Dictating To Dictators Doesn't Work; They Are

Americans Who Feel The Most Ignored These Days Are Not The Screamers. They Are The Solid Citizens Who Are Sick To Death Of Pols Who Play To The Rant.

Ever Since John Kennedy, Democrats Have Had A Weakness For Dashing Younger Men Like Bill Clinton And Barack Obama And, I Suppose, Jimmy Carter. They Balance Their Tickets With Senior Statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (al Gore Was Young But Played Ancient).

Bush The Elder's Stature As President Grows With Every Passing Year. He Was The Finest Foreign Policy President I've Ever Covered And A Man Who Defied His Party On Tax Increases While Imposing Budget Restrictions On The Democrats.

The Democrats Current Crudeness Is A Function Of Their Desperation, And The Imminent Ratification Of Howard Dean, The Least Charming Presidential Candidate In Recent Memory, As Their Party Chairman Only Serves To Punctuate The Problem.

For The Past Several Years, I've Been Harboring A Fantasy, A Last Political Crusade For The Baby-boom Generation. We, Who Started On The Path Of Righteousness, Marching For Civil Rights And Against The War In Vietnam, Need To Find An Appropriately High-minded Approach To Life's Exit Ramp.