POPINJAY FLAYS GALLOWAY

DC Media Girl reports on George Galloway's pre-hearing encounter with Christopher Hitchens:

Before the hearing began, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow even had some scorn left over to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer Christopher Hitchens. "You’re a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay," Mr Galloway informed him. "Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink," he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens’s questions and staring intently ahead. "And you’re a drink-soaked ..." Eventually Mr Hitchens gave up. "You’re a real thug, aren’t you?" he hissed, stalking away.

Well, Hitchens has had his revenge, in an article in The Weekly Standard. The pen is mightier than the mouth. Read it, if for no other reason than to marvel as Hitchens destroys Scott Ritter in passing.