Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel was confirmed as U.S. President Barack Obama’s second-term Secretary of Defense this week – ending a contentious standoff with “conservative” Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
Hagel’s nomination was initially blocked by neo-conservatives like John McCain (RINO-Arizona) and Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) because they believed him to be insufficiently hawkish on Iran – and insufficiently supportive of Israel.
In fact the Hagel hearings were the subject of a hilarious Saturday Night Live spoof which made waves on the internet even though it never aired on television.
As a result of GOP resistance, Hagel had to get 60 votes (the threshold for ending a filibuster) instead of a simple majority of 51. He wound up with 71 on the filibuster vote, and 58 on the vote to confirm him.
“We should not be installing a defense secretary who is obviously not qualified for the job and who holds dangerously misguided views,” U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (RINO-Texas) said after the vote.
Democrats weren’t relishing Obama’s win, either. They were busy issuing warnings for future confirmation fights.
“Someday, we’re going to have a Republican president again,” U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) warned. “I would just say to our Republican friends, just be careful. Just be careful.”
Wait … we’re going to have a Republican president again?
You mean like we have a “Republican” Speaker of the House?
Sheesh ..
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Big cuts are coming to Defense Department.
Deservedly so.
Those who ignore history: Clinton’s lack of National Security resulted in blood all over American soil, but you don’t care if innocents die.
You people are Vile and Disgusting…
Big cuts are coming to Defense Department.
Deservedly so.
Those who ignore history: Clinton’s lack of National Security resulted in blood all over American soil, but you don’t care if innocents die.
You people are Vile and Disgusting…
To question the credentials of a guy who actually had weapons fired on him in Vietnam, while giving a pass to Dick fucking Cheney, the de facto Secretary of Defense under Bush, is pathetic. Questioning our commitment to Israel is not grounds to dismiss his nomination. I like someone with an open mind and not a hard-on to invade yet another country.
Any my apologies to the female posters on this board who are offended by my using that word. I just hate Cheney and Rumsfeld and will piss on their graves once they are dead. And yours too, Big Teat.
Not offended at all – totally agree.
Good to not have a chicken hawk in the office.
Thank you sir, I concur.
The unbridled politics of HATRED and violence is alive and well in the liberal-democrat party….
To question the credentials of a guy who actually had weapons fired on him in Vietnam, while giving a pass to Dick fucking Cheney, the de facto Secretary of Defense under Bush, is pathetic. Questioning our commitment to Israel is not grounds to dismiss his nomination. I like someone with an open mind and not a hard-on to invade yet another country.
Any my apologies to the female posters on this board who are offended by my using that word. I just hate Cheney and Rumsfeld and will piss on their graves once they are dead. And yours too, Big Teat.
Not offended at all – totally agree.
Good to not have a chicken hawk in the office.
Thank you sir, I concur.
The unbridled politics of HATRED and violence is alive and well in the liberal-democrat party….
“Someday, we’re going to have a Republican president again.”—says the Democrat.
Lunatic Liberal.
Someday soon, we won’t even have a Republican Party.
Whatever it is: It won’t be democrat. The democrat party is far closer to collpase than the GOP.
But the ignorant have no idea. You cannot govern like Obama (and it be hidden) but for so long.
The prosperity Obama has ridden on, he has just about used up.
When people suffer…there will be NO QUESTION what caused it, no matter how stupid the masses are.
How you figure that? Last I looked, the Republicans are trying to chage their spots with an amazing technicolor dreamcoat.
“Someday, we’re going to have a Republican president again.”—says the Democrat.
Lunatic Liberal.
Someday soon, we won’t even have a Republican Party.
Whatever it is: It won’t be democrat. The democrat party is far closer to collpase than the GOP.
But the ignorant have no idea. You cannot govern like Obama (and it be hidden) but for so long.
The prosperity Obama has ridden on, he has just about used up.
When people suffer…there will be NO QUESTION what caused it, no matter how stupid the masses are.
How you figure that? Last I looked, the Republicans are trying to chage their spots with an amazing technicolor dreamcoat.
‘WINNING’ is: A core-less @$$-clown In bed w/ for the WORST presidential administration in the last 100 years (eventually history will acknowledge that.)
Thank you, of Charlie Sheen (the Hick version anyway.)
PS: FITS is VERY indicatvie of the “consultant” mentality. They don’t give a BLEEP about the country…But as long as some lifetime politician can keep milking the people, they call it WINNING…(see Sanford)…
FITS’ mindset is why working people in America are Losers under Obama’s miserable reign.
That Red Bull gave this motherfucker some wings!
Who: Charlie or FITS?
‘WINNING’ is: A core-less @$$-clown In bed w/ for the WORST presidential administration in the last 100 years (eventually history will acknowledge that.)
Thank you, of Charlie Sheen (the Hick version anyway.)
PS: FITS is VERY indicatvie of the “consultant” mentality. They don’t give a BLEEP about the country…But as long as some lifetime politician can keep milking the people, they call it WINNING…(see Sanford)…
FITS’ mindset is why working people in America are Losers under Obama’s miserable reign.
That Red Bull gave this motherfucker some wings!
Who: Charlie or FITS?
Mr. Adelson, Newt Gingrich’s former sugar daddy, has released a statement saying Hagel is an anti-semite and that it is a disgrace he has been confirmed. That just makes me so happy that Adelson is pissed.
Mr. Adelson, Newt Gingrich’s former sugar daddy, has released a statement saying Hagel is an anti-semite and that it is a disgrace he has been confirmed. That just makes me so happy that Adelson is pissed.
Our esteemed Senator Graham is worried about a challenge from Lee Bright, a Tea Party darling. All of a sudden, Graham is going to out teabag the teabaggers.
Our esteemed Senator Graham is worried about a challenge from Lee Bright, a Tea Party darling. All of a sudden, Graham is going to out teabag the teabaggers.