Draft-Dodging Ski Bum Dean Condemns Non-warriors

John Kerry is finding out again that Howard Dean can be more of a liability than an asset.

Dean, once mocked by former rival Wesley Clark as a draft-dodging ski bum, said during an appearance with Kerry today at George Washington University, "Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life or a guy who served his country honorably and has three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star from the battlefields of Vietnam?"

Uh, does that mean he voted for Bob Dole over Bill Clinton?

Vermont's former guv failed to mention his own wartime "service" on the slopes. Well, at least when he went skiing he didn't curse out any Secret Service agents. So far as we know.

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