A message for the prez - Sen. Chuck Hagel has some unvarnished advice for George W. Bush

U.S. News ^ | 5/22/04

[areafiftyone]

I did a search and did not find this posted. It's a very long article so I excerpted it.

[backhoe]

Hagel seems to have crossed lines with the DNC's talking points FAX machine.

[areafiftyone]

He must be hanging out with Vampira(Pelosi)

[small voice in the wilderness]

Just what IS Chuck Hagel's problem??? I am so sick of these whining, demanding, pathetic republican windbags. His story is not nearly as important as he thinks it is. Just a sad spectacle.

[backhoe]

He must be hanging out with Vampira(Pelosi)

Oh, God! What a ghastly, yet accurate, image. I'll have bad dreams all night!

[plain talk]

"He didn't listen, and I think this president needs to listen more. If he had taken questions he would have heard some things that might have been helpful."

Ha ha ha. Like what? These Republican congressmen are running the most powerful legislative body in the world. They can call a press conference and speak to the media and get out their advice every day of the week. Can anyone recall any words of wisdom lately coming from any of these Republican congressmen that President Bush needs to listen and take notes about in order to conduct the war on terror? the problem is these congressmen have no balls. Instead of sniping about the leader behind his back they should grow a pair and do their job which is reduce taxes, cut spending and slap the dems around.

[jwfiv]

I turn the channel or hit the mute button when Hagel is on.

He's a legend in his own mind and a joke in mine.

[no dems]

Since McCain has said "definetly not", maybe Chuckie is bucking to be Kerry's running mate. Hmmmmmmm.

[MamaLucci]

You know you are "over" as a Republican when the likes of Lincoln Chafee start singing your praises.....Hagel has crossed over to the dark side.

[Dane]

Oh, God! What a ghastly, yet accurate, image(Pelosi, vampira). I'll have bad dreams all night!

I have no doubt that if you were to put a Cross to her face she would hiss, and violently turn away.

[BARLF]

The only way a Republican can get noticed by the media today is to bash President Bush.

[MEG33]

I do the same...saves on the need for Pepcid .

[Dane]

You know you are "over" as a Republican when the likes of Lincoln Chafee start singing your praises.....Hagel has crossed over to the dark side

Yep. Hagel has followed McCain and has become another Monica for Russert and Co. in the liberal media.

[RobbyS]

"I think you've got a president who is not schooled, educated, experienced in foreign policy in any way, versus his father," Hagel says. "I think he was philosophically, intellectually more in tune with the neoconservatives'approach to 'let's go get them, and we'll worry about it later.' "

If anyone talked about me the way that Hagel talks about the President, he would be the last person I would turn to for advise. What a fool. As for this military experience crap, our most successful war president was a man who had only a few months experience as a militia man.

[small voice in the wilderness]

I think helen thomas runs a Rhino senate class on the side. Just like her, Hagel attacks Bush relentlessly then gets his panties in a bunch when Bush ignores him. He really does need to STFU and do his job as a Nebraska Senator and let President Bush do HIS job.

[Oldsailor]

I am living in Nebraska and I even voted for Hagel.......and he has emerged as a McCain wannabe. This guy has bigger things in mind for himself and has no understanding that real republicans do the right thing..........especially in war time.

[gooleyman]

Hagel seems to have crossed lines with the DNC's talking points FAX machine.

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Must have. It makes me sick that the DemocRATS are so impatient with the Iraq progress, but I can understand that they have to do everything including lie to get their power back. But when Republicans bash Bush, it makes me doubly angry because they'll get even more press than the RATS and it does even more damage than the RATS bashing. They seem to think you can fight a war and solve the worlds problems within an hour or two, including commercials, like on TV. Hegel of all people should know this.

Don't they know the plan is to return sovereignty to the Iraqis at the end of NEXT MONTH. Isn't that in and of itself an "exit strategy," the "date certain" they all claim to want.

They're all speaking out of both ends of their digestive tracks.

[lancer]

Just what IS Chuck Hagel's problem???

Don't you know? Republicans have a problem from the moment they become Republicans: they eat their own. They don't know how to do battle with the opposition (dems), but they most certainly know how to destroy their own and they have become quite good at it.

Think I'm kidding? They let the dems drive out Trent Lott as Senate leader and now, under the inept leadership of Bill Frist, they could not stop the filibustering of dems against judicial nominations so Bush has to cut a deal with them to get a few lower level judges appointed.

There's nothing wrong with the Republican party that a pair of cojones wouldn't cure!

[Hotdog]

Calm down...think Clinton (Bill)...an have wet dreams all night long!

[small voice in the wilderness]

I know. I know. I just keep waiting for them to see the light. The only light they see is the little red light on the cameras.