Chickenhawk and Awe

Rat Boy and his sidekick, Chunky, whose combined military service totals 0 days, 0 hours and 0 seconds, have attacked proud military veteran Senator Tom Daschle for his opposition to Bush's war:

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) this week told Daschle in French to "shut your mouth," and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), normally reserved in his rhetoric, said Daschle came "mighty close" to providing comfort to the nation's enemies. In an interview yesterday, DeLay said Daschle and other outspoken congressional Democrats are only "emboldening Saddam Hussein" by echoing concerns raised by France and other international critics of Bush's approach.

Daschle's South Dakota colleague, Democrat Tim Johnson, has a son serving in the Marines, stationed in Kuwait, who previously served in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia.