Reply #19: The Iraq Quagmire will be a big issue in 2004

[Jacobin]

This little PNAC adventure is not the cakewalk advertised by the junta and public opinion is, slowly, beginning to turn against it as the manufactured reasons for the invasion change and the body bags pile up.

Health care costs, which are a bigger percentage of many people's personal budget than taxes, are ever increasing and as layoff continue and more people lose coverage, it will be a bigger issue.

Core values of this republic, such as the importance of separation of church and state (which Dean is a firm believer in), I hope will be coming back in vogue as the radical policies of Smirk's handlers continue to backfire.

But the main issue, you pointed out, is Dean's willingness to confront Smirk directly, unapologetically and without hesitation on his policies. Dean does not treat Smirk with kid gloves and does not bow down to the MoronInChief.

Smirk debating Dean should be a very entertaining and interesting thing to watch. I hope it comes to pass.