Watch out, McCain is getting ready to throw a sucker punch
at Hagel. Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is coming up
for “consent by Senate” in a few days. After a long series of nasty attacks by
McNasty himself, he is saying the Senate will approve Hagel. So too, his child-like follower, Lindsey Graham, says Hagel will be approved. Both say they
will not vote for him, nonetheless, enough other Senators will approve him. McNasty
is protecting his failed past of repeated poor judgments. Graham is so worried
about a Tea Party challenge in his home state of South Carolina; he was willing
to make up ridiculous charges against Hagel and asking him to produce documents
illegally. I won't even mention Ted Cruz.
Is McCain capable of doing this? I think he is. He
publically announced he opposed Hagel’s nomination because the nominee was
critical of George W. Bush and said the military surge in Iraq was a failure
etc. McCain vigorously supported these things. To suggest anything good about Hagel, such
as believing he will be confirmed, would
be tantamount to admitting he had been wrong about Iraq, Bush, and the
surge. When later asked if he said these things, he said “ridiculous”. Then, in
the same interview, he made the positive statement that the Senate would
confirm Hagel. Many years ago, I read a book “Rainbow on the Road”; an outlaw of
ballad stature fulfilled the songs promise and dramatically removed the
heart of the evil sheriff, which immediately plunged the hero into infamy. McCain, your disgrace
awaits you. I have no idea if the senate will confirm Hagel or not but I am convinced McCain
will try something.
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