Friday, February 15, 2013

Hegel and the neo-con. swamp people.

(The U.S. Senate blocked Chuck Hagel’s nomination as secretary of defense. (NYT))
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Harry Reid apparently can’t count.
60 votes were needed to end the filibuster, or what’s called cloture.
The vote was 58-40.
There’s alot of deep politics involved in this shameful exercise.
The Dems. have to get 60 votes in order to bring Hagel’s nomination to the floor.
The neo-con trifecta on the Armed Services Cmt. (McCain, Lindsey Graham, and NH’s Kelly Ayotte) are opposed to Hegel because he may be opposed to another US war in a Muslim country..i.e. Iran.
And Kelly Ayotte is such a delicate flower.
What is she doing dwelling with the neo-con. swamp people?

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