[republicanwizard]

I want to congratulate Nebraska from the bottom of my heart for sending this RINO to the Senate.

Why is it everyone picks on Arlen Specter, but no one ever goes after this idiot?

[GoGophers]

I want to congratulate Nebraska from the bottom of my heart for sending this RINO to the Senate.

RINO? The American Conservative Union gave him a rating of 95 in 2002. Hardly the score of a RINO.

[Mo1]

Hagel, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted last year to give the president the authority to attack Iraq but has frequently criticized Bush's execution of the war. He has been especially critical of the lack of allies and U.N. support.

Excuse me Senator but the UN does not dictate US policy on defending ourselves

So do us all a favor and shut up

[PhilipFreneau]

Hagel is a closet leftist. Hagel (along with Kerry, Daschle, and other leftist senators) supported Clinton on going to war with Iraq in 1998, yet Hagel was against Bush going to war with Iraq in 2002. Read about it in the Weekly Standard at:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/607rkunu.asp

And there is this from the National Review:

"In 1998, when the Lewinsky scandal was smashing Bill Clinton's credibility, Hagel gave a speech on global conflict. It was vintage Hagel, full of high-minded apprehension, and it earned the rookie senator plaudits from the likes of the Washington Post's David Broder, the embodiment of the capital's liberal establishment. "Congress must be very careful in what we say and what we do as we proceed along a very dangerous path. We must be careful not to weaken or neuter the president in front of the world," said Hagel. "America must speak to the world with some sense and some semblance of unity. We cannot allow our foreign policy to unravel before the eyes of the world during a very dangerous time."

It's the exact reverse of Hagel's behavior toward President Bush. Some one might remind him that words have meaning."

Read the entire NR article at: http://www.nationalreview.com/12aug02/miller081202.asp

[dennisw]

Why doesn't this goober stifle himself for the sake of Republican party unity. I doubt he would have done half as well as GWBush post 9-11-2001 if he were president.

Why does he give aid and comfort to the RATS and leftists??

[ko_kyi]

`The great reservoir of pro-American good will that has existed in the world since World War II . . . that reservoir is now down very low.''

Is it my imagination or does that "reservoir" usually manifest itself in us giving away free money to backstabbing little cesspools of countries? That kind of "goodwill" we can do without.

[samtheman]

I love the R-France! So true!

[cricket]

``The great reservoir of pro-American good will that has existed in the world since World War II . . . that reservoir is now down very low.''

. . .too bad this waffling and weak less-than-Republican Senator and every self-serving Damrat out there do not feel the least bit committed to standing with our President and thereby helping promote the strength and determination of our Country as it fights the most insidious threat on our planet.

The reality is these people contribute to the our losses - to the the lowering of 'the reservoir of goodwill'; and to the lowering of the moral of our Military as well. Everytime they open their mouths.

OTOH, the Lefties and the determinedly misguided, proudly aid and and give comfort to our idiological enemies, as well as the 'terrorist scum' everytime they open their mouths.

[Theodore R.]

As I recall, it was Secretary of State Powell who projected Hagel into a major Republican senatorial candidate in 1996, but I forget the details of how that came about. Hagel is pretty much a clone of John McCain in foreign affairs; I think he is more conservative than Specter though on domestic matters. And Hagel is as popular (unbeatable) in NE as McCain is in AZ.

[bushfamfan]

He makes me sick. Every chance he gets he takes a shot at President Bush. Hagel should focus on his mental state since he voted for it. Hagel has gone to the dark side. He's no voice for Republicans.

[hgro]

This Hagel character got up one morning and decided that he was the voice of reason in a screwed up world. What really happened was he got up screwed up from smoking his last joint.

[tbpiper]

The great reservoir of pro-American good will that has existed in the world since World War II

Can anyone illuminate any benefit we have reaped from this 'great reservoir of pro-American good will' ?