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Default Sen. Chuck Hagel: Palin not ready

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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is the nation's most prominent Republican officeholder to publicly question whether Sarah Palin has the experience to serve as president.

"She doesn't have any foreign policy credentials," Hagel said Wednesday in an interview. "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."
He goes further, slamming the McCain campaign's handling of the matter and basically calling them dishonest.

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"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 said. "That kind of thing is insulting to the American people."
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"I think it's a stretch to, in any way, to say that she's got the experience to be president of the United States," Hagel said.
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I guess the McCain campaign needs to throw Hagel under the bus.
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Default Hagal: Palin ... insulting to the American people

http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/200...in-experience/

Hagel questions Palin experience

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.”

It is pretty tough when your own party stands against you. Chuck Hagal is a Republican darling. He doesn't think she has the experience. How can you?
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Senator Hagel has often parted company with administration policy displaying his lack of consistently sound opinions.
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I guess the McCain campaign needs to throw Hagel under the bus.
I think Hagal could throw McCain under the bus and that I would like to see.
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I love Chuck Hagel!!
I wanted Obama to ask Hagal to be VP. I knew it wouldn't happen but I thought it would have been great.
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hopefully there will be a high position in the Obama administration for Hagel. those honest qualities should not be lost in the republican camp for 8 years
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hopefully there will be a high position in the Obama administration for Hagel. those honest qualities should not be lost in the republican camp for 8 years
Yes Hagal would look good in the Obama fold.

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Chuck Hagel is a Republican senator from Nebraska. He's a decorated Vietnam veteran and an articulate, thoughtful man who last year considered jumping into the race himself, and has been talked about as a possible running mate for Mike Bloomberg, should he decide to run. Although a social conservative, he's been a thorn in the side of the Bush/Cheney administration with his criticism of their Iraq policy, and is basically on the same page as the Democrats on the issue.

Obama is an attractive candidate for so many people because of his desire to end the partisan bickering that has resulted in gridlock in Washington on so many fronts. What better way to demonstrate that "we are not red states and blue states, but the United States of America" than to put a Republican on the ticket? Hagel would undoubtedly help in winning over more Republicans and Independents and should help to turn some red states a bright shade of blue. His prominent membership on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would also help to fortify Obama, who some perceive as lacking foreign policy expertise.
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Senator Hagel has often parted company with administration policy displaying his lack of consistently sound opinions.
Who in the bu$hevik administration has had "sound opinions". Unlike George "Champaign National Guard" bu$h, Hagel is a Vietnam vet. His opinions mean a lot more to me than those chickenhawk Rethugs.
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