unless it's under oath, and even then, no one believes them.
She can't vote for Hagel because Miss McConnell told her she couldn't.

I have a feeling the Republicans are going to team up with the Israeli lobby and block Hagel's nomination. It's all about the money.

about this nefarious Israeli lobby. You couldn't possibly be talking about AIPAC as they are Americans and have taken absolutely no position on the Hagel nomination so I wait with bated breath to hear all about it.

said something about how concerned they were about him and so on. I know J Street and Americans for Peace have both supported him but I thought AIPAC, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, RJC, Nat's Jewish Democratic council and the Israel Project were all against. Do you have a better source of information? Most of what i've gotten has been from multiple articles and i'm not sure who the most reliable source of information is on that topic. Thanks

AIPAC:

The Daily Beast reported that AIPAC – whose annual Policy Conference in DC I have attended for 20 years as a huge fan and supporter – has chosen to sit the Hagel nomination out, desiring as they do a positive relationship with the Pentagon and believing that President Obama has enough votes to get him confirmed.

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/02/05/aipac%E2%80%99s-silence-on-chuck-hagel/


The ADL:

\n a major boost for Chuck Hagel, the Anti-Defamation League announced Monday that it will not oppose him for the position of defense secretary.
“Senator Hagel would not have been my first choice, but I respect the president’s prerogative,” Abraham H. Foxman, the national director of the ADL, said.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/anti-defamation-league-wont-oppose-hagel-85843.html#ixzz2KF3oOLjh


The other threee organizations I have never heard of so I'm going to have to dig on those. My point was calling is calling the ADL or AIPAC the Israeli lobby is simply a fucking lie They are Americans.

National Jewish Democratic Council:

The National Jewish Democratic Council, which has criticized Chuck Hagel for having a "questionable record on Israel," issued a statement Monday saying the group trusts he will follow President Obama's lead.

"President Barack Obama's unprecedented pro-Israel credentials are unquestionable, and setting policy starts and stops with the president. While we have expressed concerns in the past, we trust that when confirmed, former Sen. Chuck Hagel will follow the president's lead of providing unrivaled support for Israel -- on strategic cooperation, missile defense programs, and leading the world against Iran's nuclear program," the NJDC said.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/01/njdc-trusts-hagel-to-follow-obama-on-israel-153487.html


What the heck is the RJC? I'm getting everything from Republican Jewish Council to Reaching Japanese for Christ.

that like AIPAC and Anti-Defamation they don't endorse candidates in Israel or US. It seems like they will give their opinion, but don't formally endorse or oppose candidates. That makes sense since they will have to deal with whoever Twins and opposing someone who eventually wins election or gets the job would really hurt the orgs until the next election.

Thanks again for the info

I must have misinterpreted something I read about it.

Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC Sitting Out Hagel Fight

As Chuck Hagel’s critics line up, accusing him of being anti-Israel, the country’s biggest Israel lobby appears to be standing down. Eli Lake on a surprising move.

Opponent of Chuck Hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense have been lining up for battle, citing concerns about the former senator’s position on Israel.

Notably absent from the cast of critics: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, Washington’s largest and most well funded pro-Israel lobby.

The powerful lobby, which doesn’t typically shy away from a fight, has decided to sit this one out, say several House and Senate staff members, as well as some pro-Israel activists in Washington.

“Staffers and members are trying to find out what AIPAC thinks of Hagel, and we are not getting anything,” one Senate Republican staff member said. Another Senate staff member said, “AIPAC will be sitting this one out.”


More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/07/pro-israel-lobby-aipac-sitting-out-hagel-fight.html

Apparently "The Middle east" is a strip of land, 263 miles long and less than seventy miles wide - and nothing else.

is that I dislike all RINOs and DINOs..I don't believe them to be trustworthy..

you prefer somebody like Ted Cruz to a non-ideologue who speaks his mind (most of the time)?

Fischer is just a continuing example of the fucking morons, the fucking morons in Red states continue to elect to the Senate and House. Can you expect anything less from these Right Wing, Tea Party, Asshole Republicans? Think Not. fuck em'

Republicans are so disgusting

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice to lead the Defense Department, has generated some controversy, but is nevertheless well positioned to earn Senate confirmation. There's been some chatter about an unprecedented Republican filibuster -- no modern cabinet nominee has ever faced such obstructionism -- but there are more than enough votes to overcome the opposition.

So, it's over? With Hagel set to clear the Senate Armed Services Committee today, it's only a matter of time before the Nebraska Republican is sworn in, right? As Ali Gharib reported late last night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has put a new roadblock between Hagel and confirmation -- and it's a doozy.

The problem is that the "committee's review of the nomination" will never be completed to the liking of Hagel's Republican opponents, because they've set an impossible bar for the nominee to clear. A Democratic official working on Hagel's confirmation told me: "What they're asking is unprecedented, and it's clear that it's information that he's unable to provide." The official noted that the U.S. had myriad national security concerns on its plate, not least of which was the 66,000 American troops deployed in Afghanistan right now.

'I'm opposed to everything and anyone that muslim communist born in Indonesia and Kenya proposes and for everything he is against. If he comes out opposed to measles, then I'm for measles.'

This is just the attitude of the Spite Right and the Rethuglican faction.

Wolf

after the election I was still celebrating the Obama victory and I saw that despicable Deb Fischer won. I remember telling my wife that land stealing tea party freak would be an embarrassment to our state before she was finished. Hell, she is barely out of the starting gate and is already showing the rest of the country what a ditz she is.

And, no, I am not referring to money in England!