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This will be a telling way for the various candidates to distinguish themselves. The top two dem candidates are both sitting Senators and how they respond to this challenge will certainly be one of the main criteria I use for deciding my favorite.
On the subject of the Dems showing their security bona fides by rolling over and playing dead, I have an entertaining fantasy.
Imagine these as the first words of a voiceover for a campaign commercial.
Karl Rove thinks you're stupid. Karl Rove thinks you are a coward. Karl Rove thinks that you can't tell the difference between a political activist and a terrorist. Karl Rove thinks your afraid of Freedom. Karl Rove wants to be able to read your e-mail when he can't even be trusted to back up his own. Karl Rove thinks that the American dream was buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
In November, I urge you to tell Karl Rove to STFU!
I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.
OK, it'll never happen but it's a nice thought.
