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Hagel Criticizes Republican Party, Talks Independent Ticket
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ABC News' Lindsay Hamilton reports: Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, Neb., kicked the door to an independent presidential run wide open on Sunday.
"I think a credible third ticket, third party, would be good for the system," Hagel told CBS's Bob Schieffer. "I think it shakes the system up. The system needs to be shaken up."
A constant critic of Bush's policy in Iraq, Hagel took his criticism to the entire Republican party.
"I am not happy with the Republican party today. It has drifted from the party of Eisenhower, of Goldwater, of Reagan, the party that I joined. It isn't the same party. It's not. It's been hijacked by a group of single-minded, almost isolationist insulationsts, power-projectors…" said Hagel.
Hagel recently dined with another Republican politician rumored to be considering an independent presidential bid, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. When asked whether he saw himself on a ticket with Bloomberg, Hagel replied with a grin, "It's a great country to think about a New York boy and a Nebraska boy to be teamed up leading this nation."
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The time has come for a creditable 3rd party. Unity 08 is preparing the groundwork as we speak. Senator Hagle and Mayor Bloomberg should reach out to this organization if they are thinking of running. The Republicans have been hijacked by the far right, just as the Democrats were hijacked by the far left. We (the moderates) have not had a real choice for decades. We must take our government back and Unity 08 may be the vehicle that enables us to do it.
Posted by: Al | May 14, 2007 2:14:44 PM
Chuck HAGle is a joke. In fact, I am laughing while I write this. Nobody should take his threat seriously, unless of course, they like an egomaniac that needs a whole lot of sleep.
To clarify, he may indeed bolt, but I don't think he will attract many others into his big, roomy closet.
Go Mitt Go!
Denny sMITTen
Posted by: Denny | May 15, 2007 3:02:17 AM
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