Hagel for VP? Seriously?

[AtomicKitten]

Ah, I'm going to have to go ahead and say no thanks.

Republican Senator Chuck Hagel used to be chairman of ES&S. He became Senator based on votes counted by ES&S machines.

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/03/03_200.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/031004Fitrakis/031004fitrakis.html

Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, long-connected with the Bush family, was recently caught lying about his ownership of ES&S by the Senate Ethics Committee.

http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/000896.php

Senator Chuck Hagel was on a short list of George W. Bush's vice-presidential candidates.

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_28/b3689130.htm

[ErinBerin84]

1. no way it's gonna happen.

.....right?

[Faygo Kid]

2. No, no, and no. He just voted against the Medicare bill, fer chrissakes.

Glad he's right about the war, but he's wrong about most everything else.

[frog92969]

3. We don't want ANY (R)VP

The reason should be obvious.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Hagel ain't going to be VP. The idea is being floated by the Obama campaign to show him as open.

Which the middle will love.

[anonymous171]

5. If Hagel was VP for Bush, impeachment would have already begun.

[madura]

6. very poor choice. what are people thinking!?

the election fraud connection that you mentioned, and the fact that if gawd forbid anything happens to O, he's the president - another republican
NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER, please, NEVER
this is taking hte across the aisle stuff way beyond common sense.

[AtomicKitten]

7. Yahtzee!

[LeftishBrit]

8. Hope not!

[Milo_Bloom]

9. He will be Secretary of Defense.

[MaineDem]

10. No!

Won't happen.

[scheming daemons]

11. The more I think of it... Hagel for Sec of State or Sec of Defense would be much better

He'd be VERY well-suited for those roles, and his social conservativism would have no bearing whatsoever on his duties in those roles.

[AZBlue]

12. I see Obama picking a VP that's closely aligned with his values and morals.

Not one that necessarily agrees with him on every issue or has the same political strengths as he does - but these are very different things. I think he'll look for someone that he can "agree to disagree with" and who he can respect no matter how much their opinions vary. I also think he'll look for someone with a different background than him - quite possibly a military background which Hagel has, but so do others that would make a better match for Obama.

As someone upthread pointed out, it's a good unifying move to consider him - and I don't think it's just posing, I think Obama genuinely did want to put any possible Republicans on the list. I'm all for ending the polarizing party lines that have been drawn - but as you pointed out, we don't want to go TOO far with that. There's uniting the country and there's being stupid - and I think choosing Hagel would be the second. And that's why I doubt Obama would actually select him. He may wind up in the Obama administration though.

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

17. I'm much more receptive to him being involved in some other way

in Obama's administration, but not for putting him a heartbeat away from the presidency. That's something bad waiting to happen Obama can do without.

[Runcible Spoon]

13. I can't believe some of the idiots on THIS board would be OK with that bigot asshole as VP

:grr: :nuke:

[LiberalAndProud]

14. Wish I could recommend your post.

[AtomicKitten]

16. he's symbolic of the realignment of parties but that's as close as I want him

His trip with Obama to Iraq is a slap in the face to McBush and, of course, I'm all for that ;), but putting him in a heartbeat from the presidency is just nuts.

[newmajority]

15. 15 posts and our resident Hagel shill hasn't chimed in yet?

She must be on her break. Oh wait... it's after 5 in Nebraska. Maybe she's done for the day?