Not the Huffy Puffy Post!
Posted on 08/24/2005 10:21:20 AM PDT by BigDreams
Cenk Uygur on The Huffington Post: Draft Hagel for Defense
At this point, nearly everyone agrees that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should be fired (with the obvious exception of Vice President Dick Cheney, and hence, the President). Republican Senators like John McCain and Trent Lott have called for his dismissal. Nearly every Democrat in Congress believes he should be fired.
Even neoconservatives like Bill Kristol have turned on him. But the question isn’t whether Rumsfeld should be fired – it’s who replaces him?
Whoever replaces the Secretary will hopefully lead the Iraqi operation in a new direction that it desperately needs. If someone just like Rumsfeld comes in place of Rumsfeld, nothing will have been accomplished.
I have a suggestion. It is a man who originally supported the war, who has been strong critic of how the Defense Department has handled the war, who is a conservative Republican and who has fresh ideas about the war. Senator Chuck Hagel.
Realistically, you know the President isn’t going to pick someone outside the Republican Party for this position, nor is he going to pick anyone who disagreed with the Iraq war in the first place. But he can pick someone who has been a rock-solid conservative and someone who at least has constructive ideas on the war.
This plan should have political appeal for everyone involved. Senator Hagel gets to take an important position in the administration and bolster his resume for his possible presidential run in 2008. The administration gets to quiet their strongest critic inside the Republican Party by bringing him into the fold. They also get to bring everyone inside the GOP together by showing a willingness to include dissenters and still stay strong....
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Yep. This stonchs to high hagel. Gonna go have a rummie and coke now.
BigDreams, Tiny Brain
The trollish we never fails to amuse us.
Thanks for submitting your entry to the FR lexicon.
hugh ... series ... stonch ... stuned beeber ...
What sort of new approach to the war do you think would be in order here? I like the idea of nuking the entire country border to border and then sending in the troops...no, wait a minute, sending in the troops and then nuking the place...no, that's still not right. Ask your boy Hagel, he's a military genius.
As Tonto said to the Lone Ranger:
"What do you mean 'we' white man!"
You do know what this means don't you?
We can no longer say that the DUmmies have never contributed to the dialog at FreeRepublic.
Bwwaahhhahahahahaha!
What's "Huffington Post"?
Must be pretty dull over at DU!
sure, uh huh.... Just for clarification, does "stonch" mean "staunch"?
Stonks to high hagle..
You have coined another freeperism.
new word alert.
Stonchs
I am a hugh, stonch hater of lib/com trolls who are or will have their beebers stuned. Series. Vey series!
So much for your BigDreams, trollbait.
NOT!!
Turn the "N" and you get ZOT!!
Kudos for the Tennessee Ernie Ford reference in the title! LOL!
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