The Chuck Hagel Rants - Part the Third: What is it this time??

The honeymoon is definitely over. What is it with these Republican? They're going to filibuster a war hero, a man wounded in action twice? And all because he dared to call the Iraq war what everyone else in American except John McCain and the hard right fully understands - that it was a monumental piece of stupidity? Or is it because some Republican staffer made up this group called 'Friends of Hamas' and spread the word that they and Chuck Hagel are BFFs? Or is it because the Republicans are now basically the evangelical party and their base is absolutely convinced that unless Netanyahu gobbles up all the West Bank, then the end of days will never come, and if the end of days never comes they won’t get - dang, I forget the word! - yanked up out of their cars and through their kitchen windows by the Anti-Christ or whomever and fly on up to heaven while the rest of us poor suckers – including, I assume, Jews, who (sorry Pat Robertson) aren’t going to be magically converted to Christianity on that day - just sit around down here wondering where the crazies went, while secretly breathing sighs of relief that come what may we might at least now have some sanity in our government? Is that it?

The Repubs are beneath contempt. A short while ago Bobby Jindal said the Republicans would never be back in the majority until they learned to stop being the Party of Stupid. Given the events of this past week, I think liberals (and this Eisenhower Republican) can rest easy for a while longer.