Hagel to announce retirement.
By on Sep 8th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Hagel to announce retirement.
“Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) will announce Monday he’ll not seek re-election next year. Hagel also will tell an Omaha news conference he does not intend to be a candidate for any office in 2008, clamping a lid on speculation he might be pondering a late-inning presidential bid.”
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September 8th, 2007 at 11:10 amGood luck Chuck. I hope Kerry can pick up the seat, but I still wish Hagel the best.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:10 amChuck doesn’t want to have anything to do with today’s corrupt and perverted Republican Party.
No wonder all of the decent R’s like Hagel and Warner are heading for the tall grass.
-GSD
September 8th, 2007 at 11:13 am:-(
Hagel is awesome.
~Sean
September 8th, 2007 at 11:17 amWow, the Republicans are dropping like flies. They know that the chances of their being reelected are next to zero so they are “retiring” to save face. Expect more of these folks.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:17 amHagel is awesome.
~Sean
Hagel had some good points for a Republican. But for the most part he was still a Republican lemming following Bush off a cliff.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:18 amHagel is very wishy-washy person. He talks big, but then caves to Bush Regime when Dubya says boo to him. He is probably leaving because he seeks sex in restrooms like Larry Craig.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:21 amFor the longest time, I expected him to jump ship and switch Parties.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:21 amI live in Nebraska and I don’t know a single person who likes him.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:34 amre: #4 by bilbogaggins,
Have you considered they’re all leaving so that the newly elected Dems of 2008 — president and both houses of congress — will be left holding the bag on a totally dysfunctional government filled with incompetents at every level, an astronomical national debt, a housing and credit crisis bringing the economy to its knees, oil prices of over $100/barrel, a military in ruins and controlled by a cult of crazed Christian militants, and a war in the Middle East.
And this list is just the highlights of what we get after 8 years of GOPers having a feeding frenzy. After 2008 the government will be full of Dems and they will be standing in the biggest pile of Poo that this nation, or any nation, has ever seen.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:35 amWell ScrewBush, GOPers need the Democrats to clean up the poo for them, then they can come back again to mess DC up again.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:40 amhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZCeUhLkGto
One of the vids I saw that got me to like Hagel. Too bad he didn’t keep it up… for some reason it seems like he got quiet after a while.
~Sean
September 8th, 2007 at 11:41 amChuck, switch sides now.
September 8th, 2007 at 11:48 amThis one is very puzzling to me. I can understand Warner’s retirement, as he’s getting pretty old. I can understand Hastert’s retirement, as he was involved in covering up Mark Foley’s activities with the pages over the years. Hagel has a very conservative voting record but has been critical of the Iraq war. I would think he would have a good chance of getting re-elected in his state. Unless there’s something on the horizon regarding corruption or sexual activity or, on the other hand, illness in his family, I don’t understand this. If it’s just that he’s gotten tired of politics, then I applaud his decision to depart, as there are too many long-time career parasites in government and we new blood. Could Hagel possibly be that one Senator Larry Flynt was hinting at, with his name on the DC Madam’s list?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:11 pmscrewbush - it sounds similar to what FDR inherited from hoover…
it’s going to take some FDR-like programs to turn US around again…
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∞Ω - THAT would be very cool indeed… what could he lose?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:13 pmthe gains would be substantial…
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hey! where are my comments?! >:o(
TP why do you hate me!?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pmWTF? My comment in response to Screw Bush got deleted?
September 8th, 2007 at 12:19 pm∞Ω - maybe he already has. Maybe Hagel has finally had enough. Maybe he plans to oppose the continuation of the surge and will support efforts to impose a deadline for the withdrawal of American troops. If he does any of this, his career with the Republican party is probably over, and he knows it. Thanks to Sean for the link to that video, and to Plear, I can only assume you are a Republican - of course, no one you know would like him.
September 8th, 2007 at 12:27 pmwill be left holding the bag on a totally dysfunctional government filled with incompetents at every level, an astronomical national debt, a housing and credit crisis bringing the economy to its knees, oil prices of over $100/barrel, a military in ruins and controlled by a cult of crazed Christian militants, and a war in the Middle East.
At least the Dems have a history of success with fixing what the Pukes f*ck up.
September 8th, 2007 at 12:29 pmthis could be telling:
Hagel Is Out - So, who is in?
By ED HOWARD September 08, 2007
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
And a bit of Hear ye! Hear ye!
Senator Chuck Hagel made up his mind.
He won’t seek re-election next year, or make a run for the White House. The two-term Republican won’t run for anything else, either.
[…]
http://nebraska.statepaper.com/ vnews/ display.v/ ART/ 2007/ 09/ 08/ 46e274c96ee26
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read on to see who might be “in”…
September 8th, 2007 at 12:58 pm…
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September 8th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI find this ‘retirement’ a little odd. Consider this. Senator Chuck Hagel is directly tied to the E Voting Scandal and perhaps even in the sub prime market.
Hagel sits on the Board of Directors of a holding company called McCarthy Group. They claim to be an investment firm with a diverse portfolio upwards of 1 billion dollars. Anyways, here is the kicker.
McCarthy Group owns ES & S and Diebold. Both highly controversial Evoting machines. He also I believe was one of their CEO’s when they were just starting. Even more damning both those companies were created by 2 brothers who are heavy GOP supporters. Oh…all of these companies either started in or currently based out of Omaha, NE.
-Senator Charles Hagel, a Nebraska Republican, has a controlling financial stake in the McCarthy Group, which in turn owns ES&S. Nebraska voters cast their votes on ES&S DREs. Further, Michael McCarthy, chairman of the McCarthy Group, served as Hagel’s campaign treasurer from 1999 until 2002.
-Leaders of the nation’s two largest DRE manufacturers, Diebold and ES&S, are a pair of brothers. Bob Urosevich is president of Diebold’s election system division, while Todd Urosevich is a vice-president of ES&S. Stephen Miller, 9/8/04
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September 8th, 2007 at 1:45 pmhttp://newssophisticate.blogspot.com/
Look!
It’s Jake, Mr. P and Michael, workin’ hard:
LINK
September 8th, 2007 at 4:00 pmHagel had his flaws as aBushie in many ways but he stood tall on opposing the Iraq occupation. He is one a of a very few real non-Chickenhawks, as he is a VN Vet.
I just hope that very conservative state can elect a decent replacement.
September 8th, 2007 at 5:10 pmWasn’t it in March that there was a big push to prevent the so-called “DC Madam” from releasing her phone records?
September 8th, 2007 at 6:31 pmThis is not rats deserting a sinking ship–this is Kansans headed for the storm cellar.
They’ve read the polls. They know the large majority wants this disastrous military adventure–and they want their health care back and their good jobs back.
It’s whirlwind time, and these guys know it.
September 8th, 2007 at 9:52 pm…Repentance is never easy…
…Chuck slept with the DEVIL and his minions for a long time…
September 9th, 2007 at 12:07 amNo senator voted with Bush more than Hagel did. Good riddance. Check his voting records and then tell me how anti-war he is.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:28 pmis it a coincidence that both hagel and warner are retiring after they came out against the war. did someone push them out?
September 11th, 2007 at 11:12 am