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“[H]e didn’t give a damn about the Jewish community or any of our concerns”

“He was not the most responsive politician in Nebraska to me personally at the Jewish Press and to the Jewish community as a whole,” she said.

“Every other senator, Nelson, Mike Johanns, (congressman) Lee Terry and (congressman) Peter Hoagland they were all very responsive,” she explained, “it didn’t really matter what their party affiliation was, if we were soliciting them for an interview or a greeting ad for Rosh Hashonah or Passover.” However Katzman says that “Hagel’s office never even responded,” adding, “we would make repeated calls, (and received) no response it was pretty obvious that he and his staff were dismissive.”
“The universal feeling in the Jewish community was don’t bother, don’t waste your time, Katzman said, “I think after a while people gave up and said, we were not going to get anywhere.”

“Hagel was the only one we have had in Nebraska, who basically showed the Jewish community that he didn’t give a damn about the Jewish community or any of our concerns,” Katzman concluded.

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Sounds about right.

BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM

He would go down well in the ME.

OldEnglish on December 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM

Thought this was an article about President Choom.

RoadRunner on December 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Also, how did this guy ever get elected as a REPUBLICAN Senator with contempt toward the Jewish community and Israel?

BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM

So then a perfect fit in the Bark Administration.

Bishop on December 30, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Also, how did this guy ever get elected as a REPUBLICAN Senator with contempt toward the Jewish community and Israel?

BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Being conservative is not a requirement for being a Republican. Why would one necessarily have to be a companion towards Israel?

gryphon202 on December 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM

Being conservative is not a requirement for being a Republican. …

gryphon202 on December 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM

Point taken.

BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 10:46 AM

So Hagel hates the evvvilll Jews so much that he couldn’t even be bothered to give the rote statements greeting constituents on holidays.

Illinidiva on December 30, 2012 at 10:48 AM

Hagel is under consideration because the Obama Campaign wants the Republicans to share blame for the abandonment of Israel.

forest on December 30, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Hagel makes Helen Thomas look like Golda Meir (hey, she DOES kinda look like Golda Meir)

Paul-Cincy on December 30, 2012 at 11:09 AM

Also, how did this guy ever get elected as a REPUBLICAN Senator with contempt toward the Jewish community and Israel?

Two words: Patrick Buchanan.

Two more words: James Baker.

Let’s not pretend Republicans/conservatives all loved Israel for 60 years.

Meryl Yourish on December 30, 2012 at 11:59 AM

He issued a defense of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who has been mentioned as one of the leading candidates for new secretary of defense.

Hagel, who opposed President George W. Bush’s decision to go to war with Iraq, has been criticized in conservative circles for not being a strong enough ally of Israel. Many liberals and gay activists also have banded against him for comments he made in 1998 about an openly gay nominee for an ambassadorship

Obama, who briefly served with Hagel in the Senate, stressed that he had yet to make a decision on a secretary of defense but said called Hagel a “patriot.”

“He is somebody who has done extraordinary work both in the United States Senate,” he said. “Somebody who served this country with valor in Vietnam. And is somebody who’s currently serving on my intelligence advisory board and doing an outstanding job.”

He noted that Hagel had apologized for his 14-year-old remark. “And I think it’s a testimony to what has been a positive change over the last decade in terms of people’s attitudes about gays and lesbians serving our country,” Obama said.

Throws h0m0sexuals under the bus for an anti-semite.

davidk on December 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM

davidk on December 30, 2012 at 12:05 PM