As an increasingly unpopular President at the helm of an unpopular war fought under dubious circumstances, Bush’s vulnerabilities seem tailor made for politics 101. Add a stagnant economy, record deficits, struggling state economies due to federal cutbacks and a general feeling that we aren’t better off now than we were four years ago and most political pundits would be writing Dubya’s obit right about now.
Yet the race for the Presidency remains neck-and-neck in most polls with Bush ahead in some and only slightly behind in others. If the trend continues, the Dems will be sitting around on the day after election scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong.
In part, the answer can be found in a war that ended 30 years ago and wounds that should have healed by now but haven’t.
But the real answer can be found in three words:
John Forbes Kerry.
...Bush is a flawed President but he has the luxury of running against an equally-flawed opponent. Both men are products of wealth and privilege. Neither had to work very hard to get where they are today and both owe their present place in life to a family member who cleared the way (Bush owes his daddy, Kerry a rich wife). Both are shameless opportunists who will exploit anything, including death and human tragedy, to further their political ambitions.
Neither is honest. Both have been caught in a number of lies and neither, when caught, has had the guts to stand up and say “hey, I was wrong.”
Sadly, both are running for President and neither is qualified or up to the job.
If this is the best we can do then we, as a nation, are in a hell of a lot of trouble.
The Rant
Yet the race for the Presidency remains neck-and-neck in most polls with Bush ahead in some and only slightly behind in others. If the trend continues, the Dems will be sitting around on the day after election scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong.
In part, the answer can be found in a war that ended 30 years ago and wounds that should have healed by now but haven’t.
But the real answer can be found in three words:
John Forbes Kerry.
...Bush is a flawed President but he has the luxury of running against an equally-flawed opponent. Both men are products of wealth and privilege. Neither had to work very hard to get where they are today and both owe their present place in life to a family member who cleared the way (Bush owes his daddy, Kerry a rich wife). Both are shameless opportunists who will exploit anything, including death and human tragedy, to further their political ambitions.
Neither is honest. Both have been caught in a number of lies and neither, when caught, has had the guts to stand up and say “hey, I was wrong.”
Sadly, both are running for President and neither is qualified or up to the job.
If this is the best we can do then we, as a nation, are in a hell of a lot of trouble.
Over a cliff, and no one noticed until it's probably too late.
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