If you love sarcasm, this is one for you!
The Party of Convictions...Sort Of
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/mholmes_20050217.html
Excerpt:
"On the surface, the Dean coronation looks a lot like political suicide. (Picture the Democratic Party as an Oldsmobile being driven across a Chappaquiddick bridge with Howard Dean reprising the role of the inebriated Ted Kennedy.)
In order to put Dean in context, think about this--The Democrats ran John Kerry for President because he was "more electable" than Doctor Dean.
Kerry, a man who gained his political notoriety by consorting with communists in Vietnam and a military wannabee who fabricated stories of heroism, injury, and a top secret 1968 Christmas vacation to Cambodia under President Nixon to gain attention.
Of course, the problem with all of that was that there were no missions into Cambodia and nothing other than Kerry's delusions to support it. I'm still waiting for "National Lampoon's Cambodian Christmas Vacation," starring Chevy Chase as John Kerry. There is also the tiny little problem that Nixon was not President in 1968. Details, details!"
The whole column on OpEds.com is stellar. Lotsa laffs! Highly recommend!
Char :)
It seems even Dean himself is willing to overlook the obvious, saying, "That's frankly why George Bush was successful, because he gave the 'appearance' that he had some deep-seated convictions. If you want to excite people in politics...you've got to be a party of convictions."
Howard Dean suffers from Wile E. Coyote Syndrome: When the Acme rocket blows up in your face, light ANOTHER fuse.