Graham on Hagel's Nomination
This article depicts Lindsey Graham's leading the charge to filibuster Chuck Hagel's nomination to the position of Secretary of Defense. Graham continues to ask for more information from Hagel. Many Members of Congress at this point no longer support this filibuster so a vote of cloture is scheduled for Tuesday (the 26th).
I think this is hurting the nomination process and don' believe the filibuster should have been used to begin with. I don't believe that any new information that is going to cause Hagel's nomination to fail will be brought about by continuing the filibuster and is therefore useless. I hope that cloture is successful and that a vote is taken.
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I still think this issue is stupid and pure partisanship. It's not like this guy if flagrantly incompetent. He was a senator for over a decade and a prominent member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and he served in Vietnam and won a purple heart. They should just hold the vote and confirm him; if Graham and other senators seriously have issues with his alleged policies, take it up when they become relevant in Hagel's duties as secretary of defense.
ReplyDeleteI think it is ironic how he was a Senator and now Senators are filibustering him...just saying. This is completely idiotic. Everyone in Congress is acting like children. One tip: get over yourselves. As Grace said, this man is completely capable of the jobs, but now this filibuster thing is going way too far. Stop using it for stupid things and actually get your job done: it's not like they do much to begin with (since other people do their work).
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of the filibuster being taken advantage of. I don't see any reason to try and stop Hagel's nomination. Perhaps the Senate should focus on the more pressing issues at hand.
ReplyDeleteThe filibuster is definitely over used in the Senate. With extremely different ideologies in the Senate, I feel as tough the filibuster used out of pure partisanship.
ReplyDeleteYet another example of the abuse of the use of the filibuster. She didn't even have a solid case explaining herself.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there is a lot of abuse of the filibuster in the senate. It's stupid that its holding things up so much because nothing is getting done.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else has seemed to have said, this is a misuse of the filibuster, and Lindsey Graham doesn't a have a good reason to explain her use of it.
ReplyDeleteJust as everyone said, Graham is abusing the filibuster. The Senate needs to use the filibuster for more effective reasons, not just partisanship.
ReplyDelete"We're doing our job to scrutinize, I think, one of the most unqualified, radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time,"
ReplyDeleteOkay, it may just be my undying liberal bias, but does that sentence seem a little hypocritical to anyone else? I mean, this guy is filibustering a nomination. A NOMINATION. There are so many better things he could be doing with his filibustering. But no, he's targeting a nomination towards an important position. Which will fail anyway, because the Senate is controlled by the Democrats.
I do not think that a filibuster should have been used. Graham does not have enough of a valid reason to. The abuse of the filibuster should be stopped.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Katie, It is used in the most ridiculous ways. There should be valid reasons to filibuster.
ReplyDeleteGraham's actions during the interview are contradicting, so I'm not sure what to believe. On one hand, he says that he'll take Hagel for his word and move past a comment that Hagel allegedly made relating the State Department to the Israeli government. On the other hand, Graham criticizes Hagel for his "underqualifications". Unless Graham can find significant proof to indicate that Hagel should not become defense secretary, I don't see any productiveness in invoking a filibuster.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine that Graham's goal of the filibuster isn't purely to hopefully find out more about Hagel that could be used against his nomination. It could also be a strategy do lengthen the process and hopefully cause others to let it go. This seems detrimental to the nomination process.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Grace that it is all about partisanship. The guy has a good record and this filibuster was used incorrectly. There didn't seem to be a valid reason to use this in this situation and he's abusing his power.
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