Is Hegseth's lack of qualification for the job worth discussing?

[hay rick]

Apparently not. The vast majority of public discussion of his nomination that I have witnessed is focused on alcohol and/or abusive treatment of women.

I cling to the notion that anybody who is unqualified for a particular job in government should not be offered that job on that basis alone. If they pass a minimum qualification standard then they can still be disqualified on character issues. How it has gone...

Senator: Some people say you can't find Ukraine on a map. Is that true?
Hegseth: It's true that some people say that. It's an anonymous smear.

Senator: Some people say you're a jerk. Is that true?
Hegseth: That's true, but if I'm confirmed I'll stop being a jerk.
Senator: We like jerks.
The media: And now for an update on Blake Lively...

[LonePirate]

1. He's a white male MAGA sycophant. Those are the only qualifications Trump needs him to have.

The Department of Defense and our armed forces are about to be led by the least qualified person in our nation's history.

[BoRaGard]

2. Yes. Also, no one has asked him about his and the G.O.P.'s plans for Armageddon

seriously

[surfered]

3. Apparently not. Platoon leader, possibly a Company Commander in the National Guard

So the most men he ever commanded was about 200. The Defense Department has over 3 million employees.

He’s a DEI hire from that minority group of FOX talking heads, drunks and abusers of women .

[choie]

4. Agreed.

The Dems sometimes lose the plot.

[LaMouffette]

5. NONE of it matters. Not his severe drinking problem, the fact that he abuses women, his utter lack of qualifications.

None of it. All that matters to almost 100 percent of the Republicans in Congress is that Trump wants them to confirm his friend, the guy from his beloved Fox network. And so they will vote to confirm him.