Max Cleland: Next Week ‘The Bullshit’ Stops On Hagel Nomination

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37. Here's what Barney Frank has to say about Hagel, Hagel's history, and this nomination. I happen

to agree with Barney 100%:

"Then-Senator Hagel’s aggressively bigoted opposition to President Clinton’s naming the first openly gay Ambassador in U.S. history was not, as Sen. Hagel now claims, an aberration.He voted consistently against fairness for LGBT people and there does not seem to be any evidence prior to his effort to become Secretary of Defense of any apology or retraction of his attack on James Hormel. And to those of us who admire and respect Mr. Hormel, Sen. Hagel’s description of him as aggressive can only mean that the Senator strongly objected to Hormel’s reasoned, civil advocacy for LGBT people.
I cannot think of any other minority group in the U.S. today where such a negative statement and action made in 1998 would not be an obstacle to a major Presidential appointment.”
http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2013/01/01/barney-frank-strongly-opposes-chuck-hagel-defense-secretary

Hagel's Senate record was abysmal, he had a 0 rating from HRC. I guess if you compare him to other Republicans, you might find one who was worse, but what the fuck kind of standard is that?
He has long been one of the Republicans I most wanted to see voted out. I'm not going to fall in love with a Republican with a long established record of anti gay votes and word and actions because some moderates want to play bipartisan footsie.