The start of the end of the “Neocon” Empire
Posted : October 6, 2004 at 10:39 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
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If the Cheney-Edwards debate made nothing else clear, it is that the central issue in this presidential election is becoming the administration’s lack of credibility and its tendency to say whatever is convenient to make whatever case it is trying to make.
Day by day, we learn more and more about how the administration led the nation into war by distorting intelligence and twisting facts. A president who once condemned a mentality that declared “if it feels good, do it” has now embraced a related principle: “If it sounds good, say it.”
…The administration’s story is falling apart. Bush and Cheney mercilessly attack their opponents and promote a climate of fear because they are finding it increasingly difficult to defend the choices they made and the words they have spoken.
The way I see it, plagiarizing somewhat from Howard Fineman of Newsweek magazine:
In the remaining 27 days, here’s what it will boil down to. For Bush-Cheney ticket, the options keep on shrinking. Frankly, there only chance is this - Tear John Kerry down. For Kerry-Edwards ticket, the strategy would be fairly defensive - Withstand the upcoming Rovian shitstorm which will be on a scale never seen before. After all, desperate times call for desperate measures.
So, Ladies and Gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts and brace yourselves for what is most certainly going to be one helluva ugly ride 
- Anand
Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004