The Fourth of July speeches and salutes to the troops are still ringing in our ears when the news comes in that George Allen has hired Scott Howell as a media consultant to his campaign to defeat Jim Webb. In the Washington Times piece detailing the hire, Howell was called "one of the most impressive political consultants of this decade."
Impressive? I call it disgusting. This is the same low-life who got paid to take out Max Cleland, another American hero. Howell didn't stop there. He then went on to become one of the masterminds behind the Swift Boat lies. Howell also did the horrific ad claiming that Tom Kaine wouldn't have supported the death penalty for Adolf Hitler. Now, Howell is putting his boat back in the water with George Allen.
All we can hope is that the good people in Virginia can tell the difference between a real American hero, Jim Webb, and a true American disgrace, George Allen.