Iain Macwhirter: 'Bush: Long to reign over US'

Iain Macwhirter: 'Bush: Long to reign over US'
Posted on Sunday, September 05 @ 09:42:31 EDT (170 reads)
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The 'dirty-tricks' campaign against Kerry ensures Bush dynasty will go on
By Iain Macwhirter, Glasgow Sunday Herald

American liberalism faced the possibility of defeat last week. The forward march of John Kerry has been halted by a cynical and mendacious campaign against his war record and by the asinine populism of George W Bush. Even before last week’s text-book Republican convention, Kerry’s lead in the opinion polls had been erased. It’s not over yet, but the world must now face up to the possibility of four more years of George W Bush.

You have to hand it to the Republican Party: when it comes to winning elections, nobody does it better. The New York Convention was a master-piece of misrepresentation; a character assassination of Kerry; a cynical marriage of folksiness and jingoism. In other words, mission accomplished....

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