Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense

[mcmurtry66]

Switch to your left hand.

You need to give your right a break, evidently.

Lol I woke up a couple days ago and my elbow looked like popeye’s. Craziest shit ever. Just the elbow. Apparently my bursa sac blew

 

[Lucy01]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/hegseth-defense-secretary-hearing-00198214

What’s your point with this post? We all know how you feel. Try posting something different that would change a person’s mind.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

What’s your point with this post? We all know how you feel. Try posting something different that would change a person’s mind.

It's posted for people to read. Are you truly as stupid as you pretend to be?

 

[Cortez88]

So, we listened to this entire farce on the 9-hour drive to Georgia today. Obviously didn’t get the visuals, but based on what we could hear, Hegseth won the day. But, my God, the Dems on the committee totally soiled themselves. From Gillibrand to Warren to Kaine to the uber-loon from Hawaii the left totally embarrassed themselves.

Are these people insane? I’ll gladly and readily admit I hate leftist politicians but what I heard today was an embarrassment. I felt embarrassed that my country puts politicians such as this in positions of power.

The best laugh we had was when some senator stated that Hegseth didn’t have the experience of managing an organization with 3,000,000 “employees.” Who has?

I had some reservations about Hegseth, but after today he has my vote. The Pentagon needs to be shaken up. If anything, building back the Navy’s strength will happen. And the troops will be energized. He won’t get any Dem votes, except maybe Fetterman’s, but he’ll get every GOP vote.

I think these performances are off putting to independents and moderates. Yeah, both sides do it, but the Ds, IMO, need to show those voters that they hear them and want to move away from the nutty progressive issues. Yesterday’s hearing did not accomplish that.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Lol I woke up a couple days ago and my elbow looked like popeye’s. Craziest shit ever. Just the elbow. Apparently my bursa sac blew

That's tough.

Never happened to me, but had a buddy that it did and he said it hurt like a mother.

It didn't hurt anymore after a night at the bar.

 

[Lucy01]

It's posted for people to read. Are you truly as stupid as you pretend to be?

Are you dumb enough to think that article will change someone’s mind?

 

[CO. Hoosier]

So, we listened to this entire farce on the 9-hour drive to Georgia today. Obviously didn’t get the visuals, but based on what we could hear, Hegseth won the day. But, my God, the Dems on the committee totally soiled themselves. From Gillibrand to Warren to Kaine to the uber-loon from Hawaii the left totally embarrassed themselves.

Are these people insane? I’ll gladly and readily admit I hate leftist politicians but what I heard today was an embarrassment. I felt embarrassed that my country puts politicians such as this in positions of power.

The best laugh we had was when some senator stated that Hegseth didn’t have the experience of managing an organization with 3,000,000 “employees.” Who has?

I had some reservations about Hegseth, but after today he has my vote. The Pentagon needs to be shaken up. If anything, building back the Navy’s strength will happen. And the troops will be energized. He won’t get any Dem votes, except maybe Fetterman’s, but he’ll get every GOP vote.

The senators harp about qualifications and then equate qualifications with experience. They are not the same thing. Having sat in a chair, or being in a room with people does not touch qualifications.

Speaking of qualifications Duckworth is thoroughly unqualified to ask questions about where to go to lunch let alone examine a candidate for an important public office. The hearing yesterday was a typical hearing, full of bombast, theater, and smuggary and pitifully short on substance.

I have my doubts about Hegseth,, and while I give him high marks for demeanor, I heard no substance to move the needle either direction.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Are you dumb enough to think that article will change someone’s mind?

Wasn't my intent. You're not pretending you're stupid, are you? You are a moonbat pretending to be a MAGA wingnut. Being stupid is why you're not fooling anyone.

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

Disagree. They are highly partisan tribal dolts.


The worst are from the safest states. They will never lose an election. They are mentally lightweights whose purpose is the be performative political partisans.


Mostly agree but I don’t see any part of the performances being smart.

Andre Carson says hold my MD 20-20...

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

You can have killers or you can have grammarians. You can't have both.

Mas-sa-suta says hold my Slante...

 

[mattndallas]

How does he continually catfish all these swamp creatures? 😄

 

[DANC]

How does he continually catfish all these swamp creatures? 😄

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Appeals to their egos. Get them talking abou themselves. They can't wait to show how much more intelligent they are than other people.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Appeals to their egos. Get them talking abou themselves. They can't wait to show how much more intelligent they are than other people.

Sounds like the same strategy some on here use to get you to start bloviating.

 

[DontComeAroundMuch]

How does he continually catfish all these swamp creatures? 😄

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Not hard. Federal government employees love talking about how important they are.

“I captained a ship, I had the highest possible security clearance, etc”

 

[DANC]

How does he continually catfish all these swamp creatures? 😄

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Can you imagine how much information our adversaries are getting from these honeypots?

This SOB should be in jail. I wonder if a certain other former Naval officer here agrees?

 

[DANC]

If you don't mind me asking, where were you stationed during Vietnam?

California, Texas, and Germany (my actual duty station).

 

[Digressions]

California, Texas, and Germany (my actual duty station).

My father got his orders to go to Vietnam. 3 days before leaving the North Koreans sank a ship in the S. China sea. He ended up in S. Korea.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Can you imagine how much information our adversaries are getting from these honeypots?

This SOB should be in jail. I wonder if a certain other former Naval officer here agrees?

Dipshit.

 

[DANC]

My father got his orders to go to Vietnam. 3 days before leaving the North Koreans sank a ship in the S. China sea. He ended up in S. Korea.

Was that the Pueblo? I guess they didn't sink it. I can't recall another one that was sunk.

In 1976, some US soldiers were hacked to death in the Korean DMZ.

Korean axe murder incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Digressions]

Was that the Pueblo? I guess they didn't sink it. I can't recall another one that was sunk.

In 1976, some US soldiers were hacked to death in the Korean DMZ.

Korean axe murder incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I don't know, I shouldn't have said it sunk. It's been decades since I heard the story. I will ask again.

 

[DANC]

I don't know, I shouldn't have said it sunk. It's been decades since I heard the story. I will ask again.

S. Korea was not a cush assignment. From what I heard, it was as close to war as you could get without actually being in a war.

My roommate in language school was a Korean linguist.

 

[CO. Hoosier]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/hegseth-defense-secretary-hearing-00198214

I’ve read it now. None of that speaks to the impact Hegseth would have on the defense of the United States. It’s all about personal behavior which is fraught with charges and denials which is really a side show.

A question like “Mr Hegseth, if you know President Trump is about to make a serious military blunder, e.g. Afghanistan, what should be your role in advising the President to alter his plan? If the President refused, then what?” would have been revealing and important.

Nobody asked this kind of question, focusing instead on stupid irrelevancies.

What did you intend for us to take from this link?