Dean Admits To Lack of Foreign Policy Experience; Bush Team Prepares for Landslide Victory In Wartime Election

Yesterday Howard Dean admitted that he had a hole in his resume with regard to foreign policy, one that he hoped to plug with his vice presidential nominee. This is not a good place to have a hole given the current state of the world. Five years ago it may not have been so important, but today it's critical. We have already seen what on-the- job training in foreign affairs cam be like; as well as leaving this area of responsibility to one's vice-president. Neither seems to work very well, at least in Republican hands.

But the larger issue is not so much the lack of hands-on expertise in this area, although this is important, but rather what Karl Rove and company will do with this "hole". THEY WILL DRIVE A SHERMAN TANK THROUGH IT. If Bush and company could destroy Max Cleland, don't you think that they are salivating about getting their hands on Howard Dean with his "slightly deficient resume"? We are at war, and they will play that for all it is worth. No, it is not a good time to run a candidate with no foreign policy experience, especially one who, after being declared unfit for military service, spent the year skiing in Aspen.

This election all good Democrats who want to win and not just make a statement should remember that the republicans have a 200 million dollar war chest and they have experts who know how to use it. So let's not make it any easier for them than it already is. Let's nominate a candidate who can't easily be called a traitor or draft dodger. Let's nominate Wes Clark.

[posted by Amy but written by her technology-challenged Dad, Mickey]