In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Fighting terrorism is closer to fighting organized crime than it is to fighting nations. In fact fighting nations would seem to have a beneficial effect to terrorism recruiting (if the FBI ravaged Little Italy, killing innocents, bombing resteraunts, don't you have the feeling that the Mafia would have quite an easy time finding angry young youths to help them fight back? Not that that is a perfect anology, but what do you want from a site call "this century sucks").
But Fighting Nations is great television. Its big stuff blowing up. Actually fighting terrorism would be years of small steps, thousand of unheard of investigations. Dozens of victories and defeats that no one would ever hear about. That is bad television.
Bush is great at the blowing up stuff (Rove knows his TV), and that is why he looks good on securing America. Its all a lie of course, but perception is important. Krugman (below) has a great piece on the President's dereliction of duty, and I think this is (and not the economy) the story that will lead to Bush's defeat in 2004. When America is told the truth. Bluntly. Bush will not recover.
On telelvision I saw an "expert" explain the Bush was unbeatable as he was an immensely popular President. What blatant hype. For a guy who just won a war, Bush is looking pretty bad:
Bush Job Performance Rating Slips to 58%
President George W. Bush’s job performance rating has slipped to 58% from his most recent high of 61% in April, according to the newest Zogby America poll conducted June 6 – 10. Zogby International surveyed 1,012 likely voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.2%. Just over four in ten (41%) viewed his job performance negatively.
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Pollster John Zogby: “A 58% job performance is still respectable, but the numbers suggest that the President may slip more. A 44% vote against a generic Democrat is not good for an incumbent after winning a war, but the burden is still on the Democrats to get a candidate, stop the internal party bleeding, and focus on a message. If the issue is the war on terrorism, Bush is tough to beat. If the issue is the economy or health care, Democrats stand to gain. Bush’s performance on taxes is interesting because voters are telling us that they are not feeling a tax cut – as property taxes rise.”
Bush's only strength is America's feeling that he keeps us safe. When it is proven he does not. He is gone. The whole wicked little bunch is out of there.
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