No, Obama is the WORST president (in my opinion)–worse than Jimmy Carter, Grant, Harding, and the 1850′s-era presidents.

I have been interested in the Presidents for many years and have read much about them, and I can’t see how Obama avoids being the worst.

Those same Leftists think the people in Gaza electing Hamas to power is a perfect example of democracy at work and should be respected by all, including recipients of rockets from said beacon of democracy.

We all know how Leftist double standards work: A person is a truth-seeking intellectual when arguing left-wing points, but a racist when arguing right-wing ones; a left-wing victory at the ballot box is democracy as it should be, while a right-wing victory signals the rise of fascism. If I’ve learned anything in the past few years, it’s to calibrate my political GPS to the compass of Leftist opprobrium; it’s when they praise you (“Moderate, pragmatic Republican…”) that you need to do some soul-searching.

The idea that Israel democratically chose these leaders based on a rational assessment of what is in their best interest is not an idea that even shows up on their radar.

Many American Jews share this view. If and when Israel is destroyed they will tut-tut, shrug their shoulders, and lament that this is what happens when you elect a right-wing government.

That is really the bottom line. It is not about Hagel it is about Obama. Although I also agree with J. J. about Hagel lacking the necessary management experience for the job. Obama’s primary motive for selecting Hagel was just to show he can get away with it.

That’s bad enough, but the fact is that Hagel has no real management experience. SECDEF is a really big management job. Hagel may well screw things up at DOD worse than they ever have been. Of course that may be Obama’s objective.