Hagel Changes His Mind, Republicans Lose Theirs

By Sniffles

Gosh! Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) has decided he can't support Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense because Hagel is "too inconsistent."

This, you may or may not recall, is the same Roy Blunt who heartily endorsed Willard Mitt Romney for President, and served as his Willard's top campaigner on Capitol Hill.

We cats are trying to understand the logic of this. See, Willard is kinda famous for his "inconsistency" on important issues. Here are just a few examples:

• Supported, then opposed, campaign finance reform.
• Believed in climate change, then wasn't sure.
• Was before FEMA before he was against it.
• Favored the stimulus in 2009, opposed it in 2012.
• Banned assault rifles, then joined the NRA.
• Liked giving a pathway to citizenship, then said that Arizona's immigration law was a "model for the nation."
• Said he opposed same-sex marriage, but refused to sign a Republican "pledge" against it.
• Supported a woman's right to choose, then — well, you know. And then there's that personhood thing. Eek!
• And finally, of course, having invented healthcare reform, he now hates it.

So, we all know why in 2008 John McCain called Willard "the candidate of change." What we don't get is why such, um, "inconsistency" was okay in Roy Blunt's book.