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08/09/2003 Archived Entry: "Hey, if Dems have to put up with Nader,"
Hey, if Dems have to put up with Nader,
then it's only fair that Mr. 'Mission Accomplished' should have a thorn in his side.
Funny thing is, this thorn was the one who put a hole in Poppy's post-war balloon. From Salon Premium:
. But Perot is mad about more than Bush's tax cuts, which he clearly (and correctly) blames for blowing the budget hole wide open. He also thinks the country is awash in "waves of jingoism" since 9/11 and offers sane counsel for dealing with the threat of terrorism: "Avoid panic and judge the odds like poker players." Most refreshing, he's got no use for the Bush administration's efforts "to hobble the commissions appointed to investigate 9/11" and slams the USA PATRIOT Act for going too far. Perot, who played the libertarian when he ran for office but zealously policed the private lives of his employees, now attacks the government's holding incommunicado of American citizens Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hamdi as the equivalent of the "Star Chamber trials of 17th century Britain or Josef Stalin's gulag."
If Perot gets out there and starts talking smack about Bush, those re-elect numbers might get so low that not even Diebold voting machines will be able to save him.
Run, Ross, run!
Replies: 3 people speak up
How can the repubs have forgotten 1992, when a 3rd party candidate siphoned off 15% of their vote on the deficits issue?
My guess is their greed overcame them...maybe they thought they could shift the blame (seems to be working in California)...
Oh well, many imagine themselves masters of events, until the events no longer obey their masters...
Posted by barney gumble @ 08/09/2003 06:23 PM NY
Now imagine Wes Clark taking the nomination away from president codpiece on the Republican side to run against Dean. The United States wins either way no matter how the election turns out. Yes! The only thing I'd like better than that would be criminal prosecution of Bush and company.
Posted by wfeather @ 08/10/2003 01:49 AM NY
I love this story as well and I have linked to it through you from here: Ah nolt the deserter
It is fun to contemplate GWB with Perot in the race.
Posted by Barry B @ 08/11/2003 03:04 PM NY
