[jalisco555]

Another recovering leftist gropes his way to the truth about his movement.

[Maceman]

to me the most compelling argument for deposing Saddam Hussein is to liberate the Iraqi people.

A noble sentiment, but in and of itself not worth one single American life.

The most compelling argument is that we need to take the SOB out because it is in our own national interests to do so.

[cruiserman]

The man has made inestimable contributions to this country as a consumer advocate.

That's debatable.

[VeniVidiVici]

I gathered nomination signatures for Nader at my town's dump...

Why doesn't this surprise me?

[CyberCowboy777]

We make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
Colton

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
Woodrow Wilson

If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
Gurdjieff

[ClearCase_guy]

Howard Dean is a bright guy, so why is he still dodging on Iraq?

Uh, 'cause he hates America and wants to destroy our way of life so that a brilliant Socialist future can be more easily achieved? Am I close?

[rhombus]

A logical mind? In college? I predict this guy will be a Conservative by the time he's 30. Or maybe even sooner if he takes a look at his W2.

[weikel]

Nader is great he keeps rat votes off the rat total.

[hgro]

Nader is an opportunist who managed to drop the value of my very fine Chevy Corvair to zero. Since those days, he has continued to line his pockets at a great cost to consumers of the country.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

James Kirchick is a freshman in Pierson College

Well, isn't that special?

[steve-b]

The man has made inestimable contributions to this country

The one real contribution he made was in tipping just enough votes away from Algore.

[pabianice]

Liberals need to get over their knee-jerk aversion to this president as well as their instinctive reliance on useless authorities like the United Nations

I hope they don't. Election 2004: Repubs 51%, Dems 40%, Other 9%.

[yendu bwam]

Howard Dean is a bright guy, so why is he still dodging on Iraq?

Howard Dean is a liberal theocrat. His intelligence, like Bill Clintoon's, as an example, is rarely brought to bear on issues of right and wrong - just politics.

[expatpat]

Nader, like Helen Thomas, is basically an Arab. That's the real problem.

[Bonaparte]

A very articulate and clear thinker. I suspect he will someday be one of us.

[RightWhale]

Nader was wrong in the beginning. And ever since. He has an idea that is fairly weak, but he is bright and articulate and able to pump up the idea until it seems to some almost important.