Another Novak Blunder

Drudge headlines another Novak column that could spell disaster for Bush. Taking Dean to task for circulating an "urban legend," Novak writes:

Where did Dean pick it up? A Dean spokesman told this column it was "out there." A rival Democratic candidate's campaign suspected it came from "some blog." The Russian newspaper Pravda published reports that Jordan's and Morocco's intelligence -- not Saudi Arabia's -- gave the CIA advance knowledge. The World Socialists circulated a story that the Saudi royal family knew of the attack in advance. Somehow, the urban legend penetrated Dean's mind.

What Novak doesn't understand is that the American people don't give a damn if it is Saudi Arabia, Morocco, or Jordan, and they don't "know" - as Novak evidently does - that anything published in Pravda or the World Socialist publications is necessarily bullshit. By calling attention to the fact that there is some reporting which claims Bush knew in advance, Novak shoots himself in the foot again.

What a knucklehead. Let the Republicans call more attention to what Bush knew or didn't know before 9/11. Let's get that question going in the barber shops and bar-rooms all over the country. If we can spend six months with this story dominating the coverage of the next election, so much the better for the blue team.