Reply #7: Interesting that chickenhawks didn't consider what military said about the book

[eleny]

It seemed like a no brainer that the military would have a strong and positive opinion about the book. Webb served in Vietnam and he was a Republican. Did no one in the Allen campaign ever figure "Hmmmm.... let's look at some of the reviews of the novel to be sure we don't make complete asses of ourselves and piss off those who served."? Doesn't look like they did.

So I think your question is well taken. As has been pointed out up-thread, talk of the book was in the right wing blogs for several weeks. And not one person thought to research how his work(s) were received or what was being said on that in the blogs? Says a lot about the right wing. Leaping to conclusions as they grab at straws.

Allen doesn't deserve to serve in the Senate if this is how numbly he and his staff function.