[Fledermaus]

Oh Geeeeeez. Don't tell me Arafat is running for the Democratic Presidential nomination too?

I'm sure Shiela Jackson Lee, Cynthia McKinney, Maxine Waters (boy, she's been quiet lately), Eleanor Holmes, etc. are on board already.

[Fledermaus]

I also don't understand why we preach restraint when it comes to Arafat.

The "conventional wisdom" (I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about CW) says he'll just become a martyr (like he isn't already?) and the Arab street would explode.

So?

Yassir "that's my baby" Arafat could slip in the bathtub and die and the fanatics would martyr him and blame it on Israel anyway (the Mossad took out his cute little sticky flowers in the tub).

It's just like Republicans and tax cuts: The Dems are going to sqawk like parrots saying, "tax cuts for the rich" SQUAWK "tax cuts for the rich" no matter what so you might as well "cut" big!