klaatu
Fusionist
I have been looking hard for a Conservative Presidential candidate that would A) Bring integrity back to the movement B) Be progressive and a leader (oxymoron? Yes..but not really) on the Issue of Climate Change and Alternative Energy C) One who will stand up, take charge and go nose to nose with this administrations horrible record on Iraq, Foriegn Policy and reckless spending.
After researching the Career of Chuck Hagel..I believe he may be "The One" ..
His opposition to The Bush Administration on a number of issues have had Bushite Neo's and Liberals painting him as a liberal Republican ... not so ... lets look at the record...:
He cant be painted as a Chicken Hawk ... because he is a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the U.S. Army infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5) from 1967-68. While serving during the Vietnam War, he received the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
His voting record is clearly Conservative ....he scores a a 96 rating in 2005 from the American Conservative Union (ACU), up from 87 in 2004.
http://www.acuratings.org/2005Senate.htm
According to the National Journal - Composite Conservative Score's calculations, in 2005, Senator Hagel voted more conservative on economic, defense and foreign policy issues than 69 percent of the Senators.
He is a leader in the push for Clean Energy having introduced three bills designed to be economic jumper cables that would boost the development of clean-energy technologies -- one focusing on international technology exchange and the other two cumulatively authorizing $4 billion in corporate loans and tax credits over five years to spur the domestic development of clean technologies. Hagel has been sounding off on the challenges of climate change at venues like the Brookings Institution, and late 2004 he met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss how to reengage the United States in international efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
But wait... these are not bills designed to be over regulatory .... because he rejected the Kyoto Protocol on the grounds that it failed to include developing countries and posed barriers to economic growth in America. They are designed as in his words " to address the issue of greenhouse-gas emissions in a realistic and achievable way. We hope to set into motion a series of public-private actions that would through technology development diminish significantly the emissions of carbon-based fuels and other greenhouse-gas emissions. The objective deals not only with the environment, but energy innovation and economic growth. "
Also..and I like this, because he is thinking realistically ... "I don't think you can separate environmental policy from economic policy or energy policy. They are circles of connection and they overlap each other. You can't have economic growth without energy, and you can't talk about the use of oil, coal, and natural gas without talking about environmental policy, because those carbon-based energy sources emit carbon, and that's not good. The only way you can realistically deal with these issues is to come up with policy that integrates all three."
After researching the Career of Chuck Hagel..I believe he may be "The One" ..
His opposition to The Bush Administration on a number of issues have had Bushite Neo's and Liberals painting him as a liberal Republican ... not so ... lets look at the record...:
He cant be painted as a Chicken Hawk ... because he is a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the U.S. Army infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5) from 1967-68. While serving during the Vietnam War, he received the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
His voting record is clearly Conservative ....he scores a a 96 rating in 2005 from the American Conservative Union (ACU), up from 87 in 2004.
http://www.acuratings.org/2005Senate.htm
According to the National Journal - Composite Conservative Score's calculations, in 2005, Senator Hagel voted more conservative on economic, defense and foreign policy issues than 69 percent of the Senators.
He is a leader in the push for Clean Energy having introduced three bills designed to be economic jumper cables that would boost the development of clean-energy technologies -- one focusing on international technology exchange and the other two cumulatively authorizing $4 billion in corporate loans and tax credits over five years to spur the domestic development of clean technologies. Hagel has been sounding off on the challenges of climate change at venues like the Brookings Institution, and late 2004 he met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss how to reengage the United States in international efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
But wait... these are not bills designed to be over regulatory .... because he rejected the Kyoto Protocol on the grounds that it failed to include developing countries and posed barriers to economic growth in America. They are designed as in his words " to address the issue of greenhouse-gas emissions in a realistic and achievable way. We hope to set into motion a series of public-private actions that would through technology development diminish significantly the emissions of carbon-based fuels and other greenhouse-gas emissions. The objective deals not only with the environment, but energy innovation and economic growth. "
Also..and I like this, because he is thinking realistically ... "I don't think you can separate environmental policy from economic policy or energy policy. They are circles of connection and they overlap each other. You can't have economic growth without energy, and you can't talk about the use of oil, coal, and natural gas without talking about environmental policy, because those carbon-based energy sources emit carbon, and that's not good. The only way you can realistically deal with these issues is to come up with policy that integrates all three."
