Sauron still on speaking tour

Still spewing toads

The Dark Lord continues his tough-guy “hitback” tour, stealing the “I word” from Rep. John Murtha and basically calling his opponents nasty names.

In other news, water is still wet.

Meanwhile, Rep. Charlie Rangel smacks Mr. Five Deferments around:

The feud between Vice President Cheney and Rep. Charlie Rangel reignited as the Harlem lawmaker ripped the veep as a draft dodger who found it “easy to fight [a war] with other people’s children.”

The decorated Korean War veteran took aim at Cheney after the White House put Vietnam War hero Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa.) in its cross hairs for recanting his support for the Iraq war and calling for the troops to return home.

“Cheney is like a chess player; he likes to move other people’s pieces. In this case, it’s sending other people’s kids to war,” Rangel told the Daily News.

Murtha had made a similar assault on Cheney’s toughness, saying, “I like guys who got five deferments and never been there and send people to war.”

Tough.

Addendum: Alex at Martini Republic pretty much nails it.

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