[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]An arrogant, unprincipled, opportunistic, and supremely rude asshole.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I knew I was forgetting something.

He might quit the Senate...

Did you see how the OFA team has kept on dogging Paul Ryan since the election?

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Almost as much fun as seeing him driven out with pitchforks.

Unfortunately, I haven't really seen OFA's efforts lately because I've been deliberately ignoring anything to do with the Romney ticket since the election.

Now you have me curious, though, so I'll check it out.

DURec.

than in jail for his absolutely horrible judgement for starting the war in Iraq.

That's because an investigation of one can lead in unforseen directions that can suck in others like a whirlpool. That's why the PTB never investigate themselves, but that's a whole other story.

Not about McCain, he's an asshat. Always has been, always will be. But Senator Hagel is quite thoughtful. He's a Republican, right? Republicans do not, as a general rule, have frontal lobes that work. See the not so honorable Senator McCain for an example.

I was annoyed that President Obama nominated him. Now I'm not as annoyed. I had heard from many here that he was a pretty good choice. I think they may be right.

OMG, I just noticed something! Senator Hagel is clearly neither a Republican nor an American. You know how I know that? He's not wearing a flag lapel pin!!!!! Obama nominated a fucking anti-war Socialist!*

*Given the current state of our union here at DU, I feel obligated to label this as

Edited to add: Neither is McCain.

I'm usually in agreement with Ed about things, so I'll trust that he's right about Senator Hagel, too. And yes, McGrumpy is an ass.

He has obviously reached his level of incompetence.

If his daddy hadn't been an admiral he would have been washed out of flight school for crashing a plane, not once which is automatic expulsion for anyone else but twice, then we wouldn't have even heard of this idiot.