On Defending Points of Honor Using Jackson Browne Lyrics

Obama gave a speech and gave nice platypuses to Vietnam war veterans:

One of the saddest episodes in our history was the degree to which returning vets from Vietnam were shunned, demonized and neglected by some because they served in an unpopular war. Too many of those who opposed the war in Vietnam chose to blame not only the leaders who ordered the mission, but the young men who simply answered their country’s call. Four decades later, the sting of that injustice is a wound that has never fully healed, and one that should never be repeated.

Predictably, Jerilyn Merritt goes shitwhack:

In other words, Obama intends to battle the war-hero McCain by throwing us under the bus.

And get this: she quotes a Jackson Browne lyric to anchor her moral position.

Jackson Browne? Jackson Fucking Browne?

I don't know about Obama, but I'm throwing your musically-illiterate ass under the bus.

To recap, your Clorg Democrats:

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• This is a more important constituency than aarpers.
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• Bayard on Wilentz on Reagan.
• Friend/Enemy Distinction.
• Jingoing to Hell.
• I had noticed Swift's hiatus but hadn't thought much of it, but Simon emails me and asks, Where's Swift?
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• The Great Lit War of '58.

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Max Boot writes, sans irony as only Max Boots can, about Ricardo Sanchez in a review of Sanchez' book:

The general's denunciations of others would be more convincing if he were prepared to admit the painful truth about himself.

Jeebus, Max Fucking Boot.

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Strauss steps over the bodies.