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LondonReign2

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9. The "what" that makes them so desperate is

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 12:47 PM

Feb 2013

the Defense budget. Hagel has said it should be reduced. That's like garlic to a vampire or reasonable, moderate gun control suggestions to the gun nuts.

All that precious money that won't be flowing into Republican coffers-- the horror!

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What makes republicans so DESPERATE to hold up Hagel? At the least, THEY think he's the real deal [View all] bigtree Feb 2013 OP

I read that the Senate Armed Services committee had received all the info TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

you just know bigtree Feb 2013 #2

The Repubs sent Hagel the letter demanding all his speeches over the last five years TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #4

To be blunt, bt, t Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #5

that's not hard at all to understand and agree with bigtree Feb 2013 #8

The more cons are against him the more I'm for him. US con culture has gotten to be rotten to core uponit7771 Feb 2013 #3

Sessions and his ilk are just pure evil. politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2013 #6

Once they start something they can't let it go. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #7

The "what" that makes them so desperate is LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #9