Obviously the Democrats are not very good at attack politics... But then that requires a willing press...

If you examine the total number of impressions, the question of W. Bush's service record does not register - and it never did. Neither did his earlier drinking or cocaine use. Nor the S&L scandals, nor his financing of his oil ventures...

Of course, the big story that no one covers is how the Dean campaign was brought to a screeching halt - shortly after Dean took the position in his biography that a Israeli/Palestinian peace would be similar to Camp David and Oslo -

Oh well. A close friend of mine advised me to just not think about it, as it would only make the stiuation worse... I don't think it's morbid fascination, more the feeling of the Mack truck roling toward you no matter how you try to get out of the way...

In any case, it's a long way to the election...

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