This Bush isn't the one Angus King once knew --great interview

[BlueNomad]

Sunday, September 26, 2004

COLUMN: Bill Nemitz


This Bush isn't the one Angus King once knew

BRUNSWICK - He heard the quote amid the babble surrounding the Republican National Convention and, to be honest, Angus King wasn't sure whether to believe it. So he logged onto the Internet to confirm that Vice President Dick Cheney had said it in the first place...

"Any person who doesn't agonize about a decision like sending people into war . . . you don't want as president," he said....

His problems with Bush are rooted in the president's inaugural speech four years ago - which King attended and at the time declared "the best inaugural address I'd ever heard." He recalls Bush portraying himself as "a uniter, not a divider" and a "compassionate conservative."


"Anybody under the age of 35 who votes for George Bush ought to have their head examined," King said. "Because they're going to be paying these bills for the rest of their lives."

<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/nemitz/040926nemitz.shtml>

[Moderator]

1. King's decision is not "BREAKING"

news. Articles such as this should be posted in General Discussion or Editorials and other articles.

[DU9598]

2. Thanks

That is a great article. Any news on how Maine is going? I would think Kerry should pick up the electoral votes up there. Am I wrong?

[Maine-i-acs]

4. Maine will go Kerry but might get close.

Recent local (but bogus) poll gives Kerry a 3 or 4 point edge. Will probably be better than that. Bush might still squeak one EV here if he can win 1 of the 2 districts.

[bogey18]

3. The only question is this

Why isn't everyone with a brain who actually cares about the fate of this country up on the podium beside Angus saying the same thing? How bad does it have to get?