The Hegseth "incident."

[jon-nyc]

If(!) this checks out, it sounds like there are lots of incidents. The Koch bothers even pushed him out of a charity they run. He seems to have a problem with his cups as well as with women.

Bad combo for a SecDef. They feed on each other.

(Again, if...)

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc Detailed article on this. If even half is true, not very good at all.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

I still think he unqualified, but this additional stuff will make me think that he will soon come out with a statement, "although untrue, it is becoming a distraction to the great work ahead by President Trump, and therefore, I am withdrawing from the nomination."

[Jolly]

He's a horndawg, no doubt about it.

Makes Jon look like an amateur...

[George K]

I'm sure Collins and Teh Murk will also vote "no."

[Horace]

I hope Elbridge Colby replaces him.

[George K]

Who was Sec Def when this occurred? It certainly wasn't Hegseth, Fauxahontas.

Best response:

[jon-nyc]

???

Is he confusing the FTC with the CFPB?

[jon-nyc]

Re her post, the reasons he shouldn’t be SecDef have nothing to do with the DoD, and everything to do with Pete Hegseth.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

???

Is he confusing the FTC with the CFPB?

Yeah, it's still funny.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

Re her post, the reasons he shouldn’t be SecDef have nothing to do with the DoD, and everything to do with Pete Hegseth.

No, she says that because of unproven allegations, that's disqualifying.

As was posted above, Tower might have been a womanizer, but we would have gotten someone who could run the DoD. He would have been competent.

[George K]

Oh - I also listened to the first part of Megyn Kelly's interview with him.

About the NDA - he claims that her attorneys approached him at a time when his career was taking off and they threatened to expose this affair unless he paid up.

There was a lot of "Jesus is my savior" thrown in too. I gave up after about 15 minutes.

[jon-nyc]

I wasn’t summarizing her post, I was disagreeing with it.

[Doctor Phibes]

Maybe they should put him in charge of Veteran Affairs.

So many punchlines, so little time.

[Copper]

In 2023, over 29,000 active-duty troops were sexually assaulted

One about every 20 minutes, about 12% of active duty women each year

At that rate, it would take about 8 years to assault them all.

[Darth Putin]

[George K]

Joni Ernst is a "nope."

[taiwan_girl]

He's done. I expect a "withdraw my nomination" statement later today.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

He's done. I expect a "withdraw my nomination" statement later today.

I agree - though maybe over the weekend.

Although I found the allegations against him to be a bit dodgy - especially the "rape"accusation - his qualifications always seemed to be a bit on the thin side.

Because you've done tours into a war zone, and your "buddies" support you, that's not enough to head a huge government department.

[Jolly]

Give him a vote.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

Because you've done tours into a war zone, and your "buddies" support you, that's not enough to head a huge government department.

The reality is he was chosen because of his celebrity more than his combat experience. After all, there are thousands of people with that. And doing Fox stuff definitely doesn't prepare anybody for running a government department.