September 3, 2002 7:09 AM

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The Chickenhawk Database

A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons - generally male - who (1) tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who advocate, military solutions to political problems, and who have personally (2) declined to take advantage of a significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime.

The number of right-wing chest thumpers on this list is truly impressive- Shrub, Dick Cheney, Britt Hume, Ted Nugent, Rush Limbaugh, et cetera, ad nauseum.... My favorite description, though, is of Chief WingNut Tom DeLay:

"DeLay's excuse for having a yellow streak as wide as the Rio Grande down his back is truly imaginative, if you take a delight in the bizarre. The man who believes Dioxin is good for you (again, we are not making this up), claims that he volunteered for Vietnam, but all the spots were taken up by minorities, so he was not allowed to serve. Clearly all those years of exposure to toxic chemicals had some serious side effects on 'Ol Tom."

I suppose fighting and dying for one's country is an admirable thing- just as long as some other poor bastard is the one doing the fighting and dying.

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