Demagogue or savant

You be the judge. Sen. Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat (still political, sorry - a few more days to go) got to write an op-ed in the University of Minnesota's newspaper. In it, Harkin doesn't talk about the promise or higher education, or spell out a defense for his man (Kerry) in a state Democrats should have wrapped up weeks ago.

Rather, Harkin resurrects the looming specter of a draft, saying, "If Bush is re-elected, he will have to restart the draft." What that basically means to students at U.Minn. is, vote for George W. Bush and start learning how to clean an M-16. Read the story here and decide if the Apocalyptic Prophet of Draft is baseless or soulful. Then ask yourself, what about this picture changes with Kerry in office?