JABbering Stooge

Remember those seven soldiers who wrote that op-ed in the New York Times? The one that was largely panned by the “librul” media?

Two of those soldiers have since paid the ultimate price for Bush’s stupid war. One of those soldiers was a constituent of former Montana State Senator Dave Rye (R - Naturally). Here’s how he supports the troops:

Pardon my skepticism, and certainly no disrespect for the dead Montana soldier, but in my time in the Army I never heard such a word as “recalcitrant” escape the lips of any Staff Sergeant. I doubt if it’s spoken all that much in Ismay, either. The soldiers had the help and probably the encouragement of a writer with an agenda, from a newspaper which has always had one. Its continually declining circulation now mainly consists of those who want desperately to consider themselves sophisticated as well as compassionate, even if that means always branding the U.S. as the chief villain on the world stage—-in fact, especially if it does.

I await the inevitable onslaught from outraged liberals. (Is there any other kind?)

That’s right. Because one of our finest had the temerity to question the delusional “We’re kicking ass” back-slapping of The Most Holy George W. Christ The Infallible, he was too stupid to write the op-ed himself, and was thus a “librul” plant or was co-opted by the “libruls.” (And they sucked out his precious bodily fluids, too!)

We’ve seen this far too many times before - remember the soldier who dared to ask Rummy why they had to scrounge through garbage for sufficient vehicle armor? Wingnuts called him a “librul” plant, too.

This is how conservatives support the troops. They lionize them from the Cheeto-stained safety of their parents’ basement and buy boatloads of yellow magnets. That is, until the troops signal that they don’t blindly believe that every single thing conservatives do is 100000000000000000000000000% correct. Then they swiftboat them, call them “librul” plants, and rhetorically shit on their graves.

Echidne, filling in over at Atrios’ blog, writes:

It will be interesting to watch the media coverage of the anti-war march in Washington, D.C.. Will equal column inches or soundbites be given to the pro-war counter-rallies, even if they are much fewer in numbers? And would this particular neutrality principle apply in reverse?

It seems we have our answer. The Associated Press, via MSRNC, featured the anti-war protesters in only four of the ten columns it devoted to coverage of today’s protests. Then there was this gag-inducer:

The rally, organized by the ANSWER Coalition and other groups, was expected to conclude with a march to the Capitol.

Yeah, the only people opposed to the war are godless commies. Sure. Could you be any more blatantly parroting the GOP line, AP? Actually, they could. If they had done this:

The rally, organized by the ANSWER Coalition and other groups, was expected to conclude with a march to the Capitol.

Though the word choice alone has much the same effect.

Additionally, the AP failed to mention the involvement of Michelle MalKKKin in the Blathering of Smeagols counter-protest, nor did AP feel it necessary to mention the homicidal state-of-mind of the Blathering of Smeagols that had been induced by MalKKKin’s demagoguery of the possible vandalization of the Vietnam War Memorial. True reporting on unhinged conservatives screaming obscenities and trying to crash the barricades to take the scalps of some “dirty fucking hippies” is apparently taboo at the “librul” AP.