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The Senator McCain show
Acting on his conviction that he is always the most important man in any room Senator John McCain did his best to make himself the star of the Hagel confirmation hearings today.
And it worked. McCain’s relentless pursuit of one-word answers to simple-minded questions eventually led to what the networks call a “heated exchange”, which they have been cycling through their news channels endlessly ever since.
Frankly, it doesn’t make any difference if Hagel is confirmed or not. It could just as easily have been McCain… oh, maybe that’s why he’s testy? It could just as easily have been Obama’s Uncle Kwambo from Kenya. Secretary of Defense is a figurehead position with no influence to speak of.
Sure, you’re the face of America’s military to the world, so it helps to have a deep manly voice. That’s why they don’t let women be Sec of Defense, even though the job has the title of “secretary.”
But Hagel is only the face of the nation’s military. The brains, heart, and muscle are somewhere else.
2013-01-31 13:33:07
Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-senator-mccain-show.html
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