Remember President George W. Bush and the Iraq War during his term? Remember how his popularity seemed to dwindle by the day following the peak at 9/11, and how support for his decision to invade Iraq seemed to diminish by the day as well? Especially after it was reported that the country possessed no weapons of mass destruction, which is why we invaded them in the first place? Yeah, those were the days, right?
Why do I bring this up? Because Senate Republicans filibustered Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel yesterday. It was the first time in our history that this has happened. Why did they do this one may ask? I'll let Arizona Senator and rumored co-lead to the upcoming film Grumpiest Old Men John McCain explain the reasoning. Keep in mind that Chuck Hagel is a former Republican Senator of Nebraska. McCain explained the reason for filibustering the former Republican Senator as follows:
"It goes back to there's a lot of ill will towards Senator Hagel because when he was a Republican, he attacked President Bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since Herbert Hoover and said the surge was the worst blunder since the Vietnam War, which was nonsense. He was anti-his own party and people - people don't forget that."
Ah, yes. In other words, McCain and other Senate Republicans have yet to get over Hagel's critical words from several years ago - words that represented the position held by a growing majority of people at the time. They're still upset that while they stood by President Bush, regardless of how unpopular he and the Iraq War were, appearing to be neutered, Chuck Hagel illustrated he had some cajones, and this left the other Senate Republicans feeling even more limp. Are these elderly Republicans trying to re-live their days in middle school and are going through puberty again as a result? In light of this bit of news, I just heard that next to the term "immature" in the Webster dictionary lies a picture of Senate Republicans, with John McCain front and center.
Segueing from this, I can only imagine Senate Republicans' future reasons for filibustering President Obama's cabinet picks:
- "He said we were old one time. We're not old! We're just very, very, very, very mature!"
- "He sneezed in the middle of a prayer we were having. That was intentional and disrespectful to God!Who does that? Jesus..."
- "He said he believes in all that science baloney, like global warming, evolution, and gravity."
- "The guy is anti-2nd amendment! He said, and I quote, 'Fetuses should not be allowed to carry guns.' So much for the Constitution!"
- "He looked at my wife when he shook her hand and introduced himself. Nobody checks out my wife but me or Ronald Reagan if he were still alive and wanted to do so!"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/15/1187349/-John-McCain-s-very-very-reasonable-explanation-for-why-Republicans-filibustered-Chuck-Hagel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/joe-scarborough-hagel-mccain_n_2693732.html
Why do I bring this up? Because Senate Republicans filibustered Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel yesterday. It was the first time in our history that this has happened. Why did they do this one may ask? I'll let Arizona Senator and rumored co-lead to the upcoming film Grumpiest Old Men John McCain explain the reasoning. Keep in mind that Chuck Hagel is a former Republican Senator of Nebraska. McCain explained the reason for filibustering the former Republican Senator as follows:
"It goes back to there's a lot of ill will towards Senator Hagel because when he was a Republican, he attacked President Bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since Herbert Hoover and said the surge was the worst blunder since the Vietnam War, which was nonsense. He was anti-his own party and people - people don't forget that."
Ah, yes. In other words, McCain and other Senate Republicans have yet to get over Hagel's critical words from several years ago - words that represented the position held by a growing majority of people at the time. They're still upset that while they stood by President Bush, regardless of how unpopular he and the Iraq War were, appearing to be neutered, Chuck Hagel illustrated he had some cajones, and this left the other Senate Republicans feeling even more limp. Are these elderly Republicans trying to re-live their days in middle school and are going through puberty again as a result? In light of this bit of news, I just heard that next to the term "immature" in the Webster dictionary lies a picture of Senate Republicans, with John McCain front and center.
Segueing from this, I can only imagine Senate Republicans' future reasons for filibustering President Obama's cabinet picks:
- "He said we were old one time. We're not old! We're just very, very, very, very mature!"
- "He sneezed in the middle of a prayer we were having. That was intentional and disrespectful to God!Who does that? Jesus..."
- "He said he believes in all that science baloney, like global warming, evolution, and gravity."
- "The guy is anti-2nd amendment! He said, and I quote, 'Fetuses should not be allowed to carry guns.' So much for the Constitution!"
- "He looked at my wife when he shook her hand and introduced himself. Nobody checks out my wife but me or Ronald Reagan if he were still alive and wanted to do so!"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/15/1187349/-John-McCain-s-very-very-reasonable-explanation-for-why-Republicans-filibustered-Chuck-Hagel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/joe-scarborough-hagel-mccain_n_2693732.html
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