I'm getting sick of Howard Dean and his tough act. He's all bluster and outrage over the fact that we went to war without the permission of the U.N. but seems utterly without feelings toward Usama bin Laden or the mass graves being discovered in Iraq. He couldn't care less where bin Laden is tried, assuming he is caught alive. The only thing that seems to upset him is that he's not the president, or at least the anointed Democrat candidate in 2004. He's a perfect example of what C. S. Lewis called "men without chests." One must wonder why he wants to be president if he's so smitten with the idea that we should be governed by international law. Shouldn't he be going after Kofi Annan's job?

He's shaping up to be another Jimmy Carter, but without the sincerity, Michael Dukakis without the credibility, or Bill Clinton without the charm. I'm loath to persuade anybody that Dean shouldn't be nominated, since he has little chance of beating Bush, but it's more than a little scary when one remembers that this country elected Bill Clinton.