I'm no longer as sure of that as I once was. Kerry's not-quite-spoken promise to "make all this war stuff go away" is very appealing to an ever-growing segment of the electorate. A repeat of the Spanish election debacle is not out of the question.
ie The Uninformed
You got that right. Should an event occur there will be immediate calls from the Hillary and others left for us all to "come together and not politicize this". The left and media would immediately set out politicize it - with charges like "all that $ spent and what did it gain us? XXX dead?", and "they are clearly in no better control of the situation than before 9/11", and "the war is here not in Iraq"...
I agree, Mr. Jeeves. Much of this country has lost its backbone. I hope it's a small number, but so far, it's turning out to be much larger than I ever dreamed it would be.
Kerry speaks in nuance.
A lot will depend on how Bush responds-- if he offers more "TROP" bull, then we could have a situation like Spain; if we immediately waste a lot of goat humpers, its a landslide.
I bet we'd hear "TROP", though.
>>A repeat of the Spanish election debacle is not out of the question.<<
The idiots in Spain thought that they were being targeting only because they were in Iraq or were in support of our war on terror. They felt if they installed a government that was against the war, they wouldn't get hit. That's not the case here, and I dare say most Americans are sensible enought to know that. Don't quote me on this, however.
Its not so much the attack itself, but the decisive action after the attack which would propel Bush. I think Bush's reelection is pretty much a done deal (Americans do not vote for liberals), and don't think any attack will matter much at all. So while I agree somewhat with your main point, I don't agree that the reasons or the result will be even the least bit like Spain.
I agree with you, I see what you see and it concerns me...but sometimes when a country is deceived it ends up with brand new outlook on life. I just hope the damage isn't in human lives.
Unfortunately......I can very easily "see" this very scenario playing out, too.
FRegards,
An interesting follow-up to my original observation: I was sitting in a (rather nice) restaurant this afternoon, and I nearly dropped my fork when I overheard a guy behind me say, "Before I was all 'Bush, Bush, Bush', but it would be nice to have a break. I think we've shown everybody who's boss, now."
I was wondering how to turn around and let the guy have it for his appalling naivete, but his conversation turned to his divorce proceedings and how he was going to keep his wife from getting anything.
Then the restaurant rejected his credit card.
At that point, I figured nothing I could say to him would make any difference. The point is, the attitude of "let's take a break" is out there, and a lot of liberals and moderates like the idea.