The Stupidity of the Hagel non vote yesterday because they needed 60 votes.

The REPUBLICAN NEED FOR CRAZY CONTINUES with not allowing a vote on a Sec of Defense Nominee.  Republicans get hurt feelings and deny a vote!  Crazy Stuff.  Hagel is a war hero while those denying his vote are armchair warriors who bitch a lot and stayed away from military service


Not to sound like a Golden Age nostalgic, but there once was a time when the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee prided themselves on having an understanding of military matters. They disagreed in their conclusions and sometimes their premises. But most of them worked to educate themselves, at least to the point where they could debate the issues, or ask questions of a general without coming off like complete idiots. The sad thing about this new crop of senators—especially on the Republican side—is they don’t even try to learn anything; they don’t care if they look like complete idiots, in part because their core constituents don’t care if they do either.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/2/14/185720/941