Thursday, July 29, 2004

Reason: No Leadership In Sight: Uninspiring choices in 2004: "But it's hard to tell if this is [Bush's] fault, or if anything he could have done would have changed the minds of those who saw him from the start as an illegitimate president."

Wow. There are so many things about this article that pisses me off I don't know where to begin. Let's take them one at a time then, starting with the above quote. Does Ms. Young truly believe that the reason half the country wants Bush out is just because they think he 'stole' the election? Talk about living in your own world! She uses this failed basis to posit that if Gore had 'won', no matter what he would have done in the past 3 years the situation would be neatly reversed. I don't think so. She then goes on to give a pretty clear list of the failings of the current administration, but since she does not belive that Bush is 'evil incarnate' she can't think of a reason to want him out. How about incompetency incarnate! How about because you would like a president who actually LIKES TO READ THE PAPER for one? At the very least, huh? But no, since Kerry is not Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or even the beloved Ronald Reagan, he has yet to 'offer a coherent vision of what he would do to start resolving these problems', something Bush never did in 2000, Kerry can't be trusted 'to be motivated by principle or national interest rather than partisanship and political gain'. One thing you CAN trust in, Ms. Young: the current administration IS motivated by the latter, as evidenced by 3+ years of data.

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