AP: Hagel's wife to back Obama

[FrenchieCat]

Hagel's wife to back Obama

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The wife of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama.

Lilibet Hagel has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday with Susan Eisenhower, the daughter of Republican President Eisenhower.

Hagel, R-Neb., has made no endorsement. Lilibet Hagel said in an Associated Press interview that her decision was independent of her husband. She said she didn't know whether he would make an endorsement or whom he would support.

"You'd have to ask him," Lilibet Hagel said.

She said it will be her first endorsement of a Democrat and that perilous world conditions were a factor.

"The fact is we're in two wars, two of the longest we've ever been in. We've run up a third of our nation's debt in just the past eight years. We're in the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression," she said.

The Hagels know John and Cindy McCain, and she said her endorsement was not meant to slam them.

"This isn't anti-McCain. This is pro-Obama. I'm just convinced he's the right person," she said.

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[Unsane]

1. sweet

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Go Lilibet!

[NEDem]

3. Not much of a surprise. But still excellent news.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. I am sure McCain needs a donation of these right about now

[Genevieve]

5. smile :<))

nice!

[treestar]

6. Cool!

[AtomicKitten]

7. That's huge.

[SoonerPride]

8. Hagel is voting for Obama.

He might not say so at a presser, but he will cast a ballot for Obama.

You betcha!

[progressivebydesign]

9. That's awesome! I love her name, too! What a nice endorsement. n/t

[wanpete]

14. cool, unique name

[occe]

10. nice

cool

[Kerrytravelers]

11. Come on fellow married people! We all know who Chuck will be voting for if he doesn't want to sleep

on the couch.


:rofl:

[54anickel]

12. Why does that sound familiar, "not anti'McCain but pro-Obama"? Did someone

else come out with that a while back? Why am I thinking Greenspan - couldn't have been him.....
Maybe I dreamt it.

[City Lights]

13. Sux to be McNasty!

:rofl:

[1corona4u]

15. LOL, awesome!!!!

:rofl:

[WheelWalker]

16. Tipping point. And so it begins.

[Cha]

17. Wow! This is no small

feat! A thinking person..how refreshing~ Thank you, Lilibet Hagel!

Hope it helps in Nebraska:)