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MrSlayer

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6. I see where the confusion is. It's Morning Joe's fault.

Reply to dkf (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 10:29 PM

Jan 2013

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/politico-confuses-morning-joe-crew-whose-brother-did-chuck-hagel-save-in-vietnam/

Following a weather report, Scarborough came back to have Willie Geist make a “small correction.”
“Chuck Hagel saved the life of his own brother,” Geist explained. “He served side by side with his younger brother in Vietnam.”
Mark Halperin pointed out that even saving your own brother “ain’t bad,” and Scarborough quipped “(McConnell) hates (Hagel) because he saved his own brother? What’s he got against brothers?”
After a commercial break, POLITICO editor Mike Allen defended the passage that caused the confusion, citing grammar rules. “A pronoun refers to the proper noun or the noun before it,” Allen smugly asserted.

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Want to read something truly remarkable? [View all] WilliamPitt Jan 2013 OP

Even more amazing, Hagel saved McConnell's brother in Vietnam and he doesn't have his support. dkf Jan 2013 #1

Always Knww McConnell was a Low Creature, Ma'am, But had No Idea Just How Low The Magistrate Jan 2013 #2

Wait, I thought he saved his own brother. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #4

Oh I thought it was McConnells brother. Possibly my mistake. dkf Jan 2013 #5

I see where the confusion is. It's Morning Joe's fault. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #6

Funny thing I thought they were laughing about making it seem like Hagel saved his own brother. dkf Jan 2013 #7

Hagel saved his own brother, not McConnell's. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #8

they never quit and nothing is too far over the line, think about it . . . NOTHING. patrice Jan 2013 #3

Seems like he's a-scared. Hagel thinks the defense budget can be cut...and he's not crazy about Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #9

Sergeant Hagel has no business telling the generals what to do. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #10

I don't have an opinion about Hagel. He may be fine but he is a Republican, JDPriestly Jan 2013 #11