I agree, get over it and get to some serious issues like GAY rights, will ya?

I agree with you Ursula! The Insane Clown Posse GOP members are putting on a show!

I'm no Hagel fan, but this whole thing is ridiculous. This can only be about old scores and anti-anything Obama.

Oh Lil, just walk out of the closet and get it over with.

BCWC - who's in the closet, been out for years! I do have a "little people" friend that finally came out of the cupboard...

Lil ... I hope that friend was not Mother Hubbard ... a sad tale of a dog gone stiff and pale.

Sen. Graham is like an animal strutting around Pissing on everything to mark its territory, however, Grahams scent is so Weak, The Big Dogs just Mark over his Weak scent.

I'm surprised Graham is'nt more concerned with the Theft of Personal Info ofa few Million SC Taxpayers! I'ma guessing them God Fearing Taxpayers in SC think it was Gods Will & will hold No One Responsible, including Gov. Haley.

Real America can only Hope that 2014 will return to "Hope & Change" that moves this Country Forward.

You Betcha!

Occupy SoggyBottom!

"It would be unprecedented for a Secretary of Defense to take office without the broad base of bipartisan support and confidence needed to serve effectively in this critical position"

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Yet in 2008 Cornyn won 55% to Richard Noriega's 43% to represent TX in the US Senate. Hagel has 58 of 100 public 'yes' votes.

Look in the mirror you dumb *ss! It is no less "unprecedented" for you to represent TX with 55% support than it is for him to run the DoD with 58% and counting. I'm so sick of these self-righteous SOB's!

Is this not a cabinet post that The P.O.T.U.S. needs to fill with his choice and his opinion of confidence?

Ironic coming from Graham and Inhofe. Tea Party fav Cruz is just a joke. If you had told me they'd unite against Hagel a year ago, I would have bet good money that you were wrong.

I suspected they might. Hagel is actually a pretty easy target, but since the president already folded on Susan Rice, I suspect that Hagel will be the next defense secretary no matter what.

As a Gay American I can only sat that Senator Graham can butch it all up (I use that term loosley), out do Tea Party crazy, get all up in your face Dixie (the South shall rise again), walk all he wants with a "Finishing School for Men" saunter... strut (still needs work) and he is still at the end of the political day a self loathing... everybody knows... full-tilt, Dr. Richard Bachman'esque Homosexual! His only saving grace is that his constituents are as stupid as dirt... and if not for that... the science hating, Double Wide, FOX watching Homophobes would vote him out of office in a Carolina second (2 days I believe). Hell... if he were in the military he would still (even now) be broadcasting that he had a made-up (Mother approves) darling little Girlfriend back in the States!

Well the "Party-Of-NO" once again loses a political battle with their inept and perennial stalling tactics! Next in their bag of 'clown tricks', continuing to change from pretend legislators to jackasses!

Well said, Tank Carson, well said. I myself have my suspicions that Ms. Lindsey Graham and one Senator John McCain(even deeper in the closet) have been engaging in a love affair for years with each other. They are always quite the twosome and they seem to always defend each other, quite vigorously at times.

Republicans blocking this will only fuel the sentiment by Americans that they will not compromise about anything.

When will the GOP stop this "dog and pony" show? Republicans are constantly trying to pick petty quarrels or over-power the President of the United States. I've seen Lindsey Graham's "eye" tooth so many times it makes me sick.

Republicans, it is not what your "job" to constantly obsess with trying to force failure on, or to try to somehow "defeat" the President of the United States, and Republicans look more and more stupid everyday!

Congressmen/women were sent to Washington to do the people's work, NOT to continue to try to find ways to start arguments and create battles with the man that the American People chose to be President.

The question we all should be looking at is this...have the republicans backed anything that Obama has put forth..from what I have read so far..no..so why should they support anyone Obama comes up with now ?

Hagel will be confirmed.

Another obvious public relations winner for the party of Lincoln.

Immigration reform will make the Hagel confirmation look like the Kerry confirmation...

Maybe Obama should just shock the s*** outta all of them and withdraw Hagel and nominate McCain. Then we can watch the party really start. Can you imagine?? So either the repubs would turn on McCain which I would pay money to see, or the democrats would vote him down and then we can start ALL over again with Hagel. How much do you want to bet that McCain would have no problem with Hagel at that point?? I say, if they want to play politics then start dealing.

Hagel will be confirmed.

Next, let's hope Republicans concentrate on helping to fix the failed Obama Economy.

Republicans are so out of it, they think Hagel gets money from 'friends of Hamas', a made up name, group doesn't even exist, yet republicans (and Fox) reported and acted on it as if it were true. I've never seen such a stupid bunch of idiots in my life. Can republicans do ANYTHING positive? Doesn't seem possible to me.

We definitely need Hagel confirmed - at least he is not a stooge to the military industrial complex.

Everyone has had more than ample time to examine Hagel's record and make up their minds.

It's time to bring it up for a full Senate vote. Voters are getting very tired of a few vocal members of Congress preventing the representatives we as a majority elected to do their jobs on our behalf. Gumming up the works because your side doesn't have the votes is childish and not the way a democracy is supposed to work.

Well last week or so, Cry baby Bonner said the President was trying to destroy the Republican part completely. All the President needs to do is set back and let the Rep's destroy themselves. They are doing that just fine. Did anyone see the peace where the Koch Brothers are stepping back to see what happened in the 2012 election. Seems they lost with everyone that they backed. All the money for nothing. Man that had to hurt. There old tactics are old and don't work with America anymore. Even the Dumbest of people seem to be on to the Koch Brothers and Friends. I have always wondered why people would vote for someone that was going to do harm to them and what they earn?????? That has just killed me. People's hate over riding good judgement. I think many of those people have wised up and seen how they have been used and then cast aside. I remember when the Tea party was in DC and some old hillbilly woman said the President is a layer. The reporter ask what he lied about, She said I don't know be he is a layer. They didn't give the talking points if someone ask her a question. They wanted to do like Sharron Engle and don't let her talk to show how stupid she is. Mr. President, Do not drop Chuck Heagel. He is a good man and you need to fight hard for him.

It tells me that your chimps do nothing but throw their own feces now and ticket sales have dropped to nearly nothing because most people won't pay to watch that...

It tells us that the republicans will eat their own just for politics.

The pro-Israel and pro-military industrial complex TRAITORS do whatever they can to derail Hagel's nomination. Pay attention to these traitors, Americans!

It's about time that the Senate starts taking its job seriously. The man is woefully unqualified and under prepared. Not to mention that his whole outlook on foreign policy does not match the position the US has taken on the major issues confronting us, NK. Iran, etc...
But don't expect Obama to give a crap what the Senate thinks, he will ignore their advice and continue to push, partisan hack style, for Hagel's confirmation. And when that happens we can look forward to having three people asleep at the wheel when it comes to mananging foreign policy, Obama, Kerry and Hagel.

BTW, to all that skipped over reading the letter sent by the Senators to Obama, I suggest you read the letter. It is well thought out , to the point, done in a bipartisan spirit and with the good of the country in mind.

Read the full letter here.

With Hagel at the helm you can expect Iran to push forward even faster, with his blessing, than thety are now.

UN watchdog: Iran installing sophisticated devices at uranium enrichment plant

By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News

In a move seen as a defiant step as world powers look to rein in Iran's nuclear program, the county has started installing sophisticated centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment plant, a U.N. nuclear report confirmed on Thursday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that 180 of the so-called IR-2m centrifuges and empty centrifuge casings had been hooked up at the plant near the town of Natanz, Reuters reported Thursday. The centrifuges were not yet operating.

The advanced centrifuges are expected to accelerate Iran's ability to process more highly enriched uranium. The West and Israel are fearful that such material could be used to build an atomic weapon.

BTW, to all that skipped over reading the letter sent by the Senators to Obama, I suggest you read the letter. It is well thought out , to the point, done in a bipartisan spirit and with the good of the country in mind.

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Chuck Hagel is a Republican. Republican Senators oppose his confirmation. The President can't be partisan hack when he is "pushing" a member of the other party for nomination.

Holding up the nominations of the various cabinet members is NOT good for the country, and the very same bi-partisan folks you cite confirmed SoS Kerry overwhelmingly, so one must surmise that the senators don't share your (I am sure well researched and supportable) assertion that he is "ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL".

The venting of spleen crowd may be a fun counterpoint to the cheerleaders in the pep squad, but you are as biased and misinformed as they are and often even moreso...

The "failed Obama economy". You mean the one where the DOW has doubled and is still rising? Where the housing market rebounded and unemployment has went down? You guys live in la la land, seriously.

After Bush's failure of an administration I was laid off, along with millions of other Americans. Under Obama the economy rebounded, new investors came in and bought up my old company - reinvesting and expanding it. And now I have a better job with the new owners.

I'll take the "failed Obama economy" every time over failed Republican trickle-down B.S.

"While we respect Senator Hagel's honorable military service, in the interest of national security, we respectfully request that you withdraw his nomination,"

"Because we really do think there is something to this Friends of Hamas thing." They forgot to print the whole sentence so I did it for them.

Hey Dangerous Mind,

about that DOW...

Just don't forget what happened in 2000, and then in 2008...

Let's just say that after the first quarter earnings reports come out, the way it's starting to look from the disastrous results some companies have already reported for January. Plus consumer confidence is down. And U.S. companies restocked their store shelves and warehouses at a slower pace in December, a sign of caution as sales weakened. Not to mention if the sequester actually takes effect and Obama fails to avert this disaster, the DOW is going to take a nose dive like something out of a James Cameron film.

I'm talking Titanic meets the Abyss...

Except if you're a Democrat, then I say: buy every stock you can get your hands on! Take another mortgage on your house and buy stocks like there's no tomorrow!

Good luck! ;-)

Duqu - Are the Jews that run our banking going to make it dive again?

I mean really - Senator Ted Cruz is their rising star?????????

RalphH said

Duqu - Are the Jews that run our banking going to make it dive again?

Na, I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Just simple economics.

Once a bunch of dismal quarterly earnings reports start to cause a few stocks to dive it might start a stampede.

All the conditions are there for another collapse. It's just a question of what will set it off first.

Just think back to how things were looking back in 2000 and again in 2008. Looking back, there were many warning signs...

And God help us if this sequester really takes effect. Then the excrement will really hit the fan.

Duqu,

The election is over you don't have to make up campfire horror stories about how Obama's destroying America. Nobody bought what you guys were selling. All I have to do is look at the numbers before and after Obama and I know you guys are full of crap. Anyone with a brain and google can do the same. Thus you guys lost.

But please keep crowing falsehoods about how the sky is falling. Keep making stuff up about Obama, 2014 is coming. It'll help us out tremendously.

The Republicans in the Senate might want to consider the fact that they DO NOT represent the entire country. These obstructionists were elected to represent their own states but now they have decided to block everything and anything with Presidents Obamas name on it. This is not responsible governing it only serves to damage the country and divert attention from critical issues that need to be addressed. The American people are watching and in 2014 will punish the Republican/Tea Party for their childish and un-patriotic behavior.

You know a party's really gone off the rails when the guy from 'Bama is one of the sensible ones.

If he gets 60 votes in the Senate I would call that "broad based bipartisan support," wouldn't you?

If he gets 60 votes in the Senate I would call that "broad based bipartisan support," wouldn't you?

With only THREE Republicans voting in favor???

Over the last fifty years NO NOMINEE FOR SEC. OF DEF. HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH MORE THAN THREE VOTES AGAINST THEM!

Hagel received 40 votes against him in the last vote in the Senate. This is not "broad bipartisan support" at all. All you have to do is look at ANY Secretary of Defense who was confirmed in the last fifty years.

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And to Dangerous Mind, who said:

The election is over you don't have to make up campfire horror stories about how Obama's destroying America. Nobody bought what you guys were selling. All I have to do is look at the numbers before and after Obama and I know you guys are full of crap. Anyone with a brain and google can do the same. Thus you guys lost.

But please keep crowing falsehoods about how the sky is falling. Keep making stuff up about Obama, 2014 is coming. It'll help us out tremendously.

All I can do is try to warn you about not putting too much of your savings in the stock market right now.

This house of cards is about to crash. The mounting debt, the irresponsible policies of both Democrats and Republicans over the past four years (sequester anyone...), and the weak economy (what about those unemployment numbers??), are all going to come together to create the next big recession. And the DOW is going to be the first thing that will crash.

This is not the first time this has happened. All you have to do is look back at 2000 and 2008, and you'll see that this is nothing personal against Obama, it's just simple economics.

But if you want to bet your money on this economy continuing to roll ahead while its wheels are coming off their hinges then good luck with that!

With only THREE Republicans voting in favor???

Over the last fifty years NO NOMINEE FOR SEC. OF DEF. HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH MORE THAN THREE VOTES AGAINST THEM!

Hagel received 40 votes against him in the last vote in the Senate. This is not "broad bipartisan support" at all. All you have to do is look at ANY Secretary of Defense who was confirmed in the last fifty years.

True, no Sec. of Defense in the last 50 years has been confirmed with so many "against" votes, but then again, we haven't seen a political party as crazy and lockstep against the sitting President as the GOP is in the last 50 years either.

If the GOP we're working with the President over the last 5 years, confirming judges and a myriad of appointees to various posts, and NOT breaking filibuster record after filibuster record, you might have a point. If Hagel's nomination were statistical outlier, rather than the norm, you might have a point.

As it is, the GOP have filibustered so many nominations now, that even if one came along that they had reasonable and valuable objections to, it wouldn't matter cause they've cried wolf so many times now that the public (and the Democrats) have grown tired of the shtick and just ignore they're whimpering/whining/crying. I'd be more concerned about a nominee if the republicans DID NOT filibuster at this point, as THAT behavior is outside their normal one at this point...

I couldn't agree more, DrowningGrover.

Plus, it's hard to take anyone seriously when they think wheels have "hinges."

Personally, I think the real reason the R's have fought Hagel's nomination so hard is not only the basic ideological differences some of them see between themselves and the nominee, but also the fact that he was in their camp for 8 years. It'd be like going to a group panel interview for someone applying for a job at your workplace and finding out the candidate is your ex. Sure, they might be qualified, but you sure as heck don't want them hired considering what they know about you and might be able to say to others. Whatever he may know about his formor colleagues could potentially give Hagel considerably more leverage than a GOP outsider might have down the road in dealing with congress.

* attacked a nominee for ambassador for being too gay!

Which GLBT advocacy groups have opposed Hagel's nomination?

* attacked American Jews and supporters of Israel by perpetuating the anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about the "Jewish Lobby"

Which Jewish groups have opposed Hagel's nomination?

* voted against a bill in the Senate which was supposed to support Roe vs Wade

Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973; Hagel became a senator in 1997. What possible relevance could this have, if it even happened?

* And called America the world's bully on Al Jazeera!!! As if they need another person bad mouthing America on their channel...

Untrue. See nbcnews.com for video and transcript.

Feisty, did you get to see your buddy Jesse Jackson Jr. weeping over his petty ($750,000) fraud/stealing crime? Maybe you should give his wife a call and give some comfort... or is she in jail already as well?

I know you love weepers so much...

What's your problem Michelle? Jackson isn't getting away with anything. Nor should he. Feisty has nothing to do with what Jackson did.

Lil, liberals dumped all over Jesse Jr. months ago ... we don't kick dead horses. But hey, go with whatever you find kinky. I am sure that there is a dead horse porno site in your neck of the swamp.

Feisty voted for the guy...

I voted for President Clinton twice. Am I responsible for him lying before the Grand Jury investigating Whitewater?

My dad voted for President Nixon. Is he responsible for the Watergate cover-up?

Is everyone who voted for Mark Foley responsible for the kids who got molested?

Feisty voted for the guy...

NO I didn't!

I voted for Tammy Duckworth you dumb@!$%#!

Personally, I'm hoping the judge throws the book at him AND his wife to send a message!

The same way they did with Blago!

I'm tired of these crooks giving my great state a bad reputation!

Do try to keep up... cupcake!

we don't kick dead horses, not that is hilarious!!

Anyone ever hear "Bush" mentioned on this thread recently?

Lil Michelle, beautiful avatar, brainless comments!

I think most of us realize that political corruption is on all sides of party lines.

Lil Michelle is way out of her league here. Go find the blog for dummies Michelle and learn how to engage intellectually.

"his statements regarding Iran were disconcerting"

OF COURSE this angers the GOP. His statements were 100% accurate and indicate good judgement and a handle on the FACTS. Having a handle on the FACTS makes him a RINO for SURE!

Actually, nobody has mentioned Bush on this thread as I can see. Unless you're not speaking of President Bush.

You might not have noticed it, but Bush was President when he ordered our country to war with Iraq.

An IQ of 1.62 ... I am impressed. But seriously Lil, anyone with a real IQ of 162 would be embarrassed to be posting here. Lincoln's was 128, Einstein's a mere 160.

Jesse Jackson..really? How about we talk about Republican Senator Domenici and his disgusting behavior while a senator. Or we can talk about John Edwards and his many, many digressions. Or we can talk about Chris Lee, or Elliot Spitzer, or Traficant, or Duke Cunningham. If you can't face the issue at hand without devolving into petty partisanship you're just a part of the problem.

You misread the instructions for IQ's for dummies Michelle, you don't get to make up your own IQ. Can you explain to all of us what an IQ test is Michelle? Can you even tell us what the letters IQ stand for?

Has anyone noticed that the new number one opposition to Chuck Hagel is Ted Cruz, a brand new Senator, who has already completed 2 trips to Israel? He has been a Senator, all of 3 months. The Israelis wasted no time.

Apparently, he has been selected as Israel's new champion in the Republican Senate. He will be serving his new constituemts in Israel, getting handsome contributions from Jewish donors and AIPAC. I guess Israel recognizes that Mitch McConnell and John Mccain are on their way out and planned for the day by supporting a new American politician, willing to sell out America for Israel.

Texans should wake up and get rid of this guy before he sells out the whole country.

Most IQ tests are flawed models for testing anything other than memory retention and information processing anyway. Typically, if you've done IQ tests, you know that you will test out over a range of numbers over time. I've tested as low as 108 and as high as 132, but I usually center in the 115-120 range.

Oddly, even though I write for a living, I actually test lower on IQ tests that emphasize creative thinking, so vocation is usually not an indicator of how well one will score.

There are no drawbacks to having a high IQ. The only drawbacks that exist, as with any character trait, are drawbacks in how well you respond socially to other peoples' reactions to the character trait.

WoW Michelle, Try reading ( FLASE FLAG Bush and Cheney and the Saudis created the Post-911 World ) !!!

[An IQ of 1.62 ... I am impressed.]

You sly dog, you...too bad the person with the "high IQ" didn't catch it.

Mickey,

Seeing as we have dumped the cent up here I need to round it off ... 1.60

Michael,

The Prometheus Society does list a few adverse affects to an IQ of 160+ ... Socialism, atheism and low-fertility

More liberal hate-mongering in this post- business as usual

i thought all libtards had super high IQ's. after all on the intraweb here, they feel compelled to layout in great detail the education pedigree and 1% employment status.

FLASE FLAG Bush and Cheney and the Saudis created the Post-911 World

LMFAO.

Michelle. What chapter of Mensa are you currently associated with? Surely you would prefer to discuss matters of importance with more intelligent people than you suspect are of this vine.

[i thought all libtards had super high IQ's.]

BCWC, I think Commodus is jealous of the "libbies".

Michelle wrote:

oh please... you too lazy to look it up or something?

I honestly didn't think you could tell us. I just wanted to prove you lied about your IQ.

No I'm not to lazy to look it up, so I'll help you, ( intelligence quotient) "IQ, is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess intelligence". You do need to read the book, "What to do when you're out of you element intellectually". The answer is stop talking.

Mickey,

That is akin to saying a Culus is capable of feelings ... other than constipation.

Can one of you please tell me why you all keep engaging the troll? He does this and you are all falling for it. Stop feeding the troll and eventually he will shrivel up and die off. It is quite obvious that this is a person of low moral integrity who uses a low class porn girl as his avatar. He never has anything of substance to add to the mix (yes, I did too engage the creep, but have not in some time) and is constantly playing some twisted game. This is not a very mentally balanced person, so let's stop enabling this person.

Alaska,

Yes Mam!

Is it not a wee bit early for the green? I still have my orange out.

Maybe a 162 IQ doesn't involve being able to process language? Take the phrase "Anyone ever hear "Bush" mentioned on this thread recently?". "This Thread" does not mean all threads. The only person mentioning Bush in this thread is Lil Michelle. So I wouldn't tout a 162 IQ if you can't even understand what you wrote.

This is much more fun than discussing arguing pointlessly about politics!

TO: Lil Michelle who wrote

"we don't kick dead horses, now that is hilarious!! Anyone ever hear "Bush" mentioned on this thread recently?"

Bush isn't what I would call a "dead horse" but Republicans have been pretending that they "never heard of the guy" ever since Bush left office.

BTW, I'm happy to kick Bush's azz each and everytime Republicans bring him up, or mention the name George "Curveball" Bush.

He never has anything of substance to add to the mix (yes, I did too engage the creep, but have not in some time) and is constantly playing some twisted game

You retards dont believe anything is substance unless its carrying Oblamo's water. Anything outside of that 'lacks substance'.

BCWC: 'Tis only a wee bit early if you are not Irish! I like to get the party rolling a little earlier than some!

Thank you for your "yes mam"! Feel free to continue chipping away at "block head" though!

Be good sheep and follow AlaskaGirls wishes, people!

Sheesh, pathetic little adults...

@ AmericanGirl - he's much more old news than Jesse Jr., true?

Lil Michelle-

unfortunately having a high IQ has many drawbacks, but then again, most people on here probably wouldn't know that... how about you MO, you know the drawbacks of a high IQ?

I would think that a person constantly being refered to as "Einstein" could get annoying.

"Nice PowerPoint presentation, Einstein".

"That movie sucked. Nice choice, Einstein".

"Hey Einstein!! Forget where you left your keys, again?"

Etc. and so forth...

Salud

Nap time, lil michelle. Maybe you can work on your Obama hate, it is unbecoming.

Lil E. Michelle...Soooooooooper Geeeeeeeeenius.....

Maybe you and Commodus can date...he claims to be smarter than everyone too. Your children can be real smart-asses.

"Feisty, did you get to see your buddy Jesse Jackson Jr. weeping over his petty ($750,000) fraud/stealing crime?"

And that has what to do with the moron Republicans in the senate getting their asses handed to them by Preaident Obama --- again???

But Lil --- since you're talking about criminals -- remember REPUBLICAN Tom DeLay -- the former majority whip in the House. He's now a REPUBLICAN CONVICTED FELON.

Lil Michelle

"yeah Mo, IQ of 162 here, you?

Bosco, barely a thread goes by without someone blaming Bush for anything from wars to warts... keep up ok bud?"

Well... You can't trust every quiz you find on the interwebs there Michelle... Speaking of... How's that French model working out for you?... And you've brought up Bush (in a defensive way) more often than anyone else here today... After questioning (falsely) someone elses voting history... I'm sorry, but you're not exhibiting the symptoms of your claims.

Lil Michelle is so stupid she thinks that just because you live in Illinois you must have the option of voting for Jesse Jackson Jr. I live in downtown Chicago and guess what - dummy - he wasn't on MY ballot! See, we have districts and you only vote in YOUR district.

Please someone - explain the voting process to Lil Michelle so she'll go away and try to think of more hatred to spew!

I'm enjoying seeing my name on the interwebs. I see why some of you live here. I might have to try this more.

Oh, and as far as Bush being old news compared to Jesse Jackson Jr... there's a big difference between them. What JJ Jr did was discovered and prosecuted and he will be paying the price for his actions. We are all paying the price for the actions of Bush faking his (our) way into a war.

And that same concept holds for any president. We all are affected by their decisions and should never forget the past. Much different from a man committing a crime and being punished for it. It's done. No more news about it. Next story please.

Ok, I only have a 155, myself, but here are some of the drawbacks I've noted.

Not knowing if you are talking over someone's head, without meaning to.

Social ostricization because of repeatedly doing the first.

Being thought of as an intellectual elitist, when you aren't

Overcompensating and dumbing down your vocabulary too much, thus offending people who assume you think they are stupid.

Often not engaging in what otherwise could be enjoyable discourse for fear of either a) out-thinking the room, or b)offending people you don't wish to offend when you try to debate at their level.

Being in groups and finding what they think is engaging discussion is, to you, hideously innane. (like, for example, my co-workers constant chatter about NASCAR and shotguns.)

And yes, when I lived in Chicago, I worked in Chicago Heights, and Jesse Jr was the rep for that district. I'm surprised he was on feisty's ballot in Roselle.

I'm surprised he was on feisty's ballot in Roselle.

Dave,

He wasn't! I am in the 8th district and the race was between Joe "the bead beat daddy" Walsh and Tammy Duckworth.

She beat him by 10 points.

Dave200 - again, Michelle doesn't understand the voting process since she thinks all of us in Illinois had Jesse Jackson Jr. on our ballots! But, she doesn't understand much!

SeekingSanity, good luck with that.

Yes, I understood what you were saying. Feisty's earlier response could have been taken to imply she voted for Duckworth over Son of Jesse. I haven't lived in the Chicago area since 2001 so I don't know how the districts and who is representing where could have been shaken up. My personal race here was Rep George Holding (R) vs Charles Malone. Unfortunately my former rep (Brad Miller - D) retired.

Michelle's got an IQ higher than Einstein! Hahaha right. And I'm Superman from the planet Krypton.

Isn't the internet great? We all get to claim we're whatever we want. Did I mention I made a billion on the stock market, cured cancer out of my garage, and got the Nobel Peace Prize?

Maybe Michelle should be using "her" super-genius intellect to do some of those things instead of posting on Newsvine, depriving humanity of "her" gifts.

Ahahahaha

yeah Mo, IQ of 162 here, you?

yup, and I suppose monkeys fly out your butt too. Why do you idiot teabaggers feel the need to compulsively lie about everything? C'mon Michelle, inquiring minds want to know!

More liberal hate-mongering conservative bs in this post- business as usual

There, fixed it for you.

You're welcome.

Lil Michelle knows that IQ stands for Image Quality.

Michelle, the one thing I've noticed about people who brag about their IQ's is, they are extremely conceited.

yeah Mo, IQ of 162 here, you?

:cough:

bull@!$%#

:cough:

Mine's OVER 9,000 !!!1!

(see, I can make up numbers too)

Lil, an IQ of 162? LOL LOL Not true, guess you missed the story of the girl that had an IQ overr 160, one of the few in the world. I don't think that was you. LOL you are funny. 162, LOL

Lil, Your a 40 watt bulb in a 100 watt socket, your just dim!!!

Yep, he's going to lose.

Cornyn is trying to out crazy Cruz.

Cornyn is terrified of being hit from the right by a fringe candidate that the TeaPeople will support. He has no backbone and will bend which ever way the TeaPeople drag him, without resistance.

Cornyn.....get ready to be voted out of the Senate!

I hear that Ms. Lindsey keeps trying to, but Hagel keeps brushing her off and telling her he's not into that...

That's why the tea people republicans have to keep telling us what Patriots they are. Even they don't believe they are true Patriots, that's why they have to keep telling themselves they are.

Yeah I especially like how so many of those patriotic states want to secede because of the last election. Nothing like loving your country so much that you want to leave it.

Well, it isn't unprecedented but it is usually for a good reason.

Hmmm...and here I thought the Senate was supposed to judge a nominee based on his or her own merits.

Sane:: And HOW did Hillary Clinton fail in her position? She was more competent than some of the cabinet appointments in the previous administration (I won't play somebody's game and mention the name, just call him Shrub).

Susie- hint, Sane isn't! We all know Hillary Clinton proved herself to be an outstanding Secretary of State. Republicans are just jealous they have no one of her caliber!

Is "Sane" a misnomer, or just a goal?

Thank the powers that be! Maybe someday we will vote all the crazies out!

Maybe someday we will vote all the crazies out

The day that becomes probable, is the day after they take away voting rights from the citizens.

SF - I agree with you and I hope he changes his affiliation from Republican to Democrat and also hope he takes Colin Powell with him. Hagel & Powell are both RINOs. Hagel really doesn't have much political power and is a "yes" man for Obama.

That said I do believe Hagel will be a better SOD than Panetta was. I believe he will be able to handle the necessary cuts to the Defense Department. He will be confirmed by the Senate, which is more than the Democrats did for the appointment of Senator John Tower.

sfcret---I haven't understoood why people like Powell stay in the GOP---it seems clear to me they aren't in agreement with many of their policies but worse than that they aren't treated with respect.

My recollection of the Democrats opposition to Tower was that it was based on lack of qualifications for the position (his medical issues) as opposed to disagreement with his positions. To me those are two different matters.

I imagine they stay in the GOP largely because they view themselves as Republicans in the old Eisenhower mold - which largely doesn't exist anymore, but if you take the time to go issue by issue with a lot of older Republicans, you will discover that their views on most of them more closely match someone like Bill Clinton than someone like Marco Rubio or Cruz from Texas.

SF - I believe Colin Powell was a Republican because during his military career liberal leaning officers didn't usually get promoted. The Republicans have always been more defense oriented and Powell rode the rebuilding of the military under Reagan. However, I believe he has always been a Democrat at heart.

As for Democrats opposition to Tower's appointment, if memory serves, was based mostly on his so called "drinking and womanizing" and the fact that Democrats just didn't like the man. Senator Towers was much more qualified than Hagel.

Okay, sfcret, you fell into this one. John Tower? You have got to be kidding if you are going to defend that person. That, or you advocate putting a known chronic alcoholic and womanizer into such an important position as Secretary of Defense. Come on. If you don't believe me, search his confirmation hearing articles and the things that he himself said he would not do should he be confirmed. Yes, he promised that he would not drink one drop of alcohol while SoD. Give me a break. A chronic drunk cannot make a promise like that and keep it. If you are going to defend someone, at least do us all the courtesy and pick someone worthy of defending, then at least an honest discussion can ensue.

Sweetie, there was nothing "so called" about it. Very well known. You apparently don't set a very high bar for such an important position. Chuck Hagel is hands down much more qualified than John Tower could ever hope to be.

Didja ever wake up in the mornin'
With a ZOMBY WOOF behind your eyes

lol

I remember many promises in 2007 & 08 leading up to the election. Promises by anyone in politics, is an oxymoron at best

Alaska Girl - If you think that drinking and womanizing is a bar to being SOD you are really dense. There are many heavy drinkers in politics from both parties. If you think people can't quit drinking you are not well informed.

As for womanizing, you lefties loved, and still love, one of the biggest womanizers in Washington by the name of William "Bill" Clinton. Never saw a woman he didn't try to get sexual favors from.

Alaska Girl - BTW, I was not defending Tower, I was pointing out what the Democrats used to deny his appointment. If you read my post at 10.1 above, I stated that Hagel would be confirmed and WOULD make a BETTER SOD than Panetta.

BTW, another reason the Republicans are stalling is to get more information from the WH on certain issues. Today we find out that Egypt, who we just gave military equipment to, is now refusing to give the U.S. access to a person suspected of being a leader in the Benghanzi attack.

I have long believed that one way to get the Republican party to move from the extremes is for folks in the middle to leave. It is what I did when I felt the party did not represent my views and I think if some very public people switched parties it might encourage more moderation.

SF - I feel the same about the Democrats moving from the far left wing of the Democratic party to what the Democrats used to be back when Truman and Kennedy were in charge. Right now the Republicans are leaning to far right and the Democrats are leaning to far left. Bigger Government and more spending are not the answer. To many Government programs now that are unmanageable and waste to much. I believe the GAO has stated recently that Medicare alone has paid out billions in fraud and over payments.

We need the GAO, and outside auditing firms if necessary, to do a complete Audit of all agencies and their programs before we throw more money into what isn't working. Freeze all spending at current levels until all audits are completed. We already know that there is billions of dollars wasted through fraud, and duplication of programs.

Bigger government? Talk about being not well informed. Dense is your middle name.

I can see how that Fox News article has you confused... Because it's a Fox News article and you were born confused enought to read it.

The suspect was released by Tunisian authorities for lack of evidence. He's being questioned by the Egyptian authorities and information is being shared. He is thought possibly to have been involved in the earlier training of individuals that might possibly have later been involved in the attack at Benghazi (without the extra "n"). American interrogators have thus far not been allowed in the same room with him, but are on-site.

Of course, Fox credits Ms. Lindsey Graham with intervention that gained access to the same prisoner the article whines about not having access to and gives special mention to little Ricky Ricardo from FL for asking a stupid question and getting a good answer that he, nor any of the other Fox readers, stood a chance of comprehending from a White House spokesman.

The smart money is on waiting for the plot to develop rather than trying to incite scaredy-twits and using the subject to clown-car republican ass-wits into the forefront... But then that's smart money...

sfcret appears to have forgotten that every Congressman going after Clinton, to have him impeached, was having an affair themselves. How quickly and conveniently the righties forget!

Alaska Girl - Where did I say I was for Bigger Government? I believe it is you left wing nuts that want bigger government, some how you feel the federal government is the answer to everything. Did you even bother to read my post at 10.11?

SeekingSanity - Again with the left wing BS. Clinton was impeached for Perjury, lying under oath, not for having an affair. Now, other than Newt, which congressmen were having affairs?

sfcret, do you even read or even comprehend what you write? I did not say that you are for bigger government. You implied that the left is bigger government. If you did the research, you would see that under Obama, government has actually decreased in size. Democrats are not for big government, a fallacy that the right likes to spread around. Democrats are for sensible and smart government, and if the friggin' Republicans would get their heads out of their asses and actually assist we might get further ahead, which economists have said would have happened if not for the overwhelming obstruction from the right over the last few years. Republicans either need to get it together or get the hell out of the way.

chick binder: As usual, you leave me wanting more! (Comments, I mean comments! LOL)

AlaskaGirl - You better go back to school and get a better education. You really are making me laugh. I doubt if you will find one person, liberal or conservative, that believes the Democrats are not the party of big government.

Three of the biggest social programs were all under Democrats: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and ACA. All the Democrats are for is more spending and more tax collecting.

That's your mistake, sfcret.

Believing the Democrats are the party of big government. Your assertion that most believe that in no way constitutes fact.

It is a fact that government has shrank under Obama.

It is a fact that the largest singular increase in government took place under Bush with the creation of the Homeland Security Department.

It is a fact that 72% of the debt was incurred during Republican presidencies.

You've got nothing but belief, pal. Which doesn't happen to coincide with reality this time.

Dangerous mind - You might want to check this out if you are talking about a smaller government work force: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/historical-tables/total-government-employment-since-1962/

Also according to Money.cnn.com: Federal Employees grew by 6.2% under Obama according to OMB.

And if that isn't good enough google: Number of federal employees since 1962

You didn't address any of my points except for maybe cherry picking on the first one. Congrats.

Dangerous Mind - I didn't address your points because they are wrong and not worth a reply. Now if you want to talk facts give some proof to back your contention. Otherwise your so called facts are nothing but your opinion.

Guess they still haven't gotten over the fact that the "White House" ain't "white"

AND the president nominates a REPUBLICAN and they still b****!

I wonder what is different about THIS President that the Republicans and their Southern base doesn't like?

Wait, wait, I know....uhmmmm....He was born in Hawaii! Yup, that's it! NOT!

Ya starts tellin' massa his biznuss and ya find yoseff ain't be workin' up in da hous no mo...

We gotta take back 'Merka!!!

What we actually have is a thicker layer of scum remaining than had made itself apparent in recent decades... Closeted racists abound... And it's time to scrape them off of the bottom of America's boots before they scurry back into their little dark places and hide amongst actual Americans again.

Let's cast these backward bits of chaffe to the wind in 2014... Perhaps we should carve an "R" into their foreheads now lest we forget one of the chameleons along the way?

Play that race card.....getting awfully old!!!!

Too late, Stevo, I think the horse has left the barn, but it is nice to see some moderate Republican response. We usually only get the extreme right wing nut cases over here. Good case in point is the moron's comment above mine. See what happens when one of "their own" goes against the party?(their delusion, not mine). They are quick to tear one up and eat them up like savages.

Excuse me AKgirl... But I think perhaps you're being too kind... That Stallion left the barn as if the republicans had just branded its Tea-Bag... And was nearly out of sight in an instant!

In related news: The BBC is doing a new Wild Nature documentary series and the first bit is an in-person trek to the last known village of practicing Cannibals. Release has been delayed somewhat though because the film crew got so drunk at the RNC that most of the footage taken there was useless.

Maybe not a disaster, but it will slow consumer demand, and possibly put the economy back in recession.

I believe they call it "running the clock down". Keep "busy" with this all important issue(they're game playing) so that they won't have the time to move onto the other more pressing issues that need to be discussed and hashed out and voted on.

A confederacy of dunces is more like it.

Agreed... It's like they're playing russian roullette with a fully loaded weapon... They remind me of Joe Dirt with that sewage tank strapped to his back threatening to hit it with a hammer... If they had any fuel left they might accidentally self-immolate.

The parasitic infection (tea-party) has advanced to the point that the host seems willing to take its own life... Is this a cry for help from the quarantined zone of the infected? Is there anything we can do for them without risking further infections? The strong must survive... Close the gates...

Wow, dangerous mind, you should learn how to do research. The MSN Money report had an article today that said the stock market is on a very slippery edge and has a very good chance of another disaster. And this comes from your own liberal press. And as far as Hagel goes, he acts like a man with a mental problem so do you trust him to play chicken with our countries security. And I would not want McCAin either he is to old and a loose hot wire. They should get out of the good old boys and find some new blood. Some one that really has this countries interest at heart, but good luck with that as most of them only want a bigger pay check and to shaft everybody in this country. Both parties seem to forget that they are working for the people of this country and each has democrats and republicans in their districts that they are supposed to represent them all. As far as one party giving some,including the president,none have period. Both have taken the stance it is my way or no way,so shame on them both. An old Scott told me today that a politician needs to be a skilled statesman and that our's have forgotten how to be one.It is a shame that so many use the race card as to why people do not work together as that is just not so.Racism is caused by those that sling their rights above everybody else's and forgets that we all are Americans and have the same rights.

It's relatively easy to pick them out of a line-up right now with their fists full of race cards and their round after round of betting against America... We need to be sure they're remembered for what they are. Any roach left behind may be carrying eggs and they inbreed readily.

Because Republicans know how to govern, or represent the best interests of all Americans?

what a bunch of jerks,