Bill Maher's Real Time With Chuck Hagel September 14 2007

[Billysundae]

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Bill Maher's Real Time
With Chuck Hagel
September 14 2007

[bridgit]

1. oh i remember that show, it was on like a little over 6 hours ago right?

[intaglio]

2. Some of us aren't in the US, some don't have cable etc

get a life - please

[Billysundae]

3. Hey intaglio-what is bridget trying to say?

Hey intaglio-what is bridget trying to say?

[Double T]

4. Honest, truthful repub. There have got to be MORE of THEM somewhere.

Great interview. Thanks Billysundae for posting this thread.

[ryanmuegge]

14. Sure. He's a political opportunist.

They're all the same.

[Inuca]

16. Opportunist?

He would be that if he kept his mouth shut, which he didn't.

[Josh]

17. What opportunity is he taking? He's retiring!

nt.

[Olney Blue]

5. Powerful. Thanks for posting.

K/R

[ForeignSpectator]

6. But he didn't answer if he'd support a dem candidate...

Anyway, thx a bunch for posting!

[bluerum]

8. He said he would have to look at his choices. Honest answer. How can

he commit to supporting a candidate whose identity is unknown?

[Inuca]

9. He did not say that he would NOT.....

.... support the dem candidate, which speaks volumes. Support from Hagel could influence many independents and even republicans that still have a mind of their own (they obvisouly exist and Hagel is the perfect proof).

[TwilightGardener]

13. I think it's stunning that a staunch conservative Repub

would CONSIDER supporting the Dem candidate--and would say so on national TV.

[Inuca]

18. Stunning

I just love that word :-)

[Cookie wookie]

7. Maher's admiration of Hagel: does it factor in the knowledge that

Hagel owned ES&S and was Chairman until 1995? He still had shares in ES&S's parent company as late as 2003 which he may not have adequately disclosed. ES&S machines counted the votes when he ran for election.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0301/S00166.htm

[Inuca]

10. These were PAPER ballots

at least for his first election (I do not know about the second, but he was very popular by then, and won by a hige percentage), the kind that can be easily recounted. I know that there is ongoing buzz about his connection with ESS, I agree that he could have been more careful about it, but the association by itself does not prove anything.

[Cookie wookie]

19. Hmmm. Are you certain? This was information that came from

Bev Harris' "Blackbox Voting" and has been around a long time (since the summer of 2003). Not that I trust anything from BBV. Looks like I need to do more research into the validity of the accusation. Don't want to be guilty of spreading more half-truths!

Here's a quote from a Hartman article published in CommonDreams:

"Back when Hagel first ran there for the U.S. Senate in 1996, his company's computer-controlled voting machines showed he'd won stunning upsets in both the primaries and the general election."

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0131-01.htm

[SoFlaJet]

11. I almost died when he called Bush

President Godzilla-I still crack up every time I think about it

[TwilightGardener]

12. Great interview--thanks for posting.

[Inuca]

15. Best part IMHO

The answer to Maher's question about Petraeus "it's not only a dirty trick, but it's dishonest, it's hypocritical, it's dangerous and irresponsible". Retiring has its advantages I guess, though he was not exactly very careful with his words in the past either. Sorry to see him go, and I hope he will be back in some form or another.