Lautenberg calls Cheney 'lead chickenhawk' in criticizing Kerry

[cal04]

Good for You Lautenberg!

Tossing a verbal egg at Dick Cheney's military record, Sen. Frank Lautenberg blasted the vice president Wednesday as the "lead chickenhawk," who squawks about John Kerry's Vietnam War record despite never serving himself.

"The chickenhawk has no idea what it means to have the courage to put your life at risk to defend this nation," Lautenberg said on the Senate floor. "But they are quick to disparage those who did sacrifice."

In his speech, Lautenberg, D-N.J., defined chickenhawk "as having the shriek of a hawk but the backbone of a chicken."

"We know who the chickenhawks are," he said. "They talk tough on national defense and military issues and cast aspersions on others, but when it was their turn to serve, they were AWOL from courage."

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[phillybri]

1. Beautiful!

:kick:

[alvis]

2. Crossfire on CNN played a clip of Lautenberg

Crossfire on CNN played a clip of Lautenberg saying that.

[Sequoia]

3. Lovely Karma

Whadda you gonna say to that Chickenhawk Cheney? Bak, bak, bak, bak, bak. Or is it quack, quack, quack, quack?

[BeyondGeography]

4. Bar fight. Let's get it on, AWOL Boy.

[Adelante]

5. That's how Jersey boys do it

Kick ass, Senator!

[MoonRiver]

6. YEE HAA!!

Don't back down! Never back down! Keep them on the run! Put and keep them on the defensive! Throw their lies right back at them! Make them eat their shit for words!

That is my proposed Democratic Mantra for the 2004 Presidential Race.

:kick::kick::kick:

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[TheDonkey]

8. Def. deserves a pat on the back

I hadn't been that excited to see CSPAN since the "near" fight which broke out earlier this year.