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I have to concur with John Cole on this clip: “Somebody just fucking kill me now“:

SHIELDS: We have a president of real intellectual horse power who is cool, detached and analytical and if anything you can watch the emotional side of him emerge in this whole process. … There’s an emotional aspect, the comforter in chief as well as the commander in chief. Both roles. And I think it makes me nostalgic for those days when we had a manly man in the White House who could say, “Let’s kick some tail and ask questions afterwards” you know? That’s what we really need instead of any reflection.

Thanks for summing up the national insanity that installed a pridefully ignorant, mentally challenged fuckwit in the White House for eight years. Yeah, that same guy who sat around picking his nose and clearing brush while his sociopathic “kick some tail and ask questions afterwards” cronies unleashed a wave of illegality, incompetence, war, financial ruin and torture upon the world.

Fuck you very much, Mr. Shields.

Note: ThinkProgress published a retraction on this and I think it’s right that I do the same:

Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported that syndicated columnist Mark Shields said this weekend on Inside Washington, referring to Obama’s Afghanistan war decision, that he is “nostalgic” for the days when the U.S. “had a manly man in the White House who could say, ‘Let’s kick some tail and ask questions afterwards.’” Shields contacted ThinkProgress this morning and kindly informed us that his comments were intended to be sarcastic. We regret our error in misinterpreting his comments and for questioning his motives. Shields told us that his comments were meant to disparage those who consistently argue that more war will solve America’s problems and that his statement was directed at co-panelist and right-wing neoconservative Charles Krauthammer, who, according to Shields, was displeased with the remark. With a deeper appreciation for his wit, we extend our sincere apologies to Mr. Shields.