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In reply to the discussion: Just announced on MSNBC, Hagel confirmed... [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)29. I've been waiting for this reaction, with great satisfaction.
So delicious! I've wondered if Hagel had to get a restraining order against her yet. It's like he strangled her puppy or something.
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My money on Murkowski and that senator from Nebraska for two of them...
sweetloukillbot
Feb 2013
#18
which way did his "friend" mccain vote ? how about that little punk lindsey graham ?
JI7
Feb 2013
#8
Even Sen. Susan Collins of Maine voted no. Even she feels she has to cave into the nuts.
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#28
I posted this elsewhere, but it's sad that no one will rub people's noses in this...
mpcamb
Feb 2013
#15
I certainly hope that Hagel has a memory that is long, and a heart that is vengeful.
politicaljunkie41910
Feb 2013
#20
Really! If there was a better person, he or she wouild have been nominated.
Pterodactyl
Feb 2013
#43
Huh. Didn't seem to work very well. He picked an R the other Rs didn't like.
Pterodactyl
Feb 2013
#51
Oh yeah? Name ONE who would be better than Hagel. Other than Obama himself, of course.
Pterodactyl
Feb 2013
#55
Wow. You're right. So now we have a suboptimal SecDef during wartime, without the confidence...
Pterodactyl
Mar 2013
#57