McManus trash

Doyle McManus writes his opinion of Republican presidential candidates and the LAT puts it on today's front page. Trash like that ought to be in the opinion section.

McManus tries to draw a distinction between the Republican presidential candidates and President Bush on foreign policy and national security, but the differences are slim and none. Huckabee tried to put some daylight between himself and Bush but got slapped down for it.

The big differences are between Republicans, who believe in a strong military and vigorous foreign policy, and Democrats, who believe in a weak military, an accommodating foreign policy and surrender in Iraq. McManus could have written about that. In any case, his column should have appeared on the opinion pages.