Midknight Review -- new and revised: Chuck Hagel, our next Secretary of Defense? He was a terrible Republican but he might be a decent Secretary of Defense.

Chuck Hagel may be our next Secretary of Defense. He served two 6 years terms in the Senate, as a Republican (go figure) and was regarded as one of the most liberal of Republicans. Secretary of Defense? At least it is not the traitor, John Kerry.

In August 2006, Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.

In October 2000, Hagel was one of only 4 Senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel.

In November 2001, Hagel was one of only 11 Senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush not to meet with the late Yasir Arafat until his forces ended the violence against Israel.

In December 2005, Hagel was one of only 27 who refused to sign a letter to President Bush to pressure the Palestinian Authority to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections.

In June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran’s nuclear program at the G-8 summit.

And here’s what the anti-Israel group, CAIR wrote in praise of Hagel: “Potential presidential candidates for 2008, like Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden and Newt Gingrich, were falling all over themselves to express their support for Israel. The only exception to that rule was Senator Chuck Hagel…” [Council on American-Islamic Relations, 8/28/06]

Source: Bloomberg:

But his time in the Senate was not all bad. He:

Voted for the Iraq war

Voted for the Patriot Act

Voted for the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts

Voted for No Child Left Behind

Voted against Bush’s Medicare prescription drug bill

Voted against McCain-Feingold

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Chuck Hagel, our next Secretary of Defense? He was a terrible Republican but he might be a decent Secretary of Defense.

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