There is something odd about this comment of Harry Browne‘s regarding the “Lesser of Two Evils”.
Focus on the Bush quote:
THE POST: In Iraq, there’s been a steady stream of surprises. We weren’t welcomed as liberators, as Vice President Cheney had talked about. We haven’t found the weapons of mass destruction as predicted. The postwar process hasn’t gone as well as some had hoped. Why hasn’t anyone been held accountable, either through firings or demotions, for what some people see as mistakes or misjudgments?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we had an accountability moment, and that’s called the 2004 election. And the American people listened to different assessments made about what was taking place in Iraq, and they looked at the two candidates, and chose me, for which I’m grateful.
… Which is the irony in that this editorial, and citing this quote, actually makes a case for Kerry as “Lesser of Two Evils” (though not so much from any particular ideological perspective)… ie: Kerry wouldn’t be citing the election as the end of “Accountability.”
Not that it matters too much.