Posted on 05/29/2008 10:45:08 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - Sens. John McCain and Chuck Hagel have long been friends. Fellow Republicans and Vietnam War veterans, their Senate offices are just across the hall from each other.
But at least during the presidential primary, Hagel's wife, Lilibet, is helping McCain's likely Democratic rival, Barack Obama.
According to Federal Election Commission records, Mrs. Hagel donated twice to Obama's campaign in February for a total contribution of $500. The contributions were first reported by the Washington Post
The contribution came a month before Sen. Hagel, a sharp GOP critic of the war in Iraq, appeared on ABC's "This Week" and declared that he and McCain have "pretty fundamental disagreements on the future of foreign policy."
But Mrs. Hagel is acting on her own, said Mike Buttry, Sen. Hagel's chief of staff. In fact, Mrs. Hagel has contributed to a Democrat before. Last August, she donated $250 to Niki Tsongas, a Democrat and widow of Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts who was running to fill a vacant House seat from the state.
"Mrs. Hagel is a private citizen who is entitled to decide who she supports and how she supports them," Buttry said in a statement. "She has admired Mrs. Tsongas for many years, going back to the time when she was married to Senator Tsongas."
He added: "Senator Hagel has not endorsed or supported any candidate in the presidential race."
May I remind you that McCain has > 80% conservative voting record. I think Hagel is < 50%. Check the ACU site.
In 2006: McCain 65, Hagel 75
Disloyalty seems to run in the family.
Lilly Butt Hagel used to work for a Democrat congressman, so this isn’t surprising.
Sounds to me like the Hagels are old school Beltway hacks.
Darn.. that is one nice fish! I have caught 300 + pounders before but this one looks really big. Man in picture for comparison looks pretty good size himself.
Not soon enough!
I believe Spector and former Minnesota governor Arnie Carlson are the only ones in Hagel's league when is comes to contemptability.
***Lilibet??? ***
Queen Elizabeth’s nickname as a child.
Sounds as though Mrs. Hagel has royal pretensions.
She married an asshole, she might as well support another one.
Lifetime McCain 82.16
Lifetime Hagel 84.
I have been corrected. Should have checked first.
“But at least during the presidential primary, Hagel’s wife, Lilibet, is helping McCain’s likely Democratic rival, Barack Obama.”
She’s not helping Obama nearly as much as McCain is....well, by just being McCain.
My heartburn with McCain is not that he has some liberal notions - an 83 lifetime ACU rating should not be all that bad. But he picks very poorly which issues to side with the libs on: Amnesty, Globull Warming, being two very egregious ones.
Why couldn’t he have picked saving the whales and legalizing pot instead.
I suspect McCain's reason for picking amnesty and global warming -- as opposed to sae the whales and legalizing pot -- could be summed up as "What can I do to piss off conservatives?"
He seems incapable of sticking the knife in without twisting it.
Why doesn’t the spinless monkey just switch sides already?
Hagel’s such a loser.
not to mention lying during the contested part of the primary. He must have called himself a conservative 500 times while he was fending off Mitt and the boys. I have not heard him utter the “c” word since.
I'll admit it. I've come to the conclusion that I will (probably) vote for McCain in November.
But will I have any enthusiasm for the task? No. Will I work the streets and the phones for him? No. Will I send him (or the RNC) any money? No.
And, if he loses, will I care? No, not much.
If he wanted my vote...and my help...and my money...he'd at least act like he cared about some of the things I care about.
McCain now has less than six months to change my mind about his candidacy. But he doesn't appear any closer to even making an effort.
I look forward to helping rebuild the party.
I’m starting from scratch. I’ve helped found the Falcon Party that will be what the GOP could have been if they still had respect for our founders and Reaganism. But good luck.
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