Dean and Israel

The "Howard Dean hates Israel" meme is out of control. A couple of days ago I wrote this Dean Nation post on the subject. Elisabeth Riba has a refutation of the most common e-mail here. Being "anti-Israel" is of course a matter of degree, just like accuastions of "anti-Americanism," and usually revolve around people's views of particular controversial policies. However, as with almost all American politicians, they just don't hold water.