# Interesting Chuck Hagel interview (2/24) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 24, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-chuck-hagel-interview-2-24/438998 "2008-02-24T21:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-chuck-hagel-interview-2-24/438998/1 "2008-02-24T21:46:28Z")
…on one of the Sunday morning shows. Anyone else see it & react? (the essence of it, summarized from memory) Q: Will you support McCain? A: Not willing to talk about it right now. Q: What about Nader jumping in? A: There will be others too. Q: What about Obama? A: He’s “very qualified” to be President. Q: Should a President negotiate with our enemies? A: Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-chuck-hagel-interview-2-24/438998/2 "2008-02-24T22:10:41Z")
Chuck Hagel has been a critic of the Bush administration on the Iraq War and it’s ridiculous civil liberties infringements. He’s sort of libertarian I guess. Really, it’s quite a shame he couldn’t have run for President. Maybe he’s trying to angle for such a position after Obama wins? I’m not saying this is a foregone conclusion, but maybe he feels that the Republicans are doomed to lose and it would be his position to take the party in a new direction. But Hagel is a stand-up guy, he’s ought to be bigger in Republican Politics. No surprise that he doesn’t like McCain, because McCain has positioned himself to be Bush III… ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-chuck-hagel-interview-2-24/438998/3 "2008-02-24T23:27:43Z")
Could Hagel be a potenial candidate to be Obama’s Sec of Defense?