Meanwhile, according to the NY Times: In a presidential election year, the natural, ultimate political wish is that the voters demonstrate to the competing politicians that a huge campaign treasury is no match for fresh ideas courageously focused on the nation's true challenges, not on its constituents' prejudices.
[But the Times editorial contained no fresh ideas -- and nothing about their "fresh idea" pet project to curb political speech under the campaign finance reform ruse.]
That there will be no Bob Jones University moments of gutter politicking this time.
[But the Times was responsible for much of the gutter politicking by trying to pin a prejudiced-against-Catholics label on presidential candidate Bush for merely having gone there.]
That Election Day itself will not be sullied by the kind of doubt-ravaged, long-count vote tally that led to the sorry spectacle of democracy-by-litigation four years ago.
[But the Times has nary a word about Gore initiating the litigation or trying to ban military absentee ballots, or about voter fraud -- i.e., voting by the dead, the moved, the double-dippers, the precinct captains, the recounters, etc. -- or the endless audits by the media that all had the same result: BUSH WINS.]
Note also the Times offers no substantive editorial comment regarding the Iraq war or post-war successes (like the capture of Saddam), or the surging economy and declining deficit driven by (temporary) tax cuts, or Medicare (and prescription drug) reform (though more reforms are needed), all apparently conceded as lost causes for Democrats. Advantage, Bush.