By Rebecca Schoenkopf

George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic nominee, has a lulu of an op-ed in today’s LA Times. (We suppose they can’t run Phyllis Schlafly every day.)

Let’s go to the tape:

Dick Cheney grumbles about “defeatist” Democrats wanting out of Iraq and sneers becomingly that Dems are being all McGoverny. (The Minnesota  South Dakota Dem’s 1972 platform was a dovish out-of-Vietnam-now.)

Does the 84-year-old McGovern lie back and call for a hot milk? Or does he get uppity and bring up Watergate, posit that both Bush and Cheney will resign in disgrace before ‘08, and then end triumphantly with a reminder of what real warriors look like?

Would you guess the latter?

“In the war of my youth, World War II, I volunteered for military service at the age of 19 and flew 35 combat missions, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-24 bomber. By contrast, in the war of his youth, the Vietnam War, Cheney got five deferments and has never seen a day of combat — a record matched by President Bush. [...]

“We, of course, already know that when Cheney endorses a war, he exempts himself from participation. On second thought, maybe it’s wise to keep Cheney off the battlefield — he might end up shooting his comrades rather than the enemy.”

Aw, snap George McGovern! And Cheney? George McGovern craps bigger than you.

Tags: Fighting Dems