Posted on 08/23/2010 2:15:27 PM PDT by Justaham
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has broken ranks in the past with the GOP, gave Democrat Joe Sestak his second major endorsement from moderates in a week in his bid for a hotly contested Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
Hagel told The Associated Press on Monday that Sestak has demonstrated during his two terms in Congress that he puts the interests of the nation and his constituents ahead of his party.
"I think he's exactly what our country needs more of. I think he's what the Senate needs more of _ courageous, independent thinking," Hagel said. "That's what the job is about. You are supposed to use your judgment."
Hagel refused to comment on the candidacy of Sestak's opponent, Republican Pat Toomey, a former congressman.
The men are seeking the seat long held by Sen. Arlen Specter, a Republican-turned-Democrat whom Sestak beat in the primary.
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Tar and feathers come to mind.
“YOU have to be S******* me! Nebraska, you know what has to be done!”
From the article:
“Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel,”
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Apparently, it’s already been done...:)
Re Hagel and what should Nebraska do? I suggest that they load a big ear of corn with C4, a detonator, and shove it up where the sun don’t shine. Then light it off. Popcorn and popped Hagel. What a sight (See “Spaced Invaders” if you want to see a cool popcorn explosion)
Chuck who?
Hagel-—THE ENEMY WITHIN!!!
HAGEL finally comes out of the closet!! .....Dirt Bag!
Imagine.
A RINO giving his support to the muzzie-loving, anti-American, DemonRAT commie instead of to the red-blooded, pro-American conservative.
What a surprise.
Yawn ....
Sleazetax stole his seat by having the DemocRATs launch an unfounded investigation against Curt Weldon the incumbent.
It is not surprising that a back-stabbing RINO would endorse a scumbag like Sleazetax.
The two deserve each other.
Lord, I pray Toomey trounces Sleazetax.
More like a never was.
Calling Chuck Hagel a washed up old scumbag is an affront to washed up old scumbages everywhere. He is a stinking pile of human excrement. I’ll never forgive this walking, talking hemmorhoid for being a reliable critic of GWB. I wish he would shut up and go away! Hagel is one of the most disgraceful clowns national politics has ever produced.
He makes Arlen Spector look like a man of principal.
Now let's not get crazy.
Is the opinion of a former senator really breaking news?!?!
I was there for the 1985 “Hagelpallooza” .... Many people were killed.
Can Rick Santorum be far behind? After all, it's not much of a stretch from Specter to Sestak!
You got there first and I couldn’t have said it better. The only negative I have is the suggestion that the traitor was coerced. His betrayal came from the heart as have all his betrayals.
HAGELPALOOZA PING!
Hank
Ordinarily, no. But this happens to be a former senator from a small state a thousand miles away.
Persistence. Good anti-establishment candidates seem to be hard to find. The trick is to keep recruiting them at every opportunity even after November comes and goes. These RINOs are endangered and they know it, but they know how to game the system because they’ve been doing it throughout their political careers.
Possibly several dozens even!
“This will make a huge difference for Sestak. Chuck Hagel is enormously popular in Pennsylvania.”
Sestak just won! Even if Hagel isn’t enough, the endorsement from the mayor of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grants,_New_Mexico will be more than enough!
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