Had Hagel run for president?

He would have been very, very hard to beat!

And I for one take no solace in knowing he isnt running this time aorund, this country deserves, needs, a statesman like him.

These crooks rival corrupt governments in Africa, fer Christ’s sake!

What’s all the yappin’ about?

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk…

NO ACTION!

An Oath of Office requires ACTION.

How is talking about being the most arrogant, incompetent administrations to have EVER failed the Country, supporting AND defending the Constitution?

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I know he was being rip van snoozle, couldn’t get his nose out of the K street feed bag long enough to look up and see that his term in office was about past due.

Oh well I suppose as a democrat I should be happy to see a puke braying about what was painfully obvious 5 years ago, and as for the BIGGIE with Blinders, shouldn’t you and anonymous be holding hands and playing toe tappers delight somewhere where its quiet?

Not in public though your an embarrassment to a mirror.

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In all fairness, it’s not impossible that the man has come to his senses and had a change of heart — it’s not entirely unknown to happen (even though it doesn’t happen nearly as often as it should, either in the political sphere specifically or in life as a whole). If so — although only time will tell whether he’s genuinely seen the light or whether he’s merely engaging in lip service for his own benefit — then perhaps he should be given credit where credit is due in spite of his previous support for Bush.

Hagel is actually one of the very few Republicans for whom I have any respect…and personally, as a longtime resident of New York City, I might actually consider voting for a Bloomberg/Hagel ticket. I have very little interest in voting for either Clinton or Obama and I seriously doubt that Edwards will be selected as the nominee — but Bloomberg strikes me as someone who has at least some of his priorities in the right spot. He’s certainly more tolerable as a mayor than Giuliani ever was, in spite of running as a Republican. This is a man who’s known to take the subway down to City Hall as if he were any other New York working stiff — and he voluntarily turned down the salary that his position entitles him to receive. True, he hardly needed the money…but when was the last time that you heard of any politician (or businessman, for that matter) turning down money, regardless of whether they needed it or were even entitled to it or not? Granted, some people have suggested that by throwing such a staggering amount of money into his mayoral campaign, he virtually bought the election — but a lot of it was his own money and the fact is that it’s simply not possible to find a candidate with absolutely no question marks in his or her background because both business and politics are rather dirty and it’s simply not possible to find someone who’s so squeaky-clean that nobody can find one word to say against them. True, Bloomberg doesn’t have any experience running a country — but neither does Giuliani. One thing which Bloomberg definitely does know how to do is run a business — something which can’t be said for George W. Bush, who’s served two terms in spite of the fact that he’s incapable of running either a business or a country effectively.

Comment by John Kerry — November 29, 2007 @ 1:42 pm

I think it is the republican senator from Nebraska but I might be wrong

Thanks for posting that. That’s part of the stuff that the right wing bible cherry-pickers always seem to miss.

Please note the smug little “of course” dropped in there. As sure a mark of your true turd as driving a Hummer.

The people who criticized the Iraq War from the beginning as illegal, immoral, and unnecessary–back when support for the war was over 80% and it was politically perilous to take such an unpopular position–those are the ones who have my respect.