Senate Republicans on Thursday temporarily blocked the nomination to secretary of defense of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, with Democrats coming just one vote shy from blocking a filibuster.
Congress is in recess all of next week, so another vote for Hagel’s nomination will take place a week from Tuesday, buying Republicans more time to question him and his Washington allies.
“Four Republicans,” reports The Washington Post, “joined all 54 members of the Democratic caucus in voting to end the filibuster.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has made pains to depict himself as a more traditional realist on foreign policy, wary of too much interventionism – similar, in fact, to the reputation Hagel has built for himself – might have provided the 60th vote necessary to block filibuster had he not decided to vote with Republican hawks to block Hagel’s nomination.
“The official tally Thursday was 58 votes to end the filibuster to 40 against doing so, but 59 initially backed Hagel because Reid changed his vote to no so he could use parliamentary rules to quickly reconsider the nomination,” the Post reports.
The leadership of both the Democratic and Republican parties say they expect Hagel to be confirmed when the next vote takes place on Feb. 26. That would make Thursday’s obstructionism merely a political move to show the President and conservative constituents they stood against Obama’s Hagel nomination.
Thanks Rand. Not!
He ain't his daddy. And, those who think he is the successor to lead his daddy's movement are consuming too much Ky moonshine and oxy.
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Well, thank god Congress is proving Hagel 'wrong.'
Rand Paul is officially a tool and a lost cause.
I guess he has to be pressured by the "Special Relationship" gestapo….I see the bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling…some stooge in the background cracking his fat knuckles….
The major donors to both Parties are trying to find a way to derail Hagel's nomination. Both Parties. Both. The rest is theater.
I believe that the Hagel nomination will fail and that most Americans will never comprehend WHY. WHY? Hagel is perceived (by Zionists) as "unfriendly" towards Israel. This perception means DEATH in American politics. In America, one must ADORE Israel. Israel FIRST.
So much for Rand Paul. We know to say no when we are solicitied agin for ammpaign contributions as I'm sure he has the father's list of contributors.In this case the apple did fall far from the tree. Rand is just another unprincipled politician. He was given an orrpotuinity to walk the alk but falteredAs fo.the others who voted against Hagel–,well, we know where their loyalties lies and who pull stheir strings. But there will be an American spring one day and we have long memories.
Same ole same ole.
“We Jewish people control America and the Americans know it. “~Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister, October 3, 2001
“The role of the President of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. ” ~Anne Lewis, Senior Advisor to Hillary Clinton and sister of Rep. Barney Frank
“Politics in America has become a Jewish profession, just like law and the arts. ” ~Ira Forman, The Jewish Daily Forward, March 20, 2008
Time to really wake up America.
Hagel would of thrown out of Defense all the neocon/es-real firsters in management. He would of cleared the nest of vipers out like Jesus did. He is not going to be confirmed because when Schumer said yes I knew it was a phoney vote Schumer knew he could "vote for" Hagel showing unity but it was all show. Jesus must save us now. The Satanist filth rule.
Our support for a murdering Super Evil es-real is what is destroying America.
When will we have another constitutional ammendment that reads" It is unlawful for anyone of dual citizenship to run for an elected office in the USA or to assume any senior advisory role in our national government". When the chips are down, I want US citizens with no other affiliation to make the tought decisions for our country.
And are all Republicans really that slow of mind that it will take another two weeks for them to get their minds in gear?
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Why doesn't antiwar.com want an intelligent discussion about dual citizens holding elected or senior government positions? Why can't we face the music of why the USA government has been infiltrated by persons with outside allegiance?
What makes you think Antiwar.com "doesn't want" such a discussion? A quick Google search returns 267 references to "dual citizenship" on the site. Fox News, 230 references.
My above comments were only posted after I complained about an open discussion about dual citizens two hours after the first comments were submitted.
I see. So you judge our interest in this or that kind of discussion by whether or not we provide you with instant valet comment moderation?
Is there any more proof needed to demonstrate that Paul is a FRAUD and LIAR. He licks the MIC and Neocon boots, just like the rest of them.
sadly it is true Rand Paul is an es-real stooge.