[Nervous Tick]

>> It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

They’re not mutually exclusive.

[Venturer]

They shot Kerry through there like Grease through a Goose, now they attack Hagel.

Not that I like Hagel, but I cannot stand a traitor and a Glorifed Stolen Glory, band aid wounded, war criminal.

[snoringbear]

I’m beginning to think Hagel is a red herring. Obama has trotted him out knowing he would be shot down. By congress doing this, it will be much harder to shoot down whoever is next. That will be the person that Obama “really” wants in the job. Should be very revealing.....

[Michael.SF.]

Hagel ...(was) unable to explain himself... does not radiate the confidence nor project the intelligence the job demands... he was not prepped properly...he refused to be coached ... he simply isn’t bright.

So he and 0bama are a perfect match!

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

I was surprised at first that I saw nothing objectionable and, in fact, I thought he did quite well during (prepared) initial statement. The surprise appearance of John Warner and Sam Nunn with their seemingly sincere endorsement of Hagel touched me, as a fellow Vietnam Vet. I had to leave my boss’s office after the first hour to do some actual work, and apparently it went downhill from there. The media certainly are playing it as a failure tonight.

But you know what? I’ll bet he gets confirmed. This ad,imistration likely had every vote counted before they ever nominated him. That’s what they do.

TC

[jazusamo]

He was a stumbling bumbling uninformed idiot today.

Hopefully he won’t become number two under Obummer in charge of the defense of our country.

[forgotten man]

“A long time Capitol Hill Democrat astounded by the hearing tells me ‘It is very clear from the testimony that Sen. Hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to the next Mensa picnic’”

LOL

[pgkdan]

Freepers have been calling Hagel an idiot for years. Today he was good enough to prove us correct in that assessment.

[cripplecreek]

It’s fascinating, actually, to see a nominee of this importance do so poorly.

OTOH watch how quickly it goes from "centrist" Obama nominates a republican to, republican nominated by centrist Obama turns out to be incompetent moron. It opens up the path for a far more radical leftist.

[y6162]

Hagel proves Reagan right: It’s not that our liberal friends are ignorant. It’s just that so much of what they believe is not so.

[gov_bean_ counter]

If the Democrats won’t, Republican senators should save the president and the country from an unqualified and unsuited p(r)ick.

Ms Rubin needs a new editor...

[BfloGuy]

“It is very clear from the testimony that Sen. Hagel will not be bringing the potato salad to the next Mensa picnic.”

Now that's funny stuff.

[MissMagnolia]

It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

D. All of the above.

[chainsaw]

It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

I think it’s all three!

[Lancey Howard]

Wow. Brutal
I think this is Ubama’s Harriet Miers ploy - - throw somebody in there to make it look politically correct, and then shrug when the dupe is rejected and get your real nominee in there. I wonder who that would be?

[ozzymandus]

I knew Hagel was dumb, but I was amazed at how stupid he was.

[publius911]

It is unclear whether he was not prepped properly, whether he refused to be coached or whether he simply isn’t bright.

If he's on Hussein's team I vote for "not bright at all." But that never stopped any of the appointed clueless Obama bureaucrats to date.

[fatima]

He doesn’t care.He knows he will get in.

[Ann Archy]

I have always called him...”Sad Sack Hagel”....he LOOKS dumb....he IS dumb!

[Berosus]

Ever notice how U-Haul trailers feature pictures of strange plants and animals, each one unique to a single US state or Canadian province? The U-Hauls for Nebraska feature a picture of a rhinoceros, and for at least since 2004, whenever I have seen one, I thought of Senator Hagel. To my knowledge, he’s the only RINO in the state.