Giuliani the Draft Dodger

There are many people that share my skepticism that John McCain is the shining hero of the Hanoi Hilton. There are many questions that need to be asked, such as the precise circumstances that led to his capture and his behavior while in prison. The Republican's Manchurian Candidate may have some explaining to do as well as records to release. Perhaps the only things that prevents McCain from being swift-boated is the presumption that he won't be the Republican candidate.

The conventional wisdom is that Rudy Giuliani will be the Republican candidate. As with his values, credentials, and stand on issues in general, there is less than meets the eye. It appears that Rudy was an especially oily draft dodger during the Viet Nam war. Of course, he is in good company, with Clinton and Cheney among others. And yet if Giuliani is going to make national security the paramont issue in the 2008 election, I don't think it is rude to ask what exactly he did to answer our nation's call to arms at another time of peril.

From a tactical perspective, it's appropriate for the Democrats to hold their fire at present. In many respects, he is the worst possible candidate that the Republicans could want. His liberal stands cancel out the liberal stands by the Democratic candidates, and his character-- his treatment of his many wives and children-- is laughable and despicable.