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Senate Republicans block Hagel nomination after Democrats force vote

Good morning, Bubba.

Reference #33.

Excellent as usual!

Career ender? Rubio taking a sip of water is all they got to belittle him with? Looking good! :)

I have...gasp...seen BHO doing the same thing, but it's different somehow when he does? hmmmmm...

Ahhh but see Rubio is part of the great unwashed and non evolved. You see when the current occupier of the White House does it, the water is symbolic of the fair share those nasty greedy "rich" people have and the immaculated one is taking it from them. Of course it takes a period of time before the filtered result is able to be passed on to those who really need it, so they suffer for now.
 
Ahhh but see Rubio is part of the great unwashed and non evolved. You see when the current occupier of the White House does it, the water is symbolic of the fair share those nasty greedy "rich" people have and the immaculated one is taking it from them. Of course it takes a period of time before the filtered result is able to be passed on to those who really need it, so they suffer for now.

Got it! I just KNEW there was a reason. Thanks for explaining.... :)
 
Senate Republicans block Hagel nomination after Democrats force vote - The Washington Post

Well, they're filibustering their own guy...Funny thing is, the next nominee is not likely to be someone they like any better.

I think their hope is that at least he will not be incompetent.

The Obama administration picked someone who would suck at the job only because he had had, at one point, and (R) after his name, and could therefore be used to share the blame for Defense Budget Cuts. The DOD is too important to fall to that kind of politicking.
 
The republicans should stop putting their party desires over the good of the American people and confirm the nomination of a guy simply because he was a member of their party.

.....

I think plenty fought against it.
 
Hagel is another example of Obama laying out the bait and the stupid Republicans jumping up to snatch it. Both GOP presidential hopefools, Rubio and Rand Baby Paul, are now on record as being complete stooges. I'm sure that Hillary Clinton will use it against them in the months leading up to Nov 2016.

Won't the GOP ever learn? Obama has been mopping the floor up with them since 2009. In fact, if it were not for the heavily gerrymandered Ohio and PA congressional districts, the GOP would be completely out of power in DC today. But, yet, still they don't learn.

Obama learned. He shifted to the Center after the 2010 elections and has not looked back since. The GOP OTOH is drowning in tea. Fools.
 
Obama learned. He shifted to the Center after the 2010 elections and has not looked back since.

On what planet did this happen?
 
The GOP is nihilistic. Reed should take the leadership aside, slap them around and tell them if they continue to act like babies, Democrats will vow to block every nomination of every nominee ever proposed by a future GOP president.

Though that may not be much of a threat since it's unlikely the moribund and pathological GOP will ever win a presidential election again.

More thuggery and bullying from the Progressives. If you spent some time away from Reddit and Alternet you'd realize the progressives are losing ground... You can claim people are "radicals" all you want... Eventually you will be exposed for the radical you are.
 
This one, not the one where Obama is the invisible man in a chair.

Are you seriously suggesting that Obama has "moved to the center" since 2010?? :shock: :roll: :lamo :lamo
 
Hagel is another example of Obama laying out the bait and the stupid Republicans
jumping up to snatch it. Both
GOP presidential hopefools, Rubio and Rand Baby Paul, are now on record as being complete stooges. I'm sure that Hillary Clinton will use it against them in the months leading up to Nov 2016.

Won't the GOP ever learn? Obama has been mopping the floor up with them since 2009. In fact, if it were not for the heavily gerrymandered Ohio and PA congressional districts, the GOP would be completely out of power in DC today. But, yet, still they don't learn.

Obama learned. He shifted to the Center after the 2010 elections and has not looked back since. The GOP OTOH is drowning in tea. Fools.

Rubio a stooge ? Why exactly ? Also why is Rand Paul a stooge ?

Obama's been mopping the preverbial floor using the American middle class as his Mop Bucket...dunk, dunk.

And Obama shifting to the center ? How has he done that ? By raising taxes on everyone ? By backing labor unions by bailing out GM and giving public sector unions a large portion of the stimulus ?

The only fools are the people who look at the state of this Country and give Obama a thumbs up.
 
Rubio a stooge ? Why exactly ? Also why is Rand Paul a stooge ?

Obama's been mopping the preverbial floor using the American middle class as his Mop Bucket...dunk, dunk.

And Obama shifting to the center ? How has he done that ? By raising taxes on everyone ? By backing labor unions by bailing out GM and giving public sector unions a large portion of the stimulus ?

The only fools are the people who look at the state of this Country and give Obama a thumbs up.
Because the nation's middle--you know those who rejected Mittens---will look at Rand and Rubio as pawns of the extrememe Right. Most Americans, most Senators, in fact, are fine with Hagel as Sec of D. Filibuster is not going to the help the Republican cause.

For more proof that OBama holds the Center---as if blowing out Romeny wasn;t enough---is the fact that most progressives are displeased with his efforts. From letting loose the drones to rejecting Occupy movement, Obama is pretty much what used to be defined a Moderate Republican.

BTW: Saying Obama is pro-Union is being really ignorant of the facts.
The State of the Unions : Cheap Motels and a Hotplate
During the first three years of the Obama administration (2009, 2010, 2011), union density fell from 12.3% to 11.8%, a decline of 4.1%. For the first three years of the George W. Bush presidency (2001, 2002, 2003), density went from 13.3% to 12.9%, a drop of 3%. Union membership declined by 563,000 during the Obama years, and 520,000 for Bush. So all of those wonderful things Obama did for workers didn’t translate into more union members or higher union density.
 
Because the nation's middle--you know those who rejected Mittens---will look at Rand and Rubio as pawns of the extrememe Right. Most Americans, most Senators, in fact, are fine with Hagel as Sec of D. Filibuster is not going to the help the Republican cause.

For more proof that OBama holds the Center---as if blowing out Romeny wasn;t enough---is the fact that most progressives are displeased with his efforts. From letting loose the drones to rejecting Occupy movement, Obama is pretty much what used to be defined a Moderate Republican.

BTW: Saying Obama is pro-Union is being really ignorant of the facts.
The State of the Unions : Cheap Motels and a Hotplate

All the evidence one needs to realize nothing's going to change with national elections until the dollar collapses.
 
All the evidence one needs to realize nothing's going to change with national elections until the dollar collapses.

What does the strength of the Dollar have to do with preventing a vote on Hagel for Secretary of Defense?
 
Because the nation's middle--you know those who rejected Mittens---will look at Rand and Rubio as pawns of the extrememe Right. Most Americans, most Senators, in fact, are fine with Hagel as Sec of D. Filibuster is not going to the help the Republican cause.

For more proof that OBama holds the Center---as if blowing out Romeny wasn;t enough---is the fact that most progressives are displeased with his efforts. From letting loose the drones to rejecting Occupy movement, Obama is pretty much what used to be defined a Moderate Republican.

BTW: Saying Obama is pro-Union is being really ignorant of the facts.
The State of the Unions : Cheap Motels and a Hotplate

You Lib's again with the broad brushing and generalizations,

Look, 60 million moronic voters doesn't equate to the "Nation" and after your incompetent President is done with whats left of our economy, Rubio will be a great alternative to chronic joblessness and 20 trillion dollars of debt with a rising interest rate.

There is nothing moderate about Obama or Republican. Massive deficit spending, running our economy into the ground. No he's a Liberal through and through.
 
What does the strength of the Dollar have to do with preventing a vote on Hagel for Secretary of Defense?

Good Question.

But Cons are rejecting Hagel because it's an obvious BS Obama ploy to have "bipartisan" support to defending the military. He can't continue to fund 50 million people on Govt assistance unless the Military....goes away.
 
You Lib's again with the broad brushing and generalizations,

Look, 60 million moronic voters doesn't equate to the "Nation" and after your incompetent President is done with whats left of our economy, Rubio will be a great alternative to chronic joblessness and 20 trillion dollars of debt with a rising interest rate.

There is nothing moderate about Obama or Republican. Massive deficit spending, running our economy into the ground. No he's a Liberal through and through.
Anyone not buying your Far Right Bull**** is a "Lib"?

If your team keeps at it, the next election will get you President Hillary, and she'll pull in 70 million votes.
 
Good Question.

But Cons are rejecting Hagel because it's an obvious BS Obama ploy to have "bipartisan" support to defending the military. He can't continue to fund 50 million people on Govt assistance unless the Military....goes away.

So, it's another one of those cases where the Right Wing minority knows best--40 enlightened souls in the Senate who can see through Obama's master plan to decimate the military so that he can fund the welfare state.

Is this the crap they're selling on Fox News these days?
 
You Lib's again with the broad brushing and generalizations,

Look, 60 million moronic voters doesn't equate to the "Nation" and after your incompetent President is done with whats left of our economy, Rubio will be a great alternative to chronic joblessness and 20 trillion dollars of debt with a rising interest rate.

There is nothing moderate about Obama or Republican. Massive deficit spending, running our economy into the ground. No he's a Liberal through and through.

It's like you weren't even alive during the Bush administration years.
 
Anyone not buying your Far Right Bull**** is a
"Lib"?


If your team keeps at it, the next election will get you President Hillary, and she'll pull in 70 million votes.

Of course, why else would the Democrats be bending over backwards to legalize 20 million illegals ?

But you may be right. With the collective IQ of the Nations voters falling fast there might be a chance for her. Even though she lied her way through the Benghazzi hearings.

Or her lie to the father of the fallen SEAL when he met his dead son in a flag draped coffin " We will make sure the person who made this film is arrested and prosecuted ".

Prosecuted ? For his first amendment rights ? For being so unfortunate that the US Govt picked his video and used it to gin up their narrative of a "protest".

Because Benghazzi came first, follow the time line, then protest in Egypt and then around the world, a mass manipation.

Or when she ran adds on Pakistani TV apologizing for the video. In all reality your President and his ilk made sure that video was publicized with help from the media. Ensuring more protest to bolster their own Narrative.

She's one cold hearted Bitch thats for sure.

But aside from that what on earth could she tell possibly 40 million people by then who have been unemployed that she would do about their suffering ?

More of the same ? Because by 2016 no one with the exception of Progressives still desperate enough to blame Bush will believe a word that comes out of any democrats mouth.

They will be sick of hearing your Presidents excuses. It was Bush,it was Sandy,it was the European crisis, it was the House's because they stopped at 30 jobs bills instead of 90 that were ignored by Harry Reid.

Honestly what is she going to promise ? More joblessness ? More debt ?
 
Senate Republicans block Hagel nomination after Democrats force vote


Good for them.
They are earning their keep.
 
Of course, why else would the Democrats be bending over backwards to legalize 20 million illegals ?

But you may be right. With the collective IQ of the Nations voters falling fast there might be a chance for her. Even though she lied her way through the Benghazzi hearings.

Or her lie to the father of the fallen SEAL when he met his dead son in a flag draped coffin " We will make sure the person who made this film is arrested and prosecuted ".

Prosecuted ? For his first amendment rights ? For being so unfortunate that the US Govt picked his video and used it to gin up their narrative of a "protest".

Because Benghazzi came first, follow the time line, then protest in Egypt and then around the world, a mass manipation.

Or when she ran adds on Pakistani TV apologizing for the video. In all reality your President and his ilk made sure that video was publicized with help from the media. Ensuring more protest to bolster their own Narrative.

She's one cold hearted Bitch thats for sure.

But aside from that what on earth could she tell possibly 40 million people by then who have been unemployed that she would do about their suffering ?

More of the same ? Because by 2016 no one with the exception of Progressives still desperate enough to blame Bush will believe a word that comes out of any democrats mouth.

They will be sick of hearing your Presidents excuses. It was Bush,it was Sandy,it was the European crisis, it was the House's because they stopped at 30 jobs bills instead of 90 that were ignored by Harry Reid.

Honestly what is she going to promise ? More joblessness ? More debt ?
Pointing to the circus which is today's GOP, while saying "Lookee there. They really are proud of their ignorance in that camp, denying global warming and believing the world was created 6000 years ago."

If the Republicans continue with their fool act in the next primary, repeating the stupid they put on display in the previous one, Hillary won't have to answer to anything. The filibuster of a nominee the public finds perfectly acceptable, like the former Senator from Nebraska goes a long way in cementing for everyone the idea that "the GOP is led by the crazies".
 
Pointing to the circus which is today's GOP,
while saying "Lookee there. They really are proud of their ignorance in that camp, denying global warming and believing the world was created 6000 years ago."

If the Republicans continue with their fool act in the next primary, repeating the stupid they put on display in the previous one, Hillary won't have to answer to anything. The filibuster of a nominee the public finds perfectly acceptable, like the former Senator from Nebraska goes a long way in cementing for everyone the idea that "the GOP is led by the crazies".

What in the hell are you talking about ? A 6000 year old Earth ? Youv'e believed EVERYTHING some idiot liberal has told you about Conservatives and cliche'ed your way through a ridiculous rebut.

Led by the Crazies ? No Lib, Crazy is electing the least qualified candidate because he A, Black and B, the media told you to.

The Democrats response after calling George Bush an idiot for 8 years was to.......elect an idiot. And then let the media draw in the millions of simple minded intelectually lazy buffoons to vote for their manufactured candidate Obama.

No, the Cons are not the crazies, never were. People so lacking any sense of responsibllity that they would allow themselves to be manipulated by a corrupt media to vote for the least qualified candidate in Washington are the crazies.

Global warming ? Please. They changed the term to climate change after signifigant evidence was presented that showed the Earth was actually cooling and the scientist that pushed the scam were caught pencil whipping data.

So Hillary ? A lying low life who will inherit a massive mess from her predeccesor and.....make it even worse.

Explain again why people would elect her ?
 
1. What in the hell are you talking about ? A 6000 year old Earth ? Youv'e believed EVERYTHING some idiot liberal has told you about Conservatives and cliche'ed your way through a ridiculous rebut.

2. Led by the Crazies ? No Lib, Crazy is electing the least qualified candidate because he A, Black and B, the media told you to.

3. The Democrats response after calling George Bush an idiot for 8 years was to.......elect an idiot. And then let the media draw in the millions of simple minded intelectually lazy buffoons to vote for their manufactured candidate Obama.

No, the Cons are not the crazies, never were. People so lacking any sense of responsibllity that they would allow themselves to be manipulated by a corrupt media to vote for the least qualified candidate in Washington are the crazies.

4. Global warming ? Please. They changed the term to climate change after signifigant evidence was presented that showed the Earth was actually cooling and the scientist that pushed the scam were caught pencil whipping data.

5. So Hillary ? A lying low life who will inherit a massive mess from her predeccesor and.....make it even worse.

Explain again why people would elect her ?
1. Gee, it seemed to me every GOP candidate, except Huntsman, professed, live on stage, their belief in creationism. Whether or not they believe in "young earth" creationism or some other version of creationism matters very little. Point is they all disavowed the Theory of Evolution. That, my friend, is the definition of Crazy.

2. Is that what they tell you on Right Wing news sites? Fact is Obama won because Hillary was too clumsy and McCain selected Palin, a complete idiot.

3. If you say so. Few people outside the wingnut bubble buy the garbage your selling.

4. Yeah. Right. Glaciers aren't drawing back all over the world, from the Himalayas to the Rockies; snow caps aren't receding on tropical volcanoes, from Hawaii to Tanzania, and the ice isn't melting at both poles. Whatever you say, Einstein.

5. If the GOP doesn't get their act together, yes. A quick no nonsense approval of a qualified nominee for Sec of D would have gone a long way towards making the Republicans look sane. Alas, it was not to be.
 
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