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What was the Real Problem with Pete Hegseth?
American Thinker ^ | 28 Jan, 2025 | Christopher Chantrill

Posted on 01/28/2025 4:31:22 AM PST by MtnClimber

To me, whenever all the Democrats line up united on an issue, as the Democratic Party senators did for the vote on the nomination of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, I always have a question. And that’s different from the question of why a guy like Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would vote with the Democrats.

Just what was their problem with Secretary Hegseth? I mean, it’s not as if he’s going to blow up the Department of Defense and replace Boeing and Lockheed with a brilliant Elon Musk startup and compromise all the senators’ contributions from defense contractors. Seriously: how long do you think it would take Elon Musk to produce a world-beating fighter jet from a standing start? Okay, okay, I know. Elon wouldn’t do that. He would repurpose his Starlink satellites to confuse the radar of the enemy’s planes so that they would shoot each other down.

So what was the problem?

I got the sexual allegations against nominee Clarence Thomas back in 1991. Supreme Court justices get to move the needle, and I am sure that if our Democratic friends knew what Thomas would become in his more than 30 years on the court, they would have found a better accuser than Anita Hill. Sexual allegations are much simpler than an open discussion of the issues.

And I got the sexual allegations against nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Not another conservative on the Supreme Court! Inconceivable! Sexual allegations are much simpler than an open discussion of the issues.

So what was the problem with Hegseth?

Here are two ideas. First, the Democrats are the Inner Party. When you are the Inner Party, you get to flood the zone with sexual allegations and don’t you forget it. Second, it is much easier to blacken a candidate

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: christopherchantrill; democrats; hegseth; leftism; petehegseth
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To: Ex-Con777

“Try explaining that to someone born after the fall of the Soviet Union.”

The fact that the Soviet Union supplied weapons to the North Vietnamese still angers people in the Pentagon and Congress. These people are taking out their anger on the Russians.


21 posted on 01/28/2025 5:13:18 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: babble-on

“lack of any managerial or leadership experience were also important”

I suspect that at the Secretary of Defense level most everything is done by consensus after lots of meetings.


22 posted on 01/28/2025 5:15:16 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Turtle’s no vote was revenge for Trump insulting his Chinese wife.


23 posted on 01/28/2025 5:15:48 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: MtnClimber

His alleged problem is that he’s anti-woke. IMO.


24 posted on 01/28/2025 5:16:36 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino and)
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To: Fresh Wind

I think I read that McConnell walked over to the Democrats after his ‘no’ vote on Hegseth.

Is my thought on that correct?


25 posted on 01/28/2025 5:17:35 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber
Maybe he is not gay enough, like our new treasury secretary.

Bessent makes history at Treasury as highest-ranking LGBTQ official

26 posted on 01/28/2025 5:34:26 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: MtnClimber
Maybe he is not gay enough, like our new treasury secretary.

Bessent makes history at Treasury as highest-ranking LGBTQ official

27 posted on 01/28/2025 5:34:26 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: babble-on

His 2017 sex escapade was a big problem; but his qualifications and his subsequent huge change of attitude led many of us to want to give him a second chance.


28 posted on 01/28/2025 5:36:13 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: MtnClimber

“First, the Democrats are the Inner Party. “

Does that mean that Democrats are the Deep State Party?


29 posted on 01/28/2025 5:40:37 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Brian Griffin
It is a Crusader-style Jerusalem cross I believe.

Wasn't that same cross on Carter's funeral program?

30 posted on 01/28/2025 6:06:07 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: MtnClimber

What was the Real Problem with Pete Hegseth?

He would do what he said what he would do not just show up at work to get the pay check.

That scares the hell out of the twisted hacks it could become a habit in D.C..


31 posted on 01/28/2025 6:09:56 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

“What was the Real Problem with Pete Hegseth?”

**********

The Swamp can’t control him.


32 posted on 01/28/2025 6:28:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Erik Latranyi

Trump and Pete love America and might lift the blanket to uncover the hidden secrets.


33 posted on 01/28/2025 6:36:52 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: babble-on

Which Nazi Tats are you referring to? The Catholic Cross?


34 posted on 01/28/2025 6:37:38 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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To: MtnClimber

He’s not Deep State.


35 posted on 01/28/2025 6:39:30 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Blueflag

His page said that Dick Cheney is his hero.


36 posted on 01/28/2025 6:40:16 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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To: MtnClimber

It’s all in his book, War Against Warriors.


37 posted on 01/28/2025 6:49:39 AM PST by mware
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To: Starboard

Yes it’s why they hate Trump too they are pro America.


38 posted on 01/28/2025 6:52:58 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: FLT-bird
Oh he is not gullible. He is one of FR's long running trolls.

We keep them around for amusement. You poke his belly and anti-american lies (aka DNC talking points) spew out just like clock work.

39 posted on 01/28/2025 6:54:57 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: MtnClimber

I compared Pete Hegseth with another Secretary of Defence when they were first appointed, Donald Rumsfeld.

Similarities:
- Both were young when appointed (Rumsfeld 43, Hegseth 44)
- Both graduated from Princeton in political science (although Rumsfeld took sometimes before finishing his degree)
- Both served in the military (Rumsfeld a pilot in Navy, Hegseth in Army)
- Both serves under a Republican President

Differences:
- Hegseth went to combat (Iraq and Afghanistan). Rumsfeld served during the cold war, so never in combat
- Hegseth went on to get a Master’s degree in Harvard
- Rumsfeld was in politics and government before appointed as SoD (a Congressman, cabinet member and ambassador under Nixon)
- Hegseth wrote books and later commentator for Fox News Channel


40 posted on 01/28/2025 6:59:18 AM PST by paudio (NEW MATH: 45=47)
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