OBAMA PLANS TO APPOINT EXTREME RIGHT WINGERS TO TOP CABINET POSTS
TIMES, UK - Obama is hoping to appoint cross-party figures to his cabinet such as Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska and an opponent of the Iraq war, and Richard Lugar, leader of the Republicans on the Senate foreign relations committee. Senior advisers confirmed that Hagel, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and one of McCain's closest friends in the Senate, was considered an ideal candidate for defence secretary. Some regard the outspoken Republican as a possible vice-presidential nominee although that might be regarded as a "stretch". . .
Obama believes he will be able to neutralise McCain by drawing on the expertise of independent Republicans such as Hagel and Lugar, who is regarded by Obama as a potential secretary of state.
Larry Korb, a defence official under President Ronald Reagan who is backing Obama, said: "By putting a Republican in the Pentagon and the State Department you send a signal to Congress and the American people that issues of national security are above politics."
Korb recalled that President John F Kennedy appointed Robert McNamara, a Republican, as defense secretary in 1961. "Hagel is not only a Republican but a military veteran who would reassure the troops that there was somebody in the Pentagon who understood their hopes, concerns and fears," he said.
LUGAR
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Rated 27% by the National Education Association
Rated 5% by League of Conservation Voters
Voted no on implementing the 9/11 Commission report
Vote against providing habeas corpus for Gitmo prisoners
Voted no on comprehensive test ban treaty
Voted against same sex marriage
Strongly anti-abortion
Opposed to more federal funding for healthcare
Voted for unconstitutional wiretapping
Voted to increase penalties for drug violations
HAGEL
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Rated 8% by AFL-CIO
Strongly anti-abortion
Voted for anti-flag desecration amendment
Voted to increase penalties for drug violations
Favors privatizing Social Security
3 Comments:
"Korb recalled that President John F Kennedy appointed Robert McNamara, a Republican, as defense secretary in 1961."
Doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it?
cemmcs
You need a reality check on that "implementing the 9/11 commission vote" as a bad thing to vote against, Sam. HR 1 funded "fusion centers" designed to funnel information collected by local beat cops and highway patrolmen into the Homeland Security database system. Hardly a pro-liberty vote and one indicative of a dangerous federalization of local law enforcement.
Only 2 of the votes cited have anything remotely to do with the positions for which they are reportedly being considered. And being part of an administration is different from being a Congressperson. You do the job you're instructed to do by your boss; if not, you get fired (hello, Sec'y of State Al Haig). George H.W. Bush was pro-choice until Reagan tapped him for VP.
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