{"id":50,"date":"2007-01-22T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T13:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/50"},"modified":"2008-09-13T20:42:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T00:42:01","slug":"what-promise-chuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/50","title":{"rendered":"What Promise, Chuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stand by my earlier statements<\/a> about 2008, including the fact that it’s way too early to start speculating about who our next president is going to be in any meaningful way. But it’s not too early to take an interest in the potential candidates.<\/p>\n

And I guess it would make sense to start with a Republican I like, since that’s an endangered species and I try to be fair and balanced.<\/p>\n

There has been <\/a>some talk about a Chuck Hagel run in 2008. If we absolutely must have a Republican candidate, I think we could do a lot worse.<\/p>\n

I particularly like how he’s willing to go on the television and say <\/a>things like this:<\/p>\n

SCHEIFFER: Let me ask you this, Senator. Vice President Cheney says this sort of thing undercuts the troops. What’s your response?<\/p>\n

HAGEL: Let me tell you this. I served in Vietnam in 1968. Others did too. Jim Webb, John McCain. John Kerry. Other members in the House. In 1968 when I was there with my brother, worst year, deaths, I would have welcomed the Congress of the United States to pay a little attention as to what was going on. I would have welcomed that. That is complete nonsense to say we’re undercutting the support of the troops. What are we about? We’re Article 1 of the Constitution. We are co-equal branch of government. Are we not to participate? Are we not to say anything? Are we not to register our sense of where we’re going in this country on foreign policy? Bottom line is this: our young men and women and their families, these young men and women who are asked to fight and die deserve a policy worthy of those sacrifices. I don’t think we have one now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s rare to find a Republican <\/a>willing to be vocal in opposition to the policies of the Bush administration. And he’s been willing to do that for some time now. In other words, he is willing to put country over party.<\/p>\n

Now, you shouldn’t take this as an endorsement. There’s no way I could vote for him. He’s still a Republican and he votes like one<\/a>. But I do think he has wisdom and integrity. And those are two important things we’re lacking in our present-day leadership.<\/p>\n

But what kind of president would he make? There’s no way of knowing. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.<\/p>\n

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