Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Ignoring a Threat Doesn't Mean It's Not There

He (Kerry) called the president's coalition in Iraq "the phoniest thing I ever heard" and played up the money spent on Iraq that could have gone to domestic needs.

"This president rushed to war without a plan to win the peace, and he's cost all of you $200 billion that could have gone to schools, could have gone to health care, could have gone to prescription drugs, could have gone to our Social Security," he said.

To suggest we should have spent this money on domestic causes while ignoring a real threat seems short-sighted to me and makes as much sense as it would have for a Florida resident to go out shopping for new lawn furniture last week.