(R-NE)Hagel Says McClellan's Book 'Right On'

[maddezmom]

Source: KETV

Sen. Chuck Hagel said Scott McClellan's new book is right on.

McClellan is the former press secretary for President George W. Bush.

His new book is critical of the Bush Administration and its tactics leading up to the Iraq war.

"These are things I've been talking about for some time now and in some cases I have been reviled and ridiculed by my own party for even suggesting such things," Hagel said.

"I saw this. I was just one of the few that said something about it."

Read more: http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/16417838/detail.html

[Fenris]

1. Oh gift, please keep on giving...

[Happyhippychick]

2. Perfectly said.

[Uncle Joe]

48. Well if the twelve days of Christmas hypothesis holds, this is what, day 4 or 5? n/t

[KansDem]

3. Sen. Chuck Hagel is a REPUBLICAN (Nebraska)

The article doesn't make that clear...

[Thickasabrick]

10. He's the only republican I trust - too bad he is retiring. Disagree

with him about most issues but I think he is honest which is a rare thing to find in a republican.

[ingac70]

28. DO NOT TRUST CHUCK HAGEL!

"He also served as a Chairman and was CEO of American Information Systems Inc. (AIS), a voting machine manufacturer, until its name-change to Election Systems & Software (ES&S) in 1997. He had ownership interest in ES&S through its parent company The McCarthy Group as of January 29, 2003"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hagel#Business_career

[monmouth]

4. Save paper and ribbons, too pretty to waste...n/t

[madaboutharry]

5. I am wondering what is up with Hagel.

He has a very conservative voting record. He suspiciously owned the voting machines that counted the votes in his first election to the Senate. And now it is almost as if he is experiencing an Arianna Huffington epiphany.

[maddezmom]

11. I'm thinking it maybe the repulsive way this administration had treated the troops

on top of every other horrible thing they've done.

[gateley]

12. Yeah -- he's not going to run again for Senate .

I wonder if he's THIS CLOSE to switching parties. He's been pretty critical of this administration. :shrug:

[maddezmom]

15. I'm hoping probably against hope that Hagel will endorse Kleeb

[gateley]

19. I'm embarrassed to admit

I don't know who Kleeb is. :blush: Thanks in advance for enlightening me! :hi:

[maddezmom]

24. check out his site

http://www.scottkleeb.com/

:hi:

[gateley]

29. WIll do. Thanks!! nt

[Zambero]

30. Let the dark side keep Joe Lieberman

Jim Webb eventually saw the light, and perhaps (hopefully) Hagel is undergoing a similar transformation.

[Bucky]

44. He's an actual conservative rather than a corporate crony shifting views to fit his pals' needs

Rare breed.

[lisa58]

6. I like Chuck

[fascisthunter]

7. That GOP WORM!!!! To Hell with him TOO!

:sarcasm:

oh... kicked and recommended.

[olddad56]

36. and the same for you.

[fascisthunter]

43. why? I Was Just Joking?

did you misunderstand my post?

[MissWaverly]

8. this deserves a kick to the Greatest Page

Gee, you know Scottie is starting to sound like a disgruntled, left-wing blogger. They
keep to the theme of attacking the person not dealing with the facts. Great American
Hypocrites ride again. Nice to have Chuck confirm what really happened.

:-)

[Frustratedlady]

9. Super. Maybe more will come forward...

or have they had time to gather in the sheep and tell them what to say?

[Thickasabrick]

13. Hagel is the only republican I know of that isn't a huge, lying sack

of shit. Am I missing one?

[Carolina]

17. he still voted for this travesty of a war

[Thickasabrick]

20. He trusted that the administration wasn't lying to him. Colin Powell

did too. I can understand democrats not trusting him but I give republicans a pass...on the trust part.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Lincoln Chafee.

[Thickasabrick]

23. Right!!! Isn't he an independent now???

[Crunchy Frog]

26. I think he's still a Republican.

[Zambero]

31. He officially left the party earlier this year.

I would expect that he resurfaces as a Dem when the opportunity is right.

[galloglas]

14. K and R # 10 !! n/t

[Carolina]

16. woop de fucking doo

here at DU we knew all this before the damn war. We knew they were all lying.

Tell-all books, mea culpas after so much death and destruction boil my blood

To little, too late

FUCK all those proponents of this war, voters for this war and mouthpieces for same. They covered their own comfortable asses and NOW speak out. Tell that to dead soldiers' families, homeless vets, horribly wounded vets, PTSD sufferers...

[maddezmom]

18. while I agree with a bunch of what you said

I'm hoping he'll endorse Kleeb for his seat. :)

[TwilightGardener]

41. Hagel is good friends with Mike Johanns, and endorsed him in the

GOP primary, so I would expect him to stick with Johanns, unfortunately.

[Thickasabrick]

22. It is never too little or too late when we have crazy people in the

white house with access to bombs. I'm grateful for every break we get.

[primavera]

42. That's kind of my thinking as well

I agree that it's hypocritical of these guys to try to excuse themselves from their complicity in the lies that so many recognized for what they were. At the same time, history is being constantly re-written by politicians, e.g., Reagan won the Cold War, the invasion of Iraq was never about WMDs, but was always about liberating the people of Iraq, and so on. And, incredibly, there are a great many American sheeple totally ready to swallow the ever changing lies being told to them. So anything that gets at least some portion of the truth out there to the public seems like a blessing.

[Doctor_J]

25. Hagel's done about everything he could

I don't think he's trying to onto Obama's ticket, but he would make a great Sec Vet Affairs.

[saigon68]

33. Yes we told them that SHIT in 2002 and 2003

They never listened to us. Especially some Nut Jobs around here who thought it was a good thing to kill a few towel heads.

Well fuck those trolls and losers. Its too bad the archives before July 2003 are gone so I can't call out some of those Mother fuckers

</Anger>--- Just a PTSD moment

[NYC]

35. Is that really gone?

Prior to 2003?

I used to have a bookmark for the old DU website and archives, but I can't find it now.

[saigon68]

49. Yes they are all gone

[Jefferson23]

27. You rock Hagel, and lets see what transpires from this, my fingers and toes are crossed.

[Faryn Balyncd]

32. R - I - G - H - T . . . . . . O - N ! ! ! ! !

What more can you say?


:kick:


:kick:

[Shoelace]

34. good for Hagel! Jump that ship before it sinks

good find Maddezmom!:applause:

[happygoluckytoyou]

37. HOPE SNOW LIVES LONG ENOUGH TO WRITE A BOOK

[Bucky]

45. I wouldn't count on Tony Snow turning honest any time soon.

I hope he has a full recovery, but Tony Snow is part of the pack. You could always tell how awkward McClellen felt about tossing out administration BS. Snow had a natural talent for it and was clearly the "best" press secretary for that particular skill set.

[SpiralHawk]

38. Right on

The k and the r.

[Inuca]

39. Some more info on what Hagel said

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/29/news/local/doc483dd621b150f513570749.txt#cancel
Including

Perhaps he “didn’t know the depth of the misrepresentation, dishonesty and disingenuousness” described by McClellan in his new book, the Republican senator said.

[Supersedeas]

50. thanks for the link

[Hope And Change]

40. K & R!

[Supersedeas]

46. will they label Hagel as disgruntled too??

[TwilightGardener]

47. They already have: He's "Senator Betrayus", according to Rush Limpballs.

[unkachuck]

51. "I saw this..

..I was just one of the few that said something about it."

....atta boy chuck....but what did you do to prevent this tragic profit-war?

....what did you do to save the hundreds of thousands of lives that have perished needlessly?

....what did you do to spare our republic this fascist conspiracy and to secure our treasure and liberties?

....your a Senator, chuck, a man with power, a man with a microphone....could you have done more?....should you have done more?