Hardball? Hardly.

Here was the impression I left with:

Allen is such a chickenhawk.  On Hardball, he claims to stand by the efforts in Iraq 100%.  He acts like it is our national duty to throw away our economy for "staying the course" in Iraq.  Why don't we hit him with every failure in Iraq?  Ask him about $9 billion lost, about no-bid contracts, and money supposed to go for reconstruction that was actually spent on gambling in the Phillipines. 

Is this any way to run a war? 

How about the earmarked contracts to MZM provided by his GOP Virginia buddy Virgil Goode, in exchange for cigars and hookers?

How about that Georgie? 
Why does Allen live in a fantasy world about Iraq, where everything is going well, and if only John Kerry would shut up and stop "emboldening the enemy", our enemy would be scared away? 

During the interview, Mr. "I am an expert on everything" blamed China for North Korea pointing a missile at us, and said that the solution for America is "Missle Defense".  When asked about Webb, he wrote him off, claiming that he was with Kerry on Iraq.  Of course, he only said this after Maura O'Donnell tickled his package by calling Webb an "anti-War Democrat". 

So, the press makes nice with Allen?  Is that fair?  How about giving Webb a shot to tell the truth about Allen. How about really pressing him on his "Presidential run".  O'Donnell did ask him about his Presidential journeys, and Allen said his recent trip to Iowa was just a "previous committment".  O'Donnell gave him a pass on that one. Allen went on, like the crazy bastard he is, and said he actually lived in Iowa during his "gestation" when his father taught at Whittier College. 

All I can say is that this guy is living in a fantasy world, and we need to bring him back down to reality, and ask some tough questions.  The press seems incapable of asking him a tough questions on their own, but seems to try and respond to other people's concerns if they become loud enough.  It is up to us to raise our voices to put those hard questions in their mouths. 

[UPDATE by Lowell:  George Allen wishes he had been born in Virginia:

Allen: "Senator John Kerry came in and supported my ultimate opponent, before he got nominated, he was there at his victory party and so Senator John Kerry and other Massachusetts liberals have a view that what we need -- and if you listen to him very closely -- is what they would like to see is a strategic plan for retreat. I think that Virginians and all Americans think that what we need to do is bring together the American people, our allies, as well as countries around Iraq."

On his IA visit: "They asked me way back in the winter if I would come and speak to the Iowa Federation Republican Women at their luncheon, at their convention. ... My mother and father were married in Sioux City, Iowa, so it was fun to be there and I also do keep my commitments."

And on the history of his birth: "Well during the gestation period, my father got his first head coaching job was at Morningside College in Sioux City where my mother met him.  My mother came over from Tunisia and fell in love with my father, they got married. During the gestation period, my father got a job at Whittier College, the Poets, a fierce name for a team, and so that's where I was born.  Of course my preference would have been my father got offered a job at the University of Virginia and I could have been born in Charlottesville like all my kids" (MSNBC, 6/19).

[UPDATE #2: According to Media Matters for America, Guest Host Norah O'Donnell "confronted Allen with only two questions challenging Republicans" and "gave Allen the opportunity to attack Kerry..."  In other words, O'Donnell tossed a softball on Hardball at Allen.  Damn "liberal media" again.  Ha.]

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