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Wednesday, Dec 22, 2004
Laura Ingraham Smack Down
Laura Ingraham, who was not in the cast of "Little House on the Prarie", does a rightard radio show on the west coast in the evening hours. She had a military author, Ralph Peters, in the studio. This writer is apparently a semi-regular guest, but only over the phone. This time Laura got some face time.
One of Laura's current rants is that the librul media is obsessing about Rummy the way they always have to find something to obsess about. "Tragedy TV" is what she calls it. She asked the writer to join in the rant.
Oops, Laura. He's not part of the hive mind. Peters proceeded to chew Rummy and his key assistants, Feith and Wolfowitz, new assholes. He had logic, conviction and specifics.
"You're asking the wrong guy, because I've been calling for Rumsfeld's resignation for two years. Rumsfeld talks about transformation, but the only thing he's done is transform the US military into a money machine for the defense industry. Name one major cold war weapons program that Rumsfeld has terminated. The transformation to a more agile military was begun under Shinseki, not Rumsfeld. He and his deputies, Feith and Wolfowitz, have disdain for the troops in uniform."
Oh snap. Laura was hoisted on her own petard. NIce. Very nice, indeed.
She could not defend Rumsfeld against this onslaught, so took an avoidance tactic and parried with "Who would you want, Secretary of Defense Biden?"
He responded by offering General McCaffrey and Senator McCain. Apparently these men aren't blood thirsty enough for Laura, who responded with disdain. "McCain is all about 2008" "I've heard some Marines who have a real problem with McCaffrey."
I surmise that Peter's supported McCaffery either because he called out Rummy for bad planning, or because McCaffery was good at killing foreigners.
Anyway, Mr. Peters got just the one segment on Laura's show tonight. Gosh, Laura wouldn't want to actually learn something.
However, the fun continued in the next segment when a caller pointed out to Laura that McCaffery was Army not Marines. Jeez, what a dolt.