Well, I haven't gotten to read a paper copy, but I buzzed through the section of
Rolling Stone's Dean interview that's online. He's also on the cover of the magazine, which is nice.
It's pretty impressive. Not just because Dean does well, but because Wenner and Dana ask some really good questions. For instance:
A lot of people say that maybe we don't have much economic pressure against the Saudis. They hold billions in U.S. Treasury notes. What if they responded by threatening to liquidate their investment in our government? Wouldn't we be screwed?
Balancing the budget would help that. I mean, this president has made us much weaker than we were when we got here: $500 billion deficits as far as the eye can see is a terribly weakening thing to the economy. Both the Chinese and the Saudis, and others, hold enormous amounts of T-bills. That's a huge problem for us in an era with a declining dollar and a huge deficit. If most Americans understood what you just said, George Bush would be gone.
That's no softball of a query, and it's a lot more intelligent than anything you'll hear Michael Moore address.
Dean is solid on energy policy, changing the political culture, how to lead the Democratic party (by taking hard stances so that other people can support you) and just how fucking radically dangerous the Bush administration is. If the kids can get this, and they actually want to do something about it, then maybe there's hope for the future yet.