Spain, Al Qaeda, and November (Bush/Kerry)

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Sunday March 14, 2004 · 2:14 AM PST

2004/03/14 · 02:14

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for the Madrid bombings hours before the Spanish national elections.

Commentators earlier suggested that evidence of an Al-Qaeda sponsored attack would serve voters to reject Aznar's support of the Iraq war at the polls. In the next few days, we'll see whether the attacks will result in a belated popular mandate for Aznar's support for US policy or empower the opposition socialists, reaffirming the longstanding opposition to Spanish involvement in the war on terror.

In light of the politically transformative function of terror, what can we expect in November?

Bush's rhetorical nadir

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Tuesday February 17, 2004 · 1:11 AM PST

2004/02/17 · 01:11

The President, explaining his rationale for permanent tax relief; from here: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/elec04.prez.bush.florida.ap/index.html

"You hear people in Washington saying, 'Oh, let's not make the tax cuts permanent.' When you hear somebody say that, they're saying, 'We're gonna tax you. We're gonna raise your taxes,"' Bush said. "From an economic perspective, I'm telling you, now is not the time to raise the taxes on the American people."

Personally, this administration's glossy analysis and ideological ineloquence always stirred my stomach--it finally appears that their simple refusal to acknowledge the basic guidelines of reality have stirred a large part of the American electorate as well. Justifications like the one provided above--made explicit by a President stripped of personal, fiscal, and executive credibility--are finally being seen for what they are; empty annonciations, thinly vailing the emerging consequences of 3 years of mismanagement through an increasingly transparent cloak of deceit.

A general simplification of ideas was necessary for Bush to press his agenda in the past--the coming calls for substantiative accountability will not be readily answered by this President, and I strongly believe he will be held to acccount in November. Read More

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