Hagel out

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down, reportedly under pressure. There's sniping from both the Obama and Hagel camps, and regardless of who you believe it does not seem like Obama dodged the usual 2nd term disorganization.

Freepers have hated Hagel for a while. But now they hilariously leap to his defense in a particularly stark reminder that consistency is at best a secondary virtue for Freepers.

caww is one of the few to remain unhappy with Hagel:

The buzz is make no mistake Hagel was fired....Doesn't surprise me in the least...he was a bad choice to begin with and should not even have been considered.

Hoodat also still hews to his crazy original hatreds:

Hagel was hired because of his incompetence. (Oh, and his hatred for Israel, too.)

livius, on the other hand, turns on a dime:

Yes, Hagel might not have been great, but he was obviously way too supportive of the US for Obama’s tastes. I do recall that there some of Hagel’s thoughts and goals became public this fall, and Obama was obviously outraged then.

He may seem weak and incompetent to us here, but by the standards of the WH, he was positively a Gen. MacArthur.

Betcha Obama appoints a Muslim now.

In the absence of a Muslim, Freepers will declare a secret Muslim.

Many Freepers, including jersey117 love the Muslim idea:

Betcha Obama appoints a Muslim now.

He would do that. Just to be in our faces.

GraceG's conspiratorial nature causes an odd conclusion:

Eric Holder is looking for work, and in his new position they can cover EVERYTHING up under the pretense of “National Security”....

sarasota blames Obama:

Under the bus. Who can he blame next?

Any day now, UCANSEE2!

The coup is almost complete.

Chgogal contradicts himself in one post:

Hagel’s view of America was closest to Obama (so thought Obama) but obviously not close enough. Hagel recognized dangers to the US and tried to defend. Obama sees the dangers and then aids the enemies.

"Hagel agreed with Obama on almost everything except for the minor detail of trying to destroy America!"

txhurl's comment got deleted, but Laz quoted her:

Why can’t I wake up to the news one day that a coup d’ etat has happened in my sleep?

Nothing earthshaking. In my experience, deleted Freeper comments are rarely something actually beyond the pale, usually the Admins just take a notion.

txhurl has a whole scenario for how the White House works:

The way Jarrett chose Hagel’s successor is how quickly he jumped to fetch her a drink. She really did ‘mistake’ 3 & 4 birds at the WH as waiters and ask them for drinks.

Wow, that rumor she's quoting sounds exactly like the rumors about the Clinton White House! Even the made-up BS isn't original these days.