Generation Chickenhawk

July 30, 2007 7:36 PM

Max Blumenthal interviews war cheerleaders at the College Republican National Convention. The students parroted the party line, about how "we had to fight them over there, so we didn't have to fight them over here", but hemmed and hawed like a prom queen caught with her dress over her head when asked why they weren't over there with the real soldiers willing to put their life on the line to "fight the good fight".
posted by dejah420 (34 comments total)

eponysterical!
posted by Hat Maui at 7:39 PM on July 30, 2007

this is just an iraq update, no?
posted by quonsar at 7:40 PM on July 30, 2007

hemmed and hawed like a prom queen caught with her dress over her head

I dunno, that prom queen seems fairly unambiguous.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:42 PM on July 30, 2007

This has been posted more than once and deleted every time AFAIKR.
posted by octothorpe at 7:42 PM on July 30, 2007

Last post?
posted by mrnutty at 7:42 PM on July 30, 2007

No, this is the last post.
posted by LarryC at 7:43 PM on July 30, 2007

No it isn't.
posted by alexei at 7:44 PM on July 30, 2007

AFAIKR

As Far As I Kan Recall?
posted by mrnutty at 7:45 PM on July 30, 2007

You are correct, it is not.
posted by LarryC at 7:45 PM on July 30, 2007

Pfast luzst!
posted by yhbc at 7:46 PM on July 30, 2007

Dang; I'll try again.

Pabst Schlotz!
posted by yhbc at 7:47 PM on July 30, 2007

They're truly Bush supporters than. Dubya was fanatically in support of Vietnam, but couldn't be bothered to fight in it, nor even serve in the Reserves.
posted by orange swan at 7:47 PM on July 30, 2007

LAST POST
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:47 PM on July 30, 2007

PAST BOAST
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:47 PM on July 30, 2007

it's like deja 420 all over again.
posted by Challahtronix at 7:48 PM on July 30, 2007

WANT TOAST?
posted by yhbc at 7:48 PM on July 30, 2007

BASS ROAST
posted by Phantomx at 7:49 PM on July 30, 2007

AFAIKR

A Fair Amount of Idiots and Kooks are Republicans?
posted by mrnutty at 7:49 PM on July 30, 2007

PABST GHOST
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:49 PM on July 30, 2007

"we had to fight them over there, so we didn't have to fight them over here"

Well, it works for MetaTalk, doesn't it?
posted by dhammond at 7:50 PM on July 30, 2007

Watch as this post doesn't get deleted, so then we're all just the morons who kept joking about having the last post.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:50 PM on July 30, 2007

I have a theory why they aren't "over there". I'm still working on it, but it just may prove to be the breakthrough we've all been looking for:

They're pussies!
posted by papakwanz at 7:50 PM on July 30, 2007

Possibly the last post but probably not!
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:50 PM on July 30, 2007

Muh ha ha huh
posted by 517 at 7:51 PM on July 30, 2007

Winner!
posted by Big_B at 7:52 PM on July 30, 2007

I spoiled your Harry Potter
posted by 517 at 7:52 PM on July 30, 2007

SUPERIOR
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:52 PM on July 30, 2007

Well, you know what they say about echo chambers...
posted by SeizeTheDay at 7:53 PM on July 30, 2007

Worst anti-war argument ever. Makes the anti-war crowd look like asshats.

As someone who actually signed up for impeachbush.org, this is embarassing, because I also have friends who were Republicans in college, voted for bush, supported the war, and joined the fucking military. Many people in middle america have experienced the same thing.
posted by chlorus at 7:53 PM on July 30, 2007

SPOILER: SNAPE KILLS JESUS, BUT JESUS COMES BACK AND SAVES THE DAY.
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:53 PM on July 30, 2007

I fought war by posting something to Metafilter!
posted by dhammond at 7:53 PM on July 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

Previous MeTa thread
posted by ALongDecember at 7:53 PM on July 30, 2007

And don't link to the article about the big Republican Boat Party.
posted by ALongDecember at 7:55 PM on July 30, 2007

VAST NOPES
posted by oddman at 7:55 PM on July 30, 2007