The exact timbre of the Republican howling ifDemocrats filibustered George W. Bush’s nominee to lead the Pentagon DURING FUCKING WARTIME.
Hell, back in the day anybody who looked at George W. Bush sideways was a commie traitor who hated the military. If any Dem had actually had the balls to try to block Rumsfeld, the shrieking would have shattered every window on both sides of the Potomac.
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