Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Max Cleland: Next Week ‘The Bullshit’ Stops On Hagel Nomination [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)33. Some of my favorite people are veterans who are women who work in healthcare, and I kid you
not.Some of them are gay, some are straight. All of them are sweethearts of the first order.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
84 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
![](du4img/smicon-reply-new.gif)
Lucky for Cleland he was not gay! If he had been, Hagle would have said he was unfit to serve.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#10
Christ...it was 15 years ago. He apologized and pledged to support and serve
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#13
Here's what Barney Frank has to say about Hagel, Hagel's history, and this nomination. I happen
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#37
Yeah. You have no response to what he said, so you start flinging poo at Democrats to protect
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#48
I was a Nebraska resident during Hagel's tenure. Democrats in Nebraska
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#49
Democrats in my community loathed him for his votes, his verbal assaults on gay people and of
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#51
You have the right to dislike anyone you choose. I can't tell you how to feel--
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#52
Okay, I don't see any anti-gay votes there, so I guess there's not much there.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#53
For you, just for you. First Hagel Mad Libs! Take an anti gay quote from Hagel and replace the
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#59
What a load of horse puckey. Among other things you miss the actual point that Hagel was not
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#62
I just disagree. That's my opinion. Not his finest hour...but 14 years ago...
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#64
Wow. 'MOST of the world' but not most of America. Hagel said that stuff not in 1956 but 1998
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#81
Why are you so angry, dude? Someone disagrees with you. Barney Frank, for one. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#84
Hagel was in the Senate for 12 years. He was one of the most anti gay Republicans, he got a
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#29
In the Senate he was in fact often as venomous as he was in the press toward Hormel.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#39
Please list ALL THE OTHER venomous statements by Hagel toward the LGBT community.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#42
First, I did not say constantly, you did. I said often. You, who do not pay attention to the issue
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#57
Wow, now we cheer Republicans as Great Peacemakers? That's hilarious material you are working.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#35
Barney Frank was, very oddly, interviewed by a reporter who worked for
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#40
He did decline to sponsor or vote on a constitutional ban on gay marriage
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#58
Or if he were gay and wanted to marry, Obama would have said up until last year that he can't
MessiahRp
Jan 2013
#77
I have immense respect for Max Cleland, and his opinion holds great sway, with me
Siwsan
Jan 2013
#2
As a Georgian, Cleland is a gem. All the more reason to hold Saxby in contempt.
CurtEastPoint
Jan 2013
#3
So please explain to me how the libel of Max differes from the libel of Hormel by Hagle?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#8
I'm very tired of the double standard, it is a definition of the minds of those who impose one set
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#18
Some of my favorite people are veterans who are women who work in healthcare, and I kid you
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#33
Well, yes--I fondly recall Chambliss' heartfelt apology to Max. Those tears were
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#23
Here is what Barney Frank has to say about Hagel's nomination. He's spot on:
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#31
I am 100 per cent for Chuck Hagel. We need to stop the constant wars. I believe Hagel
plethoro
Jan 2013
#30
Baloney. That was an ancillary thought. The ostensible reason Bush went to war was because WMD's and
plethoro
Jan 2013
#66
Chuck Hagel voted for the Iraq debacle. Making your comments hilariously ironic.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#63
Keep fly-specking. A lot of people, including Democrats voted on the war in Iraq because
plethoro
Jan 2013
#65