If Republicans had nervy firebrands like the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, someone would rise up to declare, “Chuck Hagel’s America is a land in which gays would be forced back in the closet and Jews would be accused of dual loyalty. Chuck Hagel’s world is one in which devastating defense cuts become a goal, not a problem; we enter direct talks with the terrorist organization Hamas; and sanctions on Iran wither.”
The Hagel nomination expected to come on Monday is so outrageous and the rationale for his nomination so weak that it becomes an easy no vote for all Republicans.
The right once inveighed against “Borking” and race-baiting. In opposing Chuck Hagel, a part of its neoconservative wing is doing both.
The Ascendant ‘Smear Wing’ of the Conservative Movement
by Conor Friedersdorf
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/the-ascendant-smear-wing-of-the-conservative-movement/266903/
In 2011, Jennifer Rubin was included on the list of “50 Most Influential American Jews” by The Forward.
Jennifer Rubin has opposed Barack Obama on multiple occasions, calling him “the most anti-Israel U.S. president (ever).”
Jennifer Rubin consistently supports the Likud government and other conservative factions in Israel, and has been a harsh critic of Hamas and of the PLO leadership.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Rubin_(journalist)