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Chuck McHagel (Conservatives won't take long to scratch this presidential wannabe off the '08 List)
The American Prowler ^ | 2/14/2005 | George Neumayr

Posted on 02/13/2005 10:42:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

AFTER SENATOR JIM JEFFORDS deserted the Republican Party in 2001, Chuck Hagel was furious. Not at his Senate colleague but at Republicans for not accommodating Jeffords' liberalism. Hagel had plead with Jeffords to remain a Republican, promising to help him advance his liberal "dreams" for the GOP.

"Jim, do you really believe you can further your dreams and aspirations by doing this?" Time quoted Hagel as saying to Jeffords. "We can fix this. Give us a chance." Unpersuaded, Jeffords switched parties, and Hagel proceeded to blast the GOP to reporters in terms they like to hear. "We need to take some inventory and to look into ourselves and our party and how we have handled things," he said. The party has "perception problem in this country, that we are a narrower-gauged party, that we are less tolerant."

Hagel proposed that the GOP pump air into the Big Tent by junking moral philosophy. "The Republican Party should be a multifaceted party representing many interests and many views, but generally should be anchored with a philosophy about government," he said. "It shouldn't be a philosophy about morals."

"Is our party in tune with America?" he asked fellow Republicans. Grassroots Republicans, many of whom voted for George Bush on "moral values" and oppose Jeffordsizing the party, will likely turn this question on Hagel should he run in the Republican presidential primary of 2008: Is he in tune with America? And why should the conservative grassroots vote for an anti-Republican Republican who isn't in tune with them?

In what looks like a half-baked Hamlet act, Hagel speaks of running for president to "redefine" a party that "has lost is moorings," a project unlikely to resonate with Red-State Republicans. Like John McCain, Hagel is known as a Republican "populist" even though his agenda to reform the party appeals not to the grassroots but to the tony talk-show set.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: District of Columbia; US: Iowa; US: Nebraska; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: electionpresident; gop; hagel; hagel2008; jeffords; left; mccain; republican; rino
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1 posted on 02/13/2005 10:42:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hagel, another RINO for sure.


2 posted on 02/13/2005 10:45:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: nickcarraway
"It shouldn't be a philosophy about morals."

Amazingly, Hagel has one of the stronger records on abortion and is hardened pro-life.

Even more bizare, check out his ACU and ADA ratings.

He votes conservative, and talks liberal, where I come from, that makes him untrustworthy and an oppurtunist.

3 posted on 02/13/2005 10:46:55 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: nickcarraway

Chuck McRINO...bwahahahahaaa.


4 posted on 02/13/2005 10:48:17 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
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To: ApesForEvolution

Don't be "bwahahahahaaa"ing a marine!


5 posted on 02/13/2005 10:53:51 PM PST by CitizenHelper
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To: CitizenHelper

He is a media hog Senator...and THAT I do not like. When have you seen him support the President about anything? He gets on the shows and gets quoted because he criticizes the President...not because of his service as a Marine.


6 posted on 02/13/2005 10:58:05 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: nickcarraway

RINO Bump


7 posted on 02/13/2005 10:58:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: MEG33

What do you think on Sen. Lindsey Graham of S.C.?


8 posted on 02/13/2005 11:00:10 PM PST by CitizenHelper
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To: NormsRevenge

Hagel is a Bilderberger which is not bad in itself; but I have a huge problem with his being an multilateralist/internationalist/one worlder/ UN lover. The Bilderbergers are basically a bunch of John Kerry loving, Euro loving, one-worlder, UN loving bankers with David Rockefeller as their guru and leader.
Scratch him off your presidential list immediately.


9 posted on 02/13/2005 11:01:54 PM PST by RobertMorrow (H.R. 1146 will WITHDRAW the USA from the United Nations' madhouse/cesspool)
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To: MEG33

Yes, just like his fellow "maverick" republican McCain, the media loves him because he's all-too-eager to bash his own in exchange for face time. But on the chance that he (or McCain) ever got the nomination, how many here would like to bet that his media "friends" suddenly wouldn't be so fawning?


10 posted on 02/13/2005 11:02:35 PM PST by gop_gene
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To: CitizenHelper

Right now? ..I am very disappointed. He seems to be Hillary's best buddy.


11 posted on 02/13/2005 11:03:20 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: CitizenHelper

Marine In Name Only (MINO)


12 posted on 02/13/2005 11:10:20 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
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To: CitizenHelper

I see you just hatched...welcome aboard RINO.


13 posted on 02/13/2005 11:11:30 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
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To: ApesForEvolution

MINO in a bar fight or dark alley, you first? ;)


14 posted on 02/13/2005 11:12:09 PM PST by CitizenHelper
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To: ApesForEvolution

do you spy feathers or scales?


15 posted on 02/13/2005 11:13:36 PM PST by CitizenHelper
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To: CitizenHelper
Hagel won't get the nomination any more than McCain got it.

All together now ...
Gimme a R
Gimme an I
Gimme an N
Gimme an O

16 posted on 02/13/2005 11:21:57 PM PST by CAluvdubya (From the RED part of California)
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To: CitizenHelper

Go away Chuck...


17 posted on 02/13/2005 11:23:03 PM PST by ApesForEvolution (I just took a Muhammad and wiped my Jihadist with Mein Koran...come and get me nutbags.)
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To: CitizenHelper
Don't be "bwahahahahaaa"ing a marine!

Hagel seems to have peaked early in his adult life.

I wish Nebraska would elect a real conservative, instead of this self-important media hound.

18 posted on 02/13/2005 11:23:51 PM PST by Maynerd
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To: nickcarraway

Hagel? Don't go away mad, just go away.


19 posted on 02/13/2005 11:29:52 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Smoke-free since January 16, 2005)
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To: ApesForEvolution

You can't chase the moderate GOP away if they don't agree with you 100%. That is a sure fire way to lose the majority in the House and Senate, unless you like shooting yourself in the foot. Think of them as misguided black sheep in the party.....evolved politickin' 101


20 posted on 02/13/2005 11:32:20 PM PST by CitizenHelper
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