Reply #100: I really, really doubt it [View All]

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I have never truly researched this, but based on what I gleaned from here and there, the only thing he may be really guilty of is not beig careful enough in his financial disclosures. Also I remember reading that the machines used, at least for his first election, were scanners, so the results could have been easily checked. Ben Nelson (his opponent at the time) never asked for a recount or contested the election results in any way.

I think that cheating in an election would be 180 degrees opposite of what Hagel seems to be all about. I obviously do not know him personally so I cannot be 100% sure, but he seems principled, honorable, and with a high regard for the notion of service to one's country. If that's indeed the case, such a man does not cheat to get elected, not in his DNA. Having been involved with the company (I don't think he owned it) before he got into politics should not disqualify him from anything, nor be held against him.