February 12, 2004
Bush AWOL Stuff
I have to say that I have a bad feeling about all the Bush AWOL stuff. I think it could blow up in the Democrats faces the same way that a lot of the Lewinsky stuff did to the Republicans.First, I don't really understand what the issue is. Like, why it's actually important other than to make Bush look like an idiot. I mean, that's fun and everything, but what's the substance of it? The only thing I can think of is that if it's finally able to be painted that we've got a wartime coward just in time to contrast it with a Genuine Vietnam War Hero in our alleged nominee John Kerry, it could give him political momentum.
But this stuff about the physical, and arrests? What if it comes out that Bush was gone for a little while because he hit bottom and was addicted to drugs for that period of time? Bush could come on with his whole born-again thing, how he turned around his life, and how he had to keep it secret because of the political hay his enemies would make out of it, and all his supporters would redouble their commitment to him. This could very well end up generating sympathy for him.
Like I said, I don't have a good feeling about this. Stick to 9/11 and Iraq and jobs and the deficit and... good god, it's not as if we're lacking for relevant material.
i was under the impression that his days were accounted for and he wasn't AWOL, and that was all settled this week?
I mean, Clinton didn't serve at all, did he? Cos he got the ed deferment, but there was still a big flap about that.
and.. Kerry.. well, y'know, all i can say is that once again i'm going to have to vote for the lesser of the evils, and i hate that. There simply is no democrat i want to vote for, and i don't really want to vote for Bush.
Posted by: pril at February 12, 2004 11:02 AM