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2016 Postmortem

Bluenorthwest

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1. Actually, Hagel voted for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and he'd been a US Senator for 9 full years

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 05:22 PM

Jan 2013

before he started his 'blunt criticism of things I already voted for' era. He was already a well known Republican and anti choice, anti gay and voting for war like the rest of them for nearly a decade.
A clean break from Bush/Iraq would be a Democrat who did not support Bush/Iraq as Hagel did.

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The Combustible Politics Of Obama's Clearest Break From Bush [View all] UCmeNdc Jan 2013 OP

Actually, Hagel voted for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and he'd been a US Senator for 9 full years Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #1

Would that be John Kerry? Or Hillary Clinton? JoePhilly Jan 2013 #2

John Kerry actually did speak out against rushing to war karynnj Jan 2013 #3

Is Hagel Running for President,,,? FrenchieCat Jan 2013 #4