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Home Front: Politix
Hagel's Damaged Brand
2013-02-24
[Times of Israel] While they will no doubt lose the confirmation battle, Republicans already achieved victory in the policy war.

Few issues have focused Washington's contentious energies in recent weeks more than the nomination of former Nebraska senator and maverick Republican Chuck Hagel to the post of defense secretary.

Republican senators have delayed, chastised and publicly humiliated the nominee at every opportunity. Democrats, while quietly toeing the line for the president, have expressed their own reservations and even, discreetly, asked the White House if there wasn't a better candidate available.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Last I checked Horses will carry a Jewish man to safety, so not exactly a fair comparison.
Posted by: Charles   2013-02-24 17:35  

#8  How about compromise? A "Horse's Ass".
Posted by: Sgt.D. T.   2013-02-24 13:38  

#7  I'm opposed to Hagel's confirmation because he seems like a dimwit.

There is historical precedent though: didn't the Emperor Caligula appoint a horse to the Senate? OK, a horse and an ass are different, but let's not be pedantic.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-02-24 11:43  

#6  he was an awful appointee. His confirmation hearing was the most uninformed, ignorant, incompetent and embarrassing I've ever seen. He was appointed to be the "Republican that cut Defense" shield for Zero, and that's failed. He's shown that he has little if any Repub support, and anything he does will reflect back on Zero, not the GOP
Posted by: Frank G   2013-02-24 11:21  

#5  IÂ’m opposed to HagelÂ’s confirmation because he seems like a dimwit.
Posted by: DepotGuy

A charitable assessment I'd say. Quite charitable.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-02-24 11:07  

#4  Hagel has been an outspoken critic of many of the signature Republican foreign policy positions of recent yearsÂ…

IÂ’m opposed to HagelÂ’s confirmation because he seems like a dimwit.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2013-02-24 09:42  

#3  ...well, the breed known as a Beltway Republican, and while that has the highest endorsement of the RNC, it's just considered a social club of the DNC.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-02-24 09:02  

#2  Not exactly. Panetta could have done that.

Hagel was nominated so that he could do all that and, when people complained, Champ could point out that it was all 'bipartisan' since Hagel is supposedly a Republican.
Posted by: Steve White   2013-02-24 00:48  

#1  Hagel was not appointed to 'Preserve, Protect and Defend' the United States. He was appointed to dismantle the Armed Forces so the Defense Budget can be used for Obamacare and other highly successful social programs.
Posted by: Griter Crart8496   2013-02-24 00:42  

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