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Hagel sinking
Washington Post ^ | 1/31/13 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 01/31/2013 3:42:34 PM PST by jimbo123

It’s fascinating, actually, to see a nominee of this importance do so poorly. Chuck Hagel, nominated for defense secretary, has gone from awful to atrocious today, having to deny the obvious meaning of words he previously authored (on Global Zero), correct himself repeatedly (no, he didn’t mean Iran’s government was “legitimate”) and find himself simply unable to explain himself. Forgetting about his views, he does not radiate the confidence nor project the intelligence the job demands. It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

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KEYWORDS: hagel; hagel4iran; hagelconfirmation; hagelhearing; iran; irannukes
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To: snoringbear

You are so right, Hagel is a red herring. He’s way not communist enough


21 posted on 01/31/2013 4:07:18 PM PST by lookout88 (.combat officer's dad)
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To: jimbo123
It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

D. All of the above.

22 posted on 01/31/2013 4:11:33 PM PST by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: jimbo123

It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

I think it’s all three!


23 posted on 01/31/2013 4:23:46 PM PST by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by Obama")
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To: traumer

I heard a rumor today that Michelle Flournoy is the administration’s backup nominee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Flournoy


24 posted on 01/31/2013 4:28:42 PM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: snoringbear
I’m beginning to think Hagel is a red herring. Obama has trotted him out knowing he would be shot down. By congress doing this, it will be much harder to shoot down whoever is next. That will be the person that Obama “really” wants in the job. Should be very revealing.....

Yes. And being that he's a "Republican", BO can also claim that he has paid his dues in attempts to be "bi-partisan" and "inclusive"

25 posted on 01/31/2013 4:33:02 PM PST by Mygirlsmom (If bad plastic surgeons were banned, then Bob Costas' normal face would still be alive.)
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To: jazusamo
He was a stumbling bumbling uninformed idiot today.

The man has a solid constitution but he looks worn down and out of it from what he looked like in 2007 when last in the public eye. He looks unhealthy with huge bags under his eyes. Like the male version of Hillary.
The man was in combat in Vietnam and has an amazing growing up tough life story with an abusive alcoholic father. Not that I like his anti_Israel attitude and his backstabbing GW Bush

26 posted on 01/31/2013 4:34:56 PM PST by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
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To: dennisw

I agree...He looked bad and sounded bad, the further into the session the worse it got. I was unaware of his father but was wondering if he has a drinking problem though have never read that he has.

I just can’t imagine him wanting to take a demanding job like SECDEF from the way he was today.


27 posted on 01/31/2013 4:42:18 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: dennisw

I almost want Hagel to get through just to see Jennifer Rubin break down in tears. Rubin is a pseudo-conservative blogger in the Washington Post who hates Hagel and accuses him of being anti-semitic. Although a disgusting RINO, he is certainly not that. Rubin totally trashes the Tea Party and despises Rick Santorum and social conservatives who accurately point out the moral cesspool America has become.

The Washington Post labels Rubin a conservative just like David Brooks is the supposed conservative in the New York Times.


28 posted on 01/31/2013 4:43:53 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: jazusamo

Check this out about Hagel’s honorable life story http://www.salon.com/2007/04/30/hagel_brothers/

He’s the man! Just so long as you overlook his liberal backstabbing politics


29 posted on 01/31/2013 4:47:08 PM PST by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
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To: heye2monn

Being Jewish and pro-Israel I don’t like Hagel but here is his upside http://www.salon.com/2007/04/30/hagel_brothers/

Your instincts are right on Hagel vs Rubin who also loves Marco Rubios immigration proposals which are bait-switch and end up with us being inundated by the 3rd world...same as now but even more


30 posted on 01/31/2013 4:50:51 PM PST by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“”If the Democrats won’t, Republican senators should save the president and the country from an unqualified and unsuited p(r)ick.””

I couldn’t read two of the last four sentences in the article without also seeing the “r” was left out!!!!


31 posted on 01/31/2013 4:53:41 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: wny
He passes with 60 I’d bet.

Sounds about right. Stupidity is no longer a bar to cabinet level appointment.

32 posted on 01/31/2013 5:07:18 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: forgotten man

That was a really funny line, I told hubby and he loved it too.

I think this could become new code lingo: not bringing the potato salad.


33 posted on 01/31/2013 5:10:35 PM PST by jocon307
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To: dennisw
The man was in combat in Vietnam and has an amazing growing up tough life story with an abusive alcoholic father. Not that I like his anti_Israel attitude and his backstabbing GW Bush

Look--everybody has a sob story. At some point he has to be held accountable for what he has done and said himself, and what he might do in the future. This is a Senate hearing, not the f*ing Oprah show.

34 posted on 01/31/2013 5:11:56 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: jimbo123

Wow. Brutal
I think this is Ubama’s Harriet Miers ploy - - throw somebody in there to make it look politically correct, and then shrug when the dupe is rejected and get your real nominee in there. I wonder who that would be?


35 posted on 01/31/2013 5:14:49 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

I heard a couple of positive things about her, please don’t ask me where. The implication was that it was only Obama’s war on women that kept her from being nominated.


36 posted on 01/31/2013 5:16:25 PM PST by jocon307
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To: dennisw

This assclown endorsed Ubanga over his old friend McCain in 2008.
That’s some real character right there, real loyalty, real intelligence...

Good riddance to Hagel.


37 posted on 01/31/2013 5:17:14 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: dennisw

Yep, a sad bringing up and he served his country well in Vietnam but that doesn’t qualify him to be SECDEF.


38 posted on 01/31/2013 5:19:27 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: snoringbear

That’s how they got Kerry thru so fast. They trotted out Susan Rice and after that brouhaha, all Kerry had to do was sail thru.


39 posted on 01/31/2013 5:19:50 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: jimbo123

I knew Hagel was dumb, but I was amazed at how stupid he was.


40 posted on 01/31/2013 5:24:07 PM PST by ozzymandus
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