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Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Republican Chickenhawk Cards

Paroday of the Iraqi �Deck of Death� playing cards - a deck with 54 hawkish Republicans who finagled their way out of military service.

What exactly is a "chickenhawk"? According to The New Hampshire Gazette, "a "chickenhawk" has three qualities: bellicosity (a warlike manner or temperament), public prominence, and a curious lack of wartime service when others their age had no trouble finding the fight."

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