DESERTER HYPOCRISY

How the draft-dodging Bush -- or deserter, if you will -- can criticize a decorated war veteran who volunteered to join the military as being dishonest or incapable of leading and get away with it, is beyond me.

Especially when the issue is little more than a smokescreen to keep from discussing the dismal failure of this administration.

But the best quote I've heard in a few days came from John Podesta, former chief of staff in the Clinton White House:

"Senator Kerry carries shrapnel in his thigh as distinct from President Bush who carries two fillings in his teeth from his service in the Alabama National Guard, which seems to be his only time that he showed up."