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Yes, its one of his favorite subjects lately: insanity of one side and loss of the civil debate. (It is one my favorite themes also, but he expresses it so much better).

Orson 'gets it' - reasonable men can disagree. In fact, intelligent discourse produces the best possible decisions. I think that the Dems have some good ideas, as do the Republicans. In fact, I think that Kerry and Edwards have some excellent talking points - jobs and trade among them - but they are so bereft of integrity and polically beholden to the far left wackos in their party, that the points are just empty words.

Regardless of how anyone feels about Bush, I think most would agree that he does what he says he's planning to do. Lower Taxes? Check. Invade Iraq? Check. Loosen immigration restrictions? Check. And so forth. The medal fiasco that Kerry went through, although trivial in the grand scheme of things, was indicative of the decisiveness of the man. He threw the medals over the fence. Or maybe it was ribbons. Or maybe it was someone else's medals. Or he might not have done it at all. Take a story and stick to it. Floating in the wind is not 'nuanced', just wishy-washy.

IMHO, Edwards ran a clean campaign until he got picked up by Kerry. Now he's slinging the mud, too. Unfortunate for the Dem ticket. For awhile, I was concerned by Edwards VP nomination. He was the only candidate that 'got it' when it came to talking about jobs and the economy (I didn't believe him, but I think that there were plenty of Americans that would have....).

If Kerry ever gets on track with talking about domestic issues, and dumps this entire line about being in Vietnam, he could have a slim chance. However, I'd say that time is past and he's blown it.

Thanks for posting this REALLY excellent article.