Kerry Could Squander Historic Opportunity

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The American presidential election on Nov. 2 is John Kerry's to lose. He very well may, so ineffective has he been thus far.
No contemporary incumbent president has been in so much trouble on so many fronts so early in the campaign as George W. Bush. The sins for which Lyndon Johnson quit, and Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush were defeated, were minuscule by comparison.

There is, of course, the Iraq war, waged illegally and under false pretences. And there is the botched occupation.

There is the anti-Americanism worldwide, including among democratic allies.

There is Abu Ghraib — the initial crimes and the subsequent avoiding of responsibility.

There is Guantanamo Bay, and the setting aside of the rule of law on American soil as well.

There is the fanning of fear and paranoia, along with the creation of a surveillance society where snoops have all the power and citizens few.

There is the inflation and politicization of terror alerts.

There is the censoriousness that dismisses dissent as anti-American and unpatriotic.

There is the deteriorating economy, with tax cuts for the rich, a ballooning deficit and 3 million lost jobs.

http://www.maxlogan.com/siddiqui.0829.htm

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1. Haroon Siddiqui clearly lives in a dream world

and clearly does not know American Politics.

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2. I have to assume you're being "ironic"

This article is right on the money.