Swift-boating Hagel

Crooks and Liars boldly predicted that Sunday's criticism of Our Naked Emperor by Senator Chuck Hagel would unleash the attack dogs of the Right Wing Radio and TV Yakkers. They were absolutely right. On the local AM station owned by a right wing kook, Laura Ingraham led off the day accusing Hagel of being an emotionally unstable publicity hound and spent her first hour "poking fun" and doing her best to deconstruct Hagel while carefully ignoring what the man actually said yesterday. Rush Limbaugh,conveniently forgetting Hagel's actual battlefield experience compared to his own actual avoidance of hands-on military experience, was especially vicious and ranted the entire time I listened about Hagel's hate for America and blind ambition. Such a patriot! Strangely, O'Reilly spared little vitriole for Hagel, still stewing and ranting over Cindy Sheehan. I leave it to others to report on the other yakkers.