Prayer, the Boy Scouts, and the military. That's way too much to take on at one time, even if you're as clever and confident as Howard Dean. "I don't pay attention to polls, because this campaign is not just about winning; this campaign is about educating and moving America," Dean told the crowd. "If you stand up for the things we believe in, people start to come to you." Maybe so, but a lot of those people will be carrying baseball bats.
Not disses like he's being mean, more like he just doesn't get it. For I don't know how long, the SCLM has been constantly crticizing the presidential candidates and the Democratic Party specifically for not taking the battle to the enemy, bringing rubber knives to the gunfight as it were...now Dean says something to make people talk and think and Saletan all but calls him a fool for it.
Hey, Bill, ya can't have it both ways! Why is it we're damned if we do (speak up) and damned if we don't? Are those checks from Unka Karl that big?
