{"id":17580,"date":"2013-02-19T21:55:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T02:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17580"},"modified":"2013-02-19T21:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T02:55:55","slug":"form-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17580","title":{"rendered":"Form 86"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew C. McCarthy<\/a> posted an article today at The Corner<\/a> at the National Review<\/a> about the confirmation hearing for Chuck Hagel. The mainstream media is doing a pretty consistent job of criticizing Senator Ted Cruz<\/a> for his questioning of Senator Hagel<\/a>–even going so far as to call up their favorite slander–McCarthyism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Cruz made much of the fact that, in connection with his nomination to be secretary of defense, Hagel refused to disclose to the committee all compensation he has received in excess of $5,000 over the last five years, the point being to probe Hagel\u2019s connections to foreign governments and their agents \u2014 Hagel already being known to have troublesome ties<\/a> to outfits like the National Iranian American Council<\/a>, which is the Islamo-fascist<\/a> Iranian regime\u2019s pom-pom squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article goes on to report that Form 86, a lengthy questionnaire candidates for any governmental national security position have to fill out, has to be filled out for much less important jobs than Secretary of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Have a look at the form (here<\/a>), and in particular at pages 59\u201383. It is a searching inquiry into every conceivable aspect of the candidate\u2019s connections to and financial entanglements with foreign countries and their agents \u2014 and that\u2019s only after similarly exacting questions earlier in the form about the candidate\u2019s family connections to foreign countries and their agents (a topic we discussed back when Democrats, as well as some leading Republicans like Senator John McCain<\/a>, were making similarly ridiculous \u201cMcCarthyism\u201d allegations about inquiries into the Islamist connections of Huma Abedin<\/a>, top adviser to former Secretary of State Clinton).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Senate’s job is to advise and consent. They are supposed to ask the hard questions. Unfortunately, they rarely do, that’s why Ted Cruz is being accused of everything except murder (give them time!).<\/p>\n

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