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

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51. Democrats in my community loathed him for his votes, his verbal assaults on gay people and of

course, just for being a Republican. This is not Nebraska. This adoration of Hagel might not be in your head, but among Democrats it must have been tightly confined there in Nebraska.
You claim Democrats liked Hagel, but many Democrats refused to forgive even Democrats who voted for the Iraq War. Hagel voted for the war. Hard to believe all those Democrats who opposed Clinton for her War vote liked Hagel. Really hard to believe. Maybe in Lincoln and North Platte, but not in the rest of the nation.
Or was his war vote and his many votes against my own rights 'in my head'? Was his entire Senate record in my head?
Good lord. I don't like Republicans, sorry. Hagel is one of my least favorite due to his record in the Senate at such a key time in history.
If I supported a Republican for anything, I think the ghosts of my father and uncles would haunt me without quarter. I'm from a Democratic family that is also opposed to the Republican Party in a very serious and cross generational way. So I will never be supporting Hagel. Not going to happen. I'm a Democrat, not just partially nor recently or at times. Also this fucker attacked my community for two terms as Senator from your State. Not going to be flipping for Chuckie. Hope your heart can stand it.
I'm sure he will be approved, but that fact reminds me how far we have to go to get to equality for all people. I've been really sad that so many don't give a fuck about what he said, but if he'd said it about other groups they'd be outraged. Says much more about those folks than it does about Hagel. Situational ethics and self interest.