Posted on 02/26/2013 3:29:41 PM PST by Corporate Democrat
WASHINGTON — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said his support for a filibuster against Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel never meant that he would vote against Hagel's confirmation.
"I voted no because I wanted more information and I think that part of what the Senate does is try to get information about the nominees," Paul told reporters in the basement of the Capitol after Hagel's confirmation Tuesday. "I've said all along that I give the president some prerogative in choosing his political appointees."
"There are many things I disagree with Chuck Hagel on, there are many things I disagree with John Kerry on, there are very few things I agree with the president on, but the president gets to choose political appointees," Paul said.
Asked if he ever got the information he wanted about Hagel, Paul said that he hadn't.
Paul implied that he might vote yes on final passage at Monday's New York Meeting.
After weeks of controversy, Hagel was confirmed by a vote of 58-41 on Tuesday.
Why did we expect any differently?
Another phoney baloney politician. I’d really like to know what he and the others were promised. Or were they threatened?
I think we all expected more.
Another name we can forget when it comes to 2016
So, I guess that leaves Ted Cruz as the last Conservative in the Senate?
Meno to Rand:
FU*K YOU RINO
It is not reasonable to expect this president to have ever nominated a desirable candidate--Obama hates America.
Who asked you to go bring logic, common sense, and wisdom into this perfectly good holier than thou pissing contest!!! /sarc
Well done. Well stated.
The vote:
58 - Aye
41 - Nay
, 1 - Not voting
Not Voting:
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Republicans Voting Aye:
Cochran (R-MS)
Johanns (R-NE)
Paul (R-KY)
Shelby (R-AL)
It's an animus toward the military and Israel.
Meno to Rand:
Exercising your “Right” to be stupid ?
oh, THATS intelligent. Now Rand Paul is a RINO? Puh-leeze, the word is meaningless when thrown around like that.
...expected more but we got the curly cue of ....another insider.... Shame on Rand Paul
don’t trust any of these guys, period
Perhaps, he is; probably isn't. But why should "newbies" be forbidden from posting bad news for conservatives?
Is there, in your opinion, a time period during which new members may only post pictures of cute kittens?
Not me. I don't trust any of these people any longer. No, I take that back.....maybe Allen West. But he's out of the game and doesn't matter.
I’m pretty shocked at how often I’m hearing this “the President should have the nominees he wants” line of bull. If that were true, there would be no need for confirmation. You never heard anyone saying that when we had a Republican President.
Thank you, we create unrealistic expectations which results in disappointment. This is not heaven—we go for the best we can get.
It`s more intelligent than the ignorance that Paul vomited , “I give the president some prerogative in choosing his political appointees.”
So, no matter how incompetent , how ignorant, how anti-semitic he will confirm any buffoon the head anti-semite in the WH nominates.
“You can’t tell me that a man of principle is all of a sudden going to abandon those principles because “the president gets to choose political appointees”. That just doesn’t make sense.”
Go ahead, defend this intellectual anencephalic of yours`.
And what will you do when Cruz disappoints, and it will happen. Free Republic has become a giant demolition derby. One strike and you’re out.
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