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I’m with Quin when he argues that the Senate was derelict in its duty where it concerned President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.
Sadly, I am not surprised at Hagel’s confirmation. Any doubt that he would confirmed was removed when John McCain opened his mouth on Meet the Press nine days ago. Democratic Senators were calling the White House to ask when Hagel was going to withdraw his nomination. Hagel was on the ropes only to have McCain tell the world that he is going to be confirmed. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Despite the fact that McCain opposed Hagel’s nomination and asked him tough questions during his confirmation hearing he was nevertheless greatly responsible for Hagel being where he is today.
Look at it this way. If President Obama could he would have appointed himself Secretary of Defense. Given that Obama thinks he is a better speechwriter than his speechwriters and a better policy director than his policy director, it stands to reason that the President thinks he is his own best Defense Secretary.
But since even Obama couldn’t get away with appointing himself Secretary of Defense, the next best thing is to appoint the ultimate yes man. The fact that this yes man hates Israel and loves the Mullahs is icing on the cake. The most candid thing Hagel said during his confirmation hearing was that he “I won’t be in a policy making position.”
Obama is looking to weaken our national defense and do so through a man who has never conjured an original thought in his life other than to express views to give comfort to our enemies. This demands Senate Republicans fight this appointment with vigorous zeal and to do so all the way. Their failure to do makes them complicit in the weakening of our military and our ability to defend our interests at home and abroad.
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Red Phillips | 2.26.13 @ 11:05PM
Aaron, are you trying to compete with Jennifer Rubin for most hysterical alarmist?
"The fact that this yes man hates Israel and loves the Mullahs is icing on the cake."
Hates Israel? Really Aaron? Voicing ever so slight dissent from phony "conservative" war hawks does not make one a "hater" of Israel and a "lover" of Mullahs? Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound?
Hagel is a globalist tool. He is chairman of the Atlantic Council for Pete's sake. He is a slightly different type of globalist from your hyper-belligerent neocon globalists. Your head would explode if an authentic non-interventionist conservative was nominated.
Jack in Wi| 2.27.13 @ 1:05AM
Amen Red: You said it all. Aaron you are down right hysterical.
Crassus| 2.27.13 @ 9:21AM
NEOCON! NEOCON! NEOCON!
Oldefarte| 2.27.13 @ 10:52AM
No doubt Hitler was a " authentic non-interventionist" also right??????????
Red Phillips | 2.27.13 @ 1:45PM
Wow, that didn't take long. Only four comments in and we already have a Hitler reference.
Oldefarte, apparently you missed the memo. Playing the Hitler card is supposed to be the interventionist tactic of last resort, not first resort, when you are losing an argument.
Sean| 2.27.13 @ 6:02PM
It is also used by people who have lost the argument.
Kingofthenet| 2.27.13 @ 12:21AM
I love it when Repugs EAT THEIR OWN.
Oldefarte| 2.27.13 @ 10:54AM
Hagel and Powell are not "Repugs"!!!!!!!!!!!
RJ| 2.27.13 @ 1:44AM
John Kerry is representing us in Europe by telling his audience that Americans have the right to be stupid, which I guess we proved when the citizens of Massachusetts elected him to political office and when the Senate confirmed him as Secretary of State. It seems that America has been doing all sorts of stupid things lately.
Anthony| 2.27.13 @ 8:49AM
The sooner these feckless and gutless RINOs die off the better America will be,assuming we survive long enough.McLame is a disgrace and has been so for decades.Why theRs couldn't muster up an easy filibuster only shows how totally corrupt they have become.
JP| 2.27.13 @ 9:17AM
Anthony,
The Senate Republicans had no intentions of filibusterin on nixing the Hagel nomination. It was all show for the Booboosie (to borrow from Menckin). I don't believe most voters realize how deep the rot goes. The GOP now fill the shoes of the mid 19th Century Whigs.
Bandido| 2.27.13 @ 12:46PM
The Republicans are the walking dead as a party, and rightly so. Those weak and ill-adapted to the environment will always be plowed under. The pity is that the strength of the Left evaporates at water's edge. They are as weak in relation to foreign enemies as the Republicans are to them.