And this is right-wing red country....
OUR OPINION: EDITORIAL: In the real world, Kerry a better fit
Bush has shown he lacks flexibility, competence, while challenger looks for policies that will work
Staff
Sunday, October 10, 2004
There's an unusual urgency to the electoral process this year, reflected in higher attendance at campaign rallies, record-breaking viewership of presidential debates and soaring voter registration numbers, not to mention an increase in heated debates over the dinner table. Americans across the political spectrum seem to recognize that the next four years will be a difficult and challenging time in our nation's history, and that the leadership we choose will set our course for many years to come.
And as always when a president is running for re-election, the main issue will be the record of the incumbent, President George W. Bush, and what it suggests about his leadership in a potential second term. Unfortunately, that record is grounds for grave concern.
That concern goes beyond mere differences about policy to questions about basic competence. Too often, Bush has seemed to disdain rational analysis of a situation in favor of a rigid, unbending ideology that recognizes no shading of gray. The world that Bush describes, and the world as it exists, are often two different places.
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