An election year

This election year is certainly filled with candidates who fight and disagree. In fact, it's downright ugly out there already between two Democrats. In September and October it won't be a pretty site.

Bob Dole, in his book Great Political Wit, reminded me of one of Barry Goldwater's favorite stunts during the 1964 campaign. He would poke his fingers through a pair of lenseless black-rimmed glasses and proclaim, "These glasses are just like Lyndon Johnson's programs. They look good, but they don't work."

And of course, House Speaker Tip O'Neill once observed, "As we all know, the truth is a frequent casualty in the heat of an election campaign." The thing to remember here is that candidates aren't dumb. They stand on their records so the voters won't examine them.