Why Bush Can’t Say No
Here’s the reason why Mr. Bush will not condemn the group doing his dirty little work of character assassination:
For the first time this year in a [L.A.] Times survey, Bush led Kerry in the presidential race, drawing 49 percent among registered voters, compared to 46 percent for the Democrat.
And…
Although a solid majority of Americans say they believe Kerry served honorably in Vietnam, the poll showed that the fierce attacks on the senator from a group of Vietnam veterans criticizing both his performance in combat and anti-war protests at home have left some marks[.]
Bush Overtakes Kerry in Latest L.A. Times Poll [August 25, 2004]
Mr. Bush & Co. know that gutter-politics works, in spite of how much the public complains about it; since there’s always a number of people that’s predisposed to buy the lies, no matter how baseless the charges are.
Here’s just one Associated Press article not getting anywhere near the same air time as the dirty charges made by Mr. Bush & Co., the headline reads: Navy records appear to support Kerry’s version [August 25, 2004].
Of course, Mr. Bush will not condemn the group doing his work; because he knows that there are dividends — consequences be damned. Just ask Mr. McCain. He knows how Bush & Co. operate, and the sort of dirty, nasty, stab-in-the-back ploys they use to stomp on the character of good and honorable men: just look at what Mr. Bush & Co. did to Mr. McCain during the 2000 Republican primary. Here’s Mr. McCain confronting Mr. Bush at the time.
My hat’s off to Mr. Bush & Co., however; because they’ve managed to distract us from far more important things going-on in our own time, not 35 years ago. Just today I read this: Distraught father torches self in Marine van. Florida man received news son had been killed in Iraq combat. [August 25, 2004]. About a week ago I posted the U.S. death toll in Iraq, it then stood at 936; the figure now stands at 967.
I’m hopeful that the American public will see through the lies of Mr. Bush & Co., and send him packing to his Crawford, TX, compound. Then, while Mr. Kerry gets on with the business of fixing the mess that Mr. Bush created, Republicans can focus on their own house. Perhaps they can start with the recommendations made by Mr. Buchanan in his book: Where the Right Went Wrong : How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency. [Amazon Link]
