Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching Lawrence O'Donnell in full smackdown mode while he was subbing for Ed Schultz. It was as if O'Donnell was a hawk soaring down from the sky and into the water clutching up his meal with a quick swipe of his talon. The beauty of it was overwhelming.
At first I wondered if O'Donnell subbing was a planned deal. After all, Ed just started his show and he's already taking the night off? I'm not complaining, not by a long shot. In fact if MSNBC put O'Donnell in as a sub on purpose, it was an absolute brilliant move.
David Rivkin, from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies was the fortunate recipient of O'Donnell's blows.
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My favorite part was when O'Donnell asked Rivkin if he had served in the military. Smack!
That's when I was reminded about the Clinton years when the conservative hypocrites threw everything they had at Clinton for being a draft dodger.
Here's a little refresher course for you about the elite chickenhawks.
I'm sure the list goes on and on but by now we all know who they are.
Creedence Lyrics: Fortunate Son
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,
Here are just some of the GOP luminaries who never served in Vietnam, but joined the teeming mob of right wing zealots in labeling Democrats as draft dodgers during the Clinton campaign.
Elliott Abrams - Sought deferment for bad back.
Richard Armey - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Bill Bennett - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Pat Buchanan - Sought deferment for bad knee.
George W. Bush - Daddy got him in the National Guard
Dick Cheney - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Tom DeLay - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Newt Gingrich - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Phil Gramm - Sought marriage deferment, too loved to die.
Jack Kemp - Sought medical deferment while in the NFL.
Rush Limbaugh - Sought deferment for ingrown hair follicle on his ass.
Trent Lott - Sought deferment, didn't want to muss his hair.
P.J. O'Rourke - Sought deferment, too stoned.
Dan Quayle - Family got him into the Reserves.
Pat Robertson - Father pulled him out of Korea as soon as the shooting began.
Kenneth Starr - Sought deferment for psoriasis.
John Wayne - Sought deferment to further acting career.
Vin Weber - Sought deferment for asthma.
George Will - Sought deferment, too much of a wussy.
Worse for these major league hypocrites is that they scammed their way out of Vietnam not because of noble ideals that the war was a misguided tragedy. Rather, these guys were just plain cowards looking to save their skins.
It's an abiding fact that the right wing continued to foamingly deride Clinton for protesting Vietnam because it was a bad war, while refusing to criticize the GOP leaders who evaded Vietnam because they were just plain yellow-bellied. Moreover, it is a glaring indication of the advanced pathology of the rabid right wing hordes that they don't give a hoot that their leadership had a yellow streak as wide as Texas running down their backs.
The Limbaugh loonies are, after all, beyond reason in matters of politics. They needn't bother with the truth, even if their own leaders (including pork boy Rush) exemplify everything they claim to scorn in the way of no guts and fairweather patriotism. The hypocrisy is so rank, it smells like an Iowa Hog farm in a heat wave.
So next time you cowardly blowhards go on a 'let's bash Obama' media blitz, heed this. If there's anything I loathe more than a woman in full change of life mode, it's cowards....rich, racist cowards like you. You have nothing to say that will put food on my table or make my retirement come back. I will shout from the mountaintop how despicable you and your obstructionist party really are and why you're really blocking President Obama's administration nominees.
I've also read the misdirected emails that show how you sabotaged the election against Gore.
All this and you assholes walk freely to spew your vitriol against an administration that is doing their best to fix what you tried to destroy. We'll get out of this mess eventually but without your dirty hands in it. Bipartisanship went out the window in 2000 so screw you!