Valley Girl, Like, Totally Flees Iraq

Last December I wrote about how one especially publicity hungry young Republican cheerleader, Simone Ledeen, was busy plotting ways to spit on Hilary Clinton while she was in Iraq. Now I read the sad news that this intrepid humanitarian has quit Iraq.

For months they wondered what they had in common, how their names had come to the attention of the Pentagon, until one day they figured it out: They had all posted their resumes at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank … [Pentagon spokesman] Yoswa said the recruiting office had to hire quickly for the Madrid donors conference that fall and “turned to the Heritage Foundation, an educational facility, albeit a conservative one, but primarily a place where you can get good, solid people.” He said this was a one-time event and that there was no organized effort to hire Republicans … When Ledeen’s group showed up at the palace — with their North Face camping gear, Abercrombie & Fitch camouflage and digital cameras — they were quite the spectacle. For some, they represented everything that was right with the CPA: They were young, energetic and idealistic. For others, they represented everything that was wrong with the CPA: They were young, inexperienced, and regarded as ideologues.

Earlier here.