Apparently I’ve been missing the show:
Chuck Hagel under fire at confirmation hearing
Chuck Hagel came under rapid fire from former senators at his confirmation hearings as secretary of defense on Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He clashed with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a former friend and Vietnam veteran, when he refused to give him a direct answer on whether the Iraq war surge succeeded. He apologized for using the term “Jewish lobby” in a rambling answer to a question from Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and stumbled in his answers on Iran.
Hagel’s answers prompted at least one prominent conservative, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), to announce he would oppose Hagel’s nomination.
“I’ve stated long ago I’ve been deeply disturbed by his previous comments and positions in regards to sanctions on Iran and in regards to direct negotiations with North Korea,” Rubio told Fox News during Hagel’s testimony. Obviously, statements he’s made about Israel…I just don’t believe I will be able to support his nomination especially after his testimony in the last hour here, he’s really not said anything that addresses those concerns to my satisfaction.”
Hagel could go down as one of the weirdest nominees in recent history. He’s a Republican and a former senator, but the Republicans don’t like him. I’m guessing he gets confirmed by a fairly narrow party-line margin.
The Crawdad Hole 
Let’s see, he’s a politician not well-liked by his compatriots. That could be really, really good, or even worse than normal. So that’s all good, then.
Heard some sound bites on Rush today of this “theater”. He mentioned how McCain and Hagel have been BFF’s for years so really couldn’t understand the aggressive tone Mac took. He was much kinder to Kerry and HRC. Then again, Rush said Hagel will just be a seat filler, Obama will continue to be Sec of Defense.
I listen to talk radio when I walk, makes walking so much more fun and it goes by faster, now doing 4.5 miles/day. For those who despise Rush, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it 😀
That’s alright, the only station that comes in clearly on my car radio is conservative talk radio. Not Rush, but Prager, Gallagher, Medved (?)those guys. It can be entertaining, (as long as you turn it off when they start talking about social issues), but they’re usually at Level Red Alert for every damned thing which can give you a headache if you listen too much.
Obama’s foreign policy comes across as passive/agressive, just like everything else with him. He refuses to act & votes present in times of crisis and talks appeasement with Iran or the Muslim Brotherhood, but then turns around and illegally drones the hell out of innocent civilians. Classic bully, if you ask me.
FACT: Passive aggressive men have small dicks.
It would explain a lot of things about him.
But but but…..Biden says he has a big stick. 🙂
No-dick Biden is easily impressed. 😉
AfterRush, I get Hannity and Savage, then I think Doctor Frasier, but I don’t walk after dark, am into lovely beverages by then 🙂
That sounds wonderful; I am afraid to walk outside alone (or with the kids) here (security issue related to a case I’m on), so it’s Jillian Michaels in the living room for me. Followed by a “special” coffee.
He’s a bumbling idiot even by corrupt politician standards — the Biden of the Republican party without the “charm,” if you will. I expect him to rise in that DC cesspool accordingly.
I just heard bits & pieces of his testimony but bumbling idiot is a good description.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/01/31/chuck-hagel-stumbles-his-way-through-hearing/
he is not looking too good
I’m confused. According to the Zimmerman Rule, Hispanics ARE white.
LOL, well, if you want to really confuse yourself, people from the middle east are also white. That’s why they can’t call people racist, so instead they claim you’re an Islamophobe. Never mind if the ME person doesn’t practice Islam, you’re still an Islamophobe.
It gets really complicated if you just don’t care for white religious extremists, which is what people from the ME who distort Islam are. Except Islam is off limit nowdays, so you must just hate brown people. Except in the US we classify people from the ME as white.
ROFL this is just SOOOOO delicious!
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130131/APW/1301311066
http://freebeacon.com/obama-still-owes-axelrod-big-bucks/
even more fun
backtrack owes axelrod big bucks
we know backtrack is bad pay ask the vendors at his different campaign stops
http://nation.foxnews.com/chuck-hagel/2013/01/31/ted-cruz-stuns-hagel-al-jazeera-bully-bite
ted cruz stuns hagel
when it come up Krauthammer had some good comments on hagel’s performance today.
I try to not watch the news anymore but couldn’t resist turning on Special Report just to hear what the panel had to say, and they didn’t disappoint.
thanks
I haven’t been watching either. After seeing this clip, holy crap, Chuck Hagel might be the most incompetent appointment for the cabinet in history. And that’s saying something. What a complete waste of oxygen.
Alberto Gonzales is a tough act to beat.
http://freebeacon.com/cnn-senators-shocked-at-how-ill-prepared-hagel-is/
senators shocked at how ill prepared hagel was
This might make watching “Morning Joe” worth watching tomorrow morning.
http://freebeacon.com/retired-generals-and-admirals-oppose-hagel/
14 retired Generals and Admirals sent letter opposing Hagel.
do not remember that happening before
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/31/hagel-if-confirmed-i-intend-to-learn-about-the-defense-department/
today’s hearing like a train wreck
read some of the comments
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/01/oh-my-nbc-blacks-out-hagels-disastrous.html
NBC blacks out hagels disastrous performance
n-nothing
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off topic
http://wireupdate.com/u-s-justice-department-challenges-anheuser-buschs-20-1-billion-acquisition-of-modelo.html
holder’s dept of crime now going after Budweiser.
there are some things you just do not mess with
wow—–that was a great read!!
It goes to show it’s not how much you spend but how you spend it.
I think you meant it isn’t who votes, it’s who counts the votes.
This is all a nice cover story to explain how Obama was “re-elected.”
Just like the Sandy “cover story” and the rigged polls where fly-by-night SEIU/DailyKos paid for polls were somehow *more accurate* than Pew, Gallup and Rass.
Can not understand how a businessman like Romney did not have the best in tech people and equipment. He would have it for his business.
If you are not familiar with the territory , you might need a compass. The tech environment is rarified air .
Obamacare to the middle class. Eating isn’t as important as having health insurance and neither is your mortgage.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-family
Hey, we’ll just raise taxes on rich people!
Whoo hoo, party at Bill Gates’ house! What do mean he won’t pay for the party?
http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-best-state-for-the-wealthy-taxes-2013-1
I can vouch for the fact that Washington is atrocious with our tax gap. That’s why I don’t buy this national crap about “tax the wealthy.” Without fail, people like Bill Gates run around promoting the idea because they know they’ll never have to pay a dime! It always, always trickles down to the poor and middle class while people like Gates are rewarded for their “generous political advocacy” with state tax breaks.
Running a big business in Wa is easy, running small ones not so much. We nail small businesses to the wall and make it extremely oppressive.
That’s why we left! It was before OC went into effect, but we DID want health care, and COBRA was $1500/month = 18K/year. More than our mortgage, more than the groceries, more than any budget item.
This sucks:
I would rather know.
Why?
Wouldn’t have gone. 😯
David Freddoso, author of ‘Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama’,’ noticed in Sept that something was amiss and decided to put his notes to use and write a book.
September!
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/30/msnbc-essentially-ran-a-voter-suppression-campaign-against-gop-during-2012-presidential-election-says-author/
I contend there *was* no Romney gaffe — the MSM made up the entire gaffe story too.
You know how the media is… can’t let a good ‘fairy tale’ go to waste. Or is, they can’t construct ‘fairy tales’ fast enough to waste the contenders of Obama? 😉
What Romney said was true and relevant , and was so accurate ; it terrified the media and the Obama campaign so they turned it into a gaffe immediately
Joe, of “Morning Joe’ railed on and on about Romney weighing in on the statement released by our people at the Cairo Embassy. He attacked Romney for one whole segment.
Apparently NBC must have gotten many calls, letters, etc. complaining that they were ignoring Benghazi, so a day or so later, Joe starts out by saying, “Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi” and chuckles. There, he mentioned it, was his attitute. It was disgusting.
Right after that, I went to Facebook and wrote, “Goodbye Morning Joe”, I’ve had enough of you.
My friend of 20+ years commented: Turn off FOX, get your head out of the sand. I asked her where she gets her information from and she wouldn’t answer. I asked her again, still no answer. I wrote, “third request, where do you get your information from? She finally said, ‘oh, a variety of places’.
And they called Sarah Palin stupid for giving a similar answer to Katie Couric
Now Volkswagen is racist:
Who knew that the “post-racial America” that Obama promised his election in 2008 would bring meant that we are *all* racist.
He must have meant “most-racial America”
Why I hate Niner fans:
I want to wish driguanna a belated Happy Birthday.
and to
PMM – Congrats to your son and to his Proud Mom!
laugh of the day
http://www.examiner.com/article/pot-kmart-store-10-pound-marijuana-shipment-received
talk about misdirected shipments
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/31/hagel-i-told-obama-i-wasnt-qualified-to-be-defense-secretary/
Hagel says he is not qualified
I’m watching a History Channel program on the “War of the Currents” involving Edison, Tesla, Morgan, Westinghouse and Rockefeller. This is really fascinating.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2465082/
I’m shocked.
It just occurred to me that if Obama is able to twist enough Dem arms to get Hagel confirmed as SoD after this, then we’ll all get to know how the Romans felt when Caligula made his horse a consul.
Isn’t it fun when history repeats itself?
That’s really unfair to the horse.
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If Chuck Hagel poops in his drawers and the national media can’t smell anything does it still leave a stain?
Roger Simon:
and yet he is a shoe in to be confirmed. yippee.
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