Dershowitz is a brilliant man whom I admire on many levels. As a warrior on First Amendment he is unequaled. Everytime you rent an adult video you can say thanks to Alan for his steadfast pursuit of the right to freedom of expression.

He is also brilliant in the area of appellate law in criminal defense cases. Many innocents have avoided execution by AD's brilliant research and argumentation skills. The book and movie Reversal of Fortune chronicle his successful appeal of Claus von Bülow's coviction for trying to kill his wife (great movie).

But he loses all reason on the topic of Israel. No one wants to see the Jewish state driven into the sea. But I'll bet most people don't want to launch a preemptive war with Iran to protect the Jewish state either. After all, it's been such an effective strategy in Iraq. I doubt Alan will be able to dictate foreign policy to the Democratic Party regardless of who wins the nomination.

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." John Stuart Mill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.