By Rich Kozlovich
On Friday, November 29, 2024 I published this piece, What About Pete?, which was hit really hard showing me this was a topic that really resonated with America. Then on Thursday, January 16, 2025 I published, How Did Pete Hegseth Do?, both
of which outline who and what Pete Hegseth was and is, along with his
qualifications, which are impressive, and the hypocrisy of his
detractors, so I won't be repeating all that here, it's done already, so
take a look for yourself.
Now Pete Hegseth has been confirmed as Secretary of Defense but that only
happened because V.P. Vance was able to break the tie. Mitch McConnell,
Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins voted no. Murkowski went on about how
impressive Hegseth was but in good conscience had to vote no, but
didn't explain how he offended her conscience. What kind of stupid
answer is that?
As far as I can tell Collins hasn't explained her vote,
but one conservative writer Christopher Chantrill in his article What was the Real Problem with Pete Hegseth? explains why, at least in his view, Sens. Lisa Murkowski, and Susan
Collins voted no. They just "gotta go with the
cool girls, and all the cool girls are Democrats."
The cool girls, like Fauxocahontas Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray, and Mazie Keiko Hirono, you know..... the cool girls.... who went on about his character, all of whom thought he was too seriously flawed to be SecDef.
Murkowski
and Collins at least didn't play that card. While playing that card in
times past played well for the Dems, it's all worn out now and most on
the right no longer care to hear it. But that tactic is ingrained in
the Democrat play book and they can't discard it because that's all they
have, along with a corrupt media support. But that's going down the
drain soon.
- Alinsky 101: NBC Runs Hegseth Hit Piece Despite Ex-Wife Debunking Accusation
- How the NBC News Hit Piece Against Pete Hegseth Just Got Worse, But Not in the Way You Think
- ‘This Isn’t Journalism’: GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty Blasts Propaganda Media’s Smear Campaign Against Pete Hegseth
Actually, we should be shocked the left cares. Remember
when Clinton was President the leftist meme from the Democrats was
"character doesn't count"? Those on the right never agreed with that,
but we've seen Trump perform remarkably, in spite of all his character
flaws, but corruption isn't one of them, and let's not kid ourselves
there has never been more corrupt Presidents than Clinton and Biden,
right along with the biggest criminal enterprise in America,
the Democrat party. I'm also inclined to think the thing these two
really all have in common with the "cool girls" is they're all old, and
dumb. But wait....there's more! I'll tell you what, we'll come back to
that!
Mitch McConnell who refuses to be interviewed over his vote did release an idiotic statement that should make everyone realize just how corrupt he is, remember, Ole Mitch had no problem voting to confirm Lloyd Austin, Merrick Garland and Pete Buttigieg.
McConnell
is Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Defense, and I gotta tell ya, it's my view his vote stinks of
self-interested corruption, and I think Christopher Chantrill's article
pretty much confirms that as he gets into what's really going on behind
the scenes saying:
........."government, in general, is
there to provide jobs for Barnacles and Stiltstockings, as described by Charles Dickens way back in 1857."...........According to this notion, the State Department is there to hand out
jobs to educated foreign policy analysts. Environmental programs are
there to provide jobs for educated environmentalists. Grants to NGOs are
there to provide jobs for lefty activists. Grants to universities are
there to provide jobs for lefty academics. So, the Department of Defense is there to hand out goodies to
warfighters and veterans............ Pete Hegseth ............ [is] not going to
send money to Democratic supporters like the rest of the federal
government.........the Democratic Party’s war on Pete Hegseth was a result of careful expert analysis of his 2020 book American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free. Here is a quote:
NATO is not an alliance;
it’s a defense arrangement for Europe, paid
for and underwritten by the United States [and it should be] scrapped
and remade in order for freedom to be truly defended............The
defense of Europe is not our problem; been there, done that, twice.
For those who are regular readers of P&D you know I'm in total agreement with that. The Bretton Woods
era is over. We can no longer afford to police the world........"for
everyone else's benefit". Before America gets involved in any foreign
interdiction one question must always be asked. How does this benefit
America as a nation and a culture, and not just the big international
corporations in America who are in reality traitorous co-conspirators
with the World Economic Forum and other multinational organizations.
Involvement in this Russo/Ukrainian War does not benefit
America. Europe brought this on themselves, let them fix it, or not. We have no skin in that game. None of this was our fault, nor our responsibility,
and it's costing the nation hundreds of billions of dollars and weakening our
own national defense in support of a completely corrupt dictatorial government
that had Joe Biden and his crime family in their pockets.
What
this is really all about with all the RINO's is the big money to be
made by keeping America at war, and it's long overdue for there to be a
public outcry demanding an open debate about America's involvement in
NATO and the United Nations. All the Democrats voted against Hegseth
because they were commanded to do so, and like the good little
Stalinists they are, they obeyed. The argument that the three RINO
senators voted against Pete Hegseth
was because of NATO has legs, hard to prove, but credible. It’s much
easier to question character than
have an open debate about the relevance of NATO in the 21st century.
The
reality is America is going to stop wasting American lives
and American wealth for the dubious benefit of others. If America does
anything it will be because it directly benefits America. Trump gets
it! Bretton Woods is over! We don't need them, they need us, and watch
as these nations fall into line, just as Mexico and other Latin American states have.
His character isn't what bothered anyone, it's his views on what the military is supposed to be all about, and being used for social experimentation isn't one of them. His priorities are "a focus
on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness." All of which the Democrats hate insanely.
He's already put down the hammer on DEI at U.S. Department of Defense, and "those who do not comply" are fired. The Air Force is shutting down DEI schemes. When you see the highest ranks in the military saying "they're willing to work "with"' the President", that makes it abundantly clear clear there needs to be a
serious attitude adjustment at the Pentagon, and I think that means
saying "You're Fired". There's nothing like a good firing to get
everyone's head on right, and I think Hegseth can deliver.
But there are a number of RINO's and war hawks in the Senate like Senator Thom Tillis who was secretly working behind the scenes to sabotage
Pete Hegseth encouraging former sister-in-law Danielle Hegseth, who was
once married to his brother, claims he abused his ex-wife Samantha, all
of which Samantha refutes.
War
hawk Lindsey Graham voted for him, and my guess is they know Trump
isn't going to take no for an answer, and have no desire to challenge
him on his cabinet picks. They see a man committed, unrelenting, and no
matter how polite he may be, he will punish them in the future just as
he's done with former members of his administration who turned on him. I
think Tillis is in trouble no matter what now.
What's ahead is going to be like a fun roller coaster ride with a lot of ups and downs, but it will be entertaining.
