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In reply to the discussion: Max Cleland: Next Week ‘The Bullshit’ Stops On Hagel Nomination [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)26. Most of this gay talk comes from the Israel lobby
Last edited Sun Jan 6, 2013, 03:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Which doesn't like the fact that Hagel isn't aggressive enough against Iran. They want more war.
It appears that the Israel lobby paid for the Log Cabin Republican's a full-page ad in the NYT condemning Hagel.
http://www.queerty.com/why-did-the-log-cabin-republicans-go-after-chuck-hagel-and-what-was-the-fallout-20130102/
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Lucky for Cleland he was not gay! If he had been, Hagle would have said he was unfit to serve.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#10
Christ...it was 15 years ago. He apologized and pledged to support and serve
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#13
Here's what Barney Frank has to say about Hagel, Hagel's history, and this nomination. I happen
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#37
Yeah. You have no response to what he said, so you start flinging poo at Democrats to protect
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#48
I was a Nebraska resident during Hagel's tenure. Democrats in Nebraska
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#49
Democrats in my community loathed him for his votes, his verbal assaults on gay people and of
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#51
You have the right to dislike anyone you choose. I can't tell you how to feel--
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#52
Okay, I don't see any anti-gay votes there, so I guess there's not much there.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#53
For you, just for you. First Hagel Mad Libs! Take an anti gay quote from Hagel and replace the
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#59
What a load of horse puckey. Among other things you miss the actual point that Hagel was not
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#62
I just disagree. That's my opinion. Not his finest hour...but 14 years ago...
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#64
Wow. 'MOST of the world' but not most of America. Hagel said that stuff not in 1956 but 1998
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#81
Why are you so angry, dude? Someone disagrees with you. Barney Frank, for one. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#84
Hagel was in the Senate for 12 years. He was one of the most anti gay Republicans, he got a
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#29
In the Senate he was in fact often as venomous as he was in the press toward Hormel.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#39
Please list ALL THE OTHER venomous statements by Hagel toward the LGBT community.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#42
First, I did not say constantly, you did. I said often. You, who do not pay attention to the issue
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#57
Wow, now we cheer Republicans as Great Peacemakers? That's hilarious material you are working.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#35
Barney Frank was, very oddly, interviewed by a reporter who worked for
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#40
He did decline to sponsor or vote on a constitutional ban on gay marriage
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#58
Or if he were gay and wanted to marry, Obama would have said up until last year that he can't
MessiahRp
Jan 2013
#77
I have immense respect for Max Cleland, and his opinion holds great sway, with me
Siwsan
Jan 2013
#2
As a Georgian, Cleland is a gem. All the more reason to hold Saxby in contempt.
CurtEastPoint
Jan 2013
#3
So please explain to me how the libel of Max differes from the libel of Hormel by Hagle?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#8
I'm very tired of the double standard, it is a definition of the minds of those who impose one set
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#18
Some of my favorite people are veterans who are women who work in healthcare, and I kid you
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#33
Well, yes--I fondly recall Chambliss' heartfelt apology to Max. Those tears were
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#23
Here is what Barney Frank has to say about Hagel's nomination. He's spot on:
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#31
I am 100 per cent for Chuck Hagel. We need to stop the constant wars. I believe Hagel
plethoro
Jan 2013
#30
Baloney. That was an ancillary thought. The ostensible reason Bush went to war was because WMD's and
plethoro
Jan 2013
#66
Chuck Hagel voted for the Iraq debacle. Making your comments hilariously ironic.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#63
Keep fly-specking. A lot of people, including Democrats voted on the war in Iraq because
plethoro
Jan 2013
#65