I was in Pennsylvania this weekend for a wedding, and on my way home Sunday I saw this
column by Charley Reese.
I had never heard of Reese and don't know how widely he is syndicated. My hope is that millions of Americans read these words over their morning coffee:
Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush's re-election, they are really voting for the architects of war -- Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative ideologues and their corporate backers.
I have sadly come to the conclusion that President Bush is merely a frontman, an empty suit, who is manipulated by the people in his administration. Bush has the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any president in my memory.
Interesting too is the fact that Reese is apparently a Republican. So, if he has a dedicated body of readers, words like these are bound to be more effective than, say, the rantings of such traitors as Michael Kinsley or Maureen Dowd:
People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, but he won't fool me twice.
Every column like the above inflicts one more cut in the body of the beast Bushco. I'm growing increasingly confident that Kerry is going to smash Bush in November, mostly because it's becoming increasingly common to hear Bush voters from 2000 declare their determination to get him out at all costs.