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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: Venturer
They shot Kerry through there like Grease through a Goose, now they attack Hagel.

Not that I like Hagel, but I cannot stand a traitor and a Glorifed Stolen Glory, band aid wounded, war criminal.

I'm wondering if the U.S. Senate didn't have the same reaction to Kerry as his fellow Swift Boat officers.

They couldn't wait to see him gone.

41 posted on 01/31/2013 5:28:32 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
So what makes Kerry acceptable and Hagel unacceptable?

It gets Kerry out of the Senate (finally!)...

Hagel is already out of the Senate.

42 posted on 01/31/2013 5:35:33 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Lancey Howard
This assclown endorsed Ubanga over his old friend McCain in 2008. That’s some real character right there, real loyalty, real intelligence...

Frankly, I can understand not endorsing McCain.

But endorsing Obama instead is kinda egregious...

43 posted on 01/31/2013 5:38:43 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

Hagel has the classic bags under his eyes of a chronic alcoholic. If he got that three AM call, he would be passed out.


44 posted on 01/31/2013 5:48:58 PM PST by billhilly
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To: Lancey Howard

“This assclown endorsed Ubanga”

At least Hagel has the excuse of being a mildly retarded.

While Colin Powell is merely a shrewd, scheming, lying, traitorous racist.


45 posted on 01/31/2013 5:56:28 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

I flush Colin Powell down the toilet every morning.


46 posted on 01/31/2013 6:45:12 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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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.

If he's on Hussein's team I vote for "not bright at all." But that never stopped any of the appointed clueless Obama bureaucrats to date.

47 posted on 01/31/2013 7:30:21 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Union Label -- then buy something else)
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
"Flournoy is the administration’s backup nominee"

She's the one that TOTUS actually wants on the job.
48 posted on 01/31/2013 7:32:59 PM PST by indthkr
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks jimbo123.
...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...
Still,Hagel filled his role, which was to draw fire away from the other nominee, the Manchukuoan Candidate, Joni Kerri.

John "Hari" Kerry? Hmm, I think there's something there.


49 posted on 01/31/2013 7:43:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: pgkdan

Freepers have been calling Hagel an idiot for years.

I’d like to state per my own rule that rather than an idiot, I describe Hagel as an imbecile. As you say he lived down to this description.


50 posted on 01/31/2013 8:01:21 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: pgkdan

——Freepers have been calling Hagel an idiot for years.

I’d like to state per my own rule that rather than an idiot, I describe Hagel as an imbecile. As you say he lived down to this description.


51 posted on 01/31/2013 8:01:37 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: dennisw

Just so long as you overlook his liberal backstabbing politics..... and his intellectual improverishment.


52 posted on 01/31/2013 8:04:33 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: jimbo123

He doesn’t care.He knows he will get in.


53 posted on 01/31/2013 8:06:35 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Venturer

You left out “traitor”.

It needed to be in there at least twice.


54 posted on 01/31/2013 8:08:31 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: jimbo123

I have always called him...”Sad Sack Hagel”....he LOOKS dumb....he IS dumb!


55 posted on 02/01/2013 3:42:08 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION........the HUMAN sacrifice to the god of CONVENIENCE.)
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To: fatima
He doesn’t care.He knows he will get in.

You're probably right. The fix is always in.
56 posted on 02/01/2013 6:02:19 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Ever notice how U-Haul trailers feature pictures of strange plants and animals, each one unique to a single US state or Canadian province? The U-Hauls for Nebraska feature a picture of a rhinoceros, and for at least since 2004, whenever I have seen one, I thought of Senator Hagel. To my knowledge, he’s the only RINO in the state.


57 posted on 02/01/2013 5:24:41 PM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: dennisw

Inundated again — that’s right.

On top of that, Rubin the RINO said “good riddance” when Jim DeMint resigned from the Senate. This morning she endorsed a Democrat for Virginia Governor over staunch conservative Ken Cuccinelli. See below —

RUBIN — “Come on, who is game? [Virginia] deserves better [than Cuccinelli]. And by the way, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), it is not too late to change your mind. For Virginians that might work out just fine.”


58 posted on 02/01/2013 8:17:15 PM PST by heye2monn
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