9/11 on America's support for Israel.

Fortunately, after much criticism, Freeman withdrew his nomination. But what's disturbing is that Barack Obama thought he was a worthwhile candidate for any administration post, yet alone such a sensitive and important one.