McCain: Hagel is "not qualified" to be defense secretary

[Sopranos Republican]

Give me a break, while I may not agree with some of Hagel's stances, calling him unqualified is just plain stupid.

[Sopranos Republican]

Take a step back and look at what McCain is saying...

From McCain's POV- which I partially agree with, partially not- Hagel opposed the surge which was by all accounts a brilliant and successful strategy... and didn't have the ability to give McCain a straight answer whether he stood by that view or not at the hearings
So McCain sees some one who was wrong on one of the major military issues of the past several years and unwilling to either stand by it or rebuke his prior view

Also- Hagel has never run a bureaucracy, has no experience as a leader in DOD or any other of our national security agencies or departments, and has been out of government for some time now....In some ways, the Hagel pick is like when Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court... perhaps a fine woman, who held views in agreement with many Americans', but hadn't been a judge...

You all should stop trying to smear McCain with attacks on his dignity whenever he says something you don't agree with!

I wouldn't smear John McCain, I have a lot of respect for the man. I said his comments were stupid, but he's not stupid.

[Sopranos Republican]

Take a step back and look at what McCain is saying...

From McCain's POV- which I partially agree with, partially not- Hagel opposed the surge which was by all accounts a brilliant and successful strategy... and didn't have the ability to give McCain a straight answer whether he stood by that view or not at the hearings
So McCain sees some one who was wrong on one of the major military issues of the past several years and unwilling to either stand by it or rebuke his prior view

Also- Hagel has never run a bureaucracy, has no experience as a leader in DOD or any other of our national security agencies or departments, and has been out of government for some time now....In some ways, the Hagel pick is like when Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court... perhaps a fine woman, who held views in agreement with many Americans', but hadn't been a judge...

You all should stop trying to smear McCain with attacks on his dignity whenever he says something you don't agree with!

I wouldn't smear John McCain, I have a lot of respect for the man. I said his comments were stupid, but he's not stupid.

If he's not stupid, why did he think Sarah Palin is fit to be Vice President?

It wasn't a stupid move. He wanted a women, who was younger, attractive, and at the time Someone who was generally seen as a moderate. It was a pretty smart campaign move, even if she's not fit to be the Vice President.