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Why I Have Campaigned Across America for Kerry
George Soros, The Independent
I have been criss-crossing the United States for the past three weeks, arguing against the re-election of President Bush. I feel strongly that he has led us in the wrong direction. The invasion of Iraq was a colossal blunder, and only by rejecting the president at the polls can we hope to escape from the quagmire in which we find ourselves.
| I haven't been criss-crossing the country, but I've been watching Bush's every action in the WoT for the past three years, and I strongly disagree. In fact, I don't even see the "quagmire." |
I embarked on the tour because I was worried that the dramatic deterioration in Iraq did not produce the decisive lead for John Kerry I had confidently expected. Now that I am at the end of my tour, I am not reassured. Kerry and Bush are neck and neck in the polls, and although I believe the sheer numbers of the dead voter turnout is likely to give Kerry the victory, the race is too close for comfort.
| I'm surprised that the race is too close for comfort, too. Kerry's a lightweight, of no discernable accomplishment, a Massachusetts hack with expensive hair and a rich wife. Bush has fought the War on Terror brilliantly from the day we were attacked, and there's no other issue in the election that matters. |
The nation is deeply divided, and the two camps seem to be talking past each other. John Kerry won all three debates, but President Bush invokes his faith and that inspires his followers. In the end, it boils down to a philosophical difference over how to deal with an often confusing and threatening reality.
| He's making a face when he says that Bush "invokes his faith," as though that's something awful. Kerry's lack of any core values is his distinguishing characteristic. But Bush deigns to distinguish right from wrong, and once having identified right, he tries to adhere to it and defend it. Kerry's all shifting shades of gray, many of them opaque. |
Posted by: Fred 2004-11-02 |
