Why Do They Hate America?

In the latest online issue of Foot Fancy Quarterly, chief political correspondent Peggy Noonan attempts to spit on Walter Mondale, and ends up with a faceful of her own bile:

"Mondale meant to explain his own record at the end, and an impressive record it is. But his rhetorical repetition--"I know the Senate. . . . I served in the Senate. . . . I was president of the Senate"--made him seem like the father in the old sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"--"I fought in WWII, the big one!' " He was always doing that to prove he was a big guy who'd lived through big history. The kids were always rolling their eyes. They knew a blowhard when they saw one."

Har-de-har-har-har.

Sorry, Peg, but Ronnie Reagan is the only blowhard who pretended to fight in WWII. Surely you remember when candy-ass Ronnie lied about his role in liberating Nazi concentration camps. "King Character" Ronnie cowered in California during the war, making V.D. films for the troops. Walter Mondale, on the other hand, proudly served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953.

You may snicker and sneer at American war veterans who recount their military service with pride, Nooner, but no one else is laughing. Except at you.

And what is Norm Coleman's war record? His website says it all: "In Norm's younger years, he was a roady for Ten Years After, a one-hit wonder band during the 60s. Norm helped set up the stage and held the bass amp during concerts."