Politics

Every Democrat running for national office - and local offices too, why not? - should say, "I'm running because Republicans are bad on national security."

Then they should go on to say, here's why I'm saying it:

If we know anything from the 2004 election, we know that branding is as essential to politics as it is to selling detergents, cars and perfume.

The Bush campaign branded Kerry as a flip-flopper and soft on terror. Kerry failed to brand Bush as anything. And the chicken-hawk defeated the war hero.

Failure is Not an Option! It Comes Standard with Every Bush Model!

On every policy we make!
Name a policy, and it's got failure! Guaranteed! Or your government back!

This was written in October, 2006, when the Mark Foley hitting on male congressional pages broke.

It is being reposted in August, 2008. Right after the John Edwards sex scandal came out.
Readers should feel free to mentally substitute Edwards for Foley. It works in most places.

Scooter Libby has revealed that the only difference between Top Secret and something it would be good for the public to know can be one man's whim.
All of the commentary, so far, has been, 'oh, isn't it shocking! The naughtiness of leaking goes right to the top!'