Today: October 23, 2005 at 9:51:35 PDT
Where I Stand -- Brian Greenspun: President bush should find himself a fresh set of horses at White House
Brian Greenspun is editor of the Las Vegas Sun.
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A change is due.
There is a classic American sentiment that suggests it would be foolish to change horses in the middle of a stream.
It is classic and usually right on. In fact, President Bush's re-election victory was due almost totally to the American voters' demand that we change nothing while we are in the middle of a war in Iraq and a war on terror.
It can also be an affliction if, instead of changing the animal that brought you to near disaster in the middle of a raging river, you stick with it until both horse and rider go down for the count. Just when it is that we should look for new transportation, of course, is a subject of great interest and often requires a historical view to determine the proper course of action.
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