Less Security and Even Less Freedom

By Sam Felder on April 7, 2003 11:43 AM | | Comments (0)

A Red-Blue Terror Alert by Paul Krugman outlines the inability of the Bush administration to alter their views to adapt to a new world. In the words of Jonathan Chait of The New Republic, Bush is a 9/10 President and hasn't changed anything but his popularity since September 11, 2001.

Meanwhile the economy continues to flush itself down the toilet and the Bush administration weakens oversight. A whopping 108,000 jobs were lost in March adding to the 2.4 million lost over the last two years. Oooh those tax cuts feel good and helpful, let's get some more o' that trickle down action! As Mr. Krugman states in another Op-Ed piece "the recovery can't officially stall since it hasn't officially begun: the committee that rules on such matters still hasn't declared the recession that began in March 2001 over."

Does this mean that there is hope for a Democratic candidate in 2004? While it is far to early to say much of anything here is what we know: Karl Rove is prepping for a post-war Bush = war hero campaign, John Kerry is starting to stand up to the Republican attack dogs (unlike them he actually has military experience), Dean got a book deal and is beefing up his staff, and Edwards heads to Iowa and is as handsome as ever.

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