Wirt wrote:
> The following editorial will appear in the upcoming issue of
> The American Conservative. There are some powerful paragraphs in the
> editorial, paragraphs very similar to what I have written before myself on
this
> list. I continue to believe that Bush is the most dangerous and foolish
president
> that the United States has had in the past 100 years:

After nearly four years of hearing that GWB was an extreme right-wing
conservative, others are finally catching on.  After he signed the Education
bill written by Ted Kennedy, signed a pork-laden transportation bill, signed
the freedom-limiting campaign finance reform, installed steel tariffs, and
passed a budget-busting prescription drug plan, some of us knew that GWB is
not very conservative.  Just as Clinton's "New Democrat" was more moderate,
so is Bush's "compassionate conservative."  So here we sit after twelve
years of moderation, trying to be all things to all people and not stand for
anything in particular.  It's no wonder the partisans are having a
collective heart attack.  Who do you vote for when nobody running shares
your values?  The Detroit News recently endorsed "None of the Above"

http://www.detnews.com/2004/editorial/0410/24/a16-312995.htm

(I agree with most of their opinion, except as it pertains to Iraq.  I
honestly don't think GWB ruined international relations.  His actions
exposed how weak our relations in the UN and the world have been all along.
But that's another POT altogether...)

I am concerned that a Kerry presidency will be nothing but four years of
blaming Bush while he blows the budget even further. (Democrats have not
been complaining not about how much spending is going on, just to whom the
money is flowing.)  I suppose Republicans wouldn't mind it if Kerry wins.
It will probably add to their seats in Congress and give them a better shot
in 2008.  As someone who doesn't belong to either political party, like many
of our non-American members, this has been a long election cycle.  I can't
wait for the end of the hyperbole.  Just one more week.  Unless some jackass
takes the election to court...  :-(

Mark W.

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