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www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish
by adamist at 1:36 pm EDT, Sep 7, 2004 |
] People need leaders who level with them about failures
] and difficulties in wartime - not gauzy North
] Korean-style biopics about the invincibility of the Great
] Leader. But then this war, vital as it is, has been
] exploited by the Bushies for political purposes since it
] began. How else to explain the "Mission Accomplished"
] photo-op or the bare-knuckled 2002 Congressional
] campaign? Some on the left would have politicized this
] war under any circumstances. But others might have
] rallied to a war that was conducted with less hardball
] domestic politics. In this, Bush is, of course, the
] opposite of Churchill, who brought in opposition leaders
] to play key roles in his war-cabinet. |
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RE: www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish
by Vile at 3:06 pm EDT, Sep 7, 2004 |
adamist wrote:
] ] People need leaders who level with them about failures
] ] and difficulties in wartime - not gauzy North
] ] Korean-style biopics about the invincibility of the Great
] ] Leader. But then this war, vital as it is, has been
] ] exploited by the Bushies for political purposes since it
] ] began. How else to explain the "Mission Accomplished"
] ] photo-op or the bare-knuckled 2002 Congressional
] ] campaign? Some on the left would have politicized this
] ] war under any circumstances. Bullshit.
But others might have
] ] rallied to a war that was conducted with less hardball
] ] domestic politics. In this, Bush is, of course, the
] ] opposite of Churchill, who brought in opposition leaders
] ] to play key roles in his war-cabinet. |
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