...and while I'm at it...

When Bush came into office, he had *Zero*... count'em *Zero* hours of international foriegn affairs experience. He had barely ever been out of the country. Now, GWB has three years of experience... but some would say "his resume still is not what we had hoped it would be"... or in other words, bad hash has been made of America's reputation, and of the world's cohesiveness, and of Diplomacy...

I'm hearing Republican supporters now saying that most of the Democrats are inexperienced in foriegn policy, as compared with GWB. In this case, I'd respectably submit, that minimal foriegn policy experience, with excellent communication skills and a firm educational base is likely to have far better effect in the long run... than say,... four years of bullying, tragic consequences and miscommunications... GWB still has virtually no 'diplomacy experience' whatsoever...

I still think it is of the utmost importance to keep the Democratic choice from being finalized for as long as possible... All those dollars that Bush has behind him can only exert negative campaigning... which can't really be effective untill it has a focus...

Perhaps Dean has become the first real casualty... hope not!

ttr