Sarah Palin has energized the Republican base since John McCain picked her as his vice-presidential running mate, but one prominent Republican is not impressed.
Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican, is questioning whether Palin has enough foreign-policy experience to serve as the country’s second-in-command. “She doesn’t have any foreign policy credentials,” Hagel told the Omaha World-Herald. “You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don’t know what you can say. You can’t say anything.”
“I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, ‘I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,” he added. “That kind of thing is insulting to the American people.”
A conservative Vietnam War veteran and outspoken critic of the Iraq War, Hagel has cultivated a reputation as somebody unafraid to buck his party.
Hagel traveled with Democratic candidate Barack Obama to Afghanistan in July and was mentioned as a possible Obama running mate. He had kind words for Obama’s eventual pick, Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden.
“An Obama-Biden ticket is a very impressive and strong team,” Hagel said in August.
photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (Obama and Hagel visit Amman, Jordan in July 2008)
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This is one of the reasons I wrote in Chuck Hagel for President today.
November 4 2008
- Posted by lillyChuk Hagel only shows that he is a man with Uprightness and very intelligent and smart not to subscribe in to the McCain/Palin School of Deceit about Anything and say anything with Lack of Substance and full of Lies.
Americans are not as Dump as the Two Repulican Presidential candidates and so is Hagel. Who again will subscribe to the Republicans candidates school of Foreign Fears and War Jakal.
Now that the Millitary Brigadier has said that Taliban War can not be worned totally, but the Insurgent could only be reduced, hence the calls to talk to the Rebels so as to create Long Last PEACE in Afghnistant. I am sure that McCain/Palin were not aware of this yet, ofcouse they will not speak to Terrorists and so I will not expect them really to be aware of the Latest Development in the World Politics. McCain and Palin will go on to kill another 10,000 Innocent Afghans as per their School of Thought and expect the Taliban to fade away completely.
Republican also will go on to Bomb Iran as soon they get to office yet expecting Iraq to prostrate to their selfish interest and there by limiting the creation of Fresh Terrorists. They have forgotten that terror BEGETS Terror regardless the way the other sides fight it.
The Americans know when Enough is Enough and so is Hagel.
Obama/Biden 08
- Posted by Roy.. and an Obama/Hagel ticket would be even MORE impressive! Biden has to reign in his rapid-fire response to questions. He doesn’t babble, as does his Republican counterpart, but his statements WILL be vetted. Senator Hagel, continue your fine mentorship of Senator Biden.
ALWAYS Respectfully,
barb thompson
- Posted by Barb ThompsonNo Doubt there are only few people both in America and aound the world like Hagel who fears no party favour to say the truth.
He is a real man with great fear of God in him,determined to speak the truth.I am an African but he is a true giant.
Vote Obama
- Posted by Stanley Akujiobi