To the Editor:

Not long ago, a friend of mine was perplexed by the fact I hadn't jumped on the Howard Dean bandwagon.Well, I looked around to see who was supporting him for the Democrat presidential nomination. They were (and are) Rob Reiner, Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Paul Newman, Ted Danson, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Garofalo and Joan Jett. That caused me pause.Then when I saw Michael Moore and Bill Clinton were supporting Wesley Clark — I admit — I just didn't know which candidate was less worthy of consideration for anything more than a permanent position behaving naturally on the Comedy Channel.Jay D. Page, formerly LuverneAnchorage, AK