The joy of watching American common sense rear its head

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By Rami G. Khouri
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, October 06, 2004

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A series of recent developments in Iraq and the United States has suddenly propelled the war in Iraq into a more prominent place within the current American presidential election. The likely impact of this trend, as the situation appears today, would be to improve the prospects of the Democratic candidate John Kerry and weaken the position of U.S. President George W. Bush, in relative terms. More importantly, it signals the awakening of a slumbering giant - the common sense of ordinary Americans who resent being taken for a ride.

The reasons for the greater prominence of the Iraq war in the minds of the American electorate revolve around both Kerry's recent performance and events on the ground in Iraq. The former include such factors as Kerry's going on the attack against Bush on the issue of the president's handling of the whole Iraq matter, and particularly making of this a litmus test of the president's judgment and character. This reversed the trend of the previous month, when Bush's attacks succeeded in making Kerry's conduct in the Vietnam War over three decades ago the big issue of the moment. Kerry has also prompted many Americans to associate the $200 billion Bush spent on the Iraq war with massive amounts of money that otherwise were not spent on domestic American needs, including health care and education.

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The common sense of the American people is a mighty force, and usually a benevolent one. It is a force that usually seeks to do good when the real choice between good and bad is on the table and clear - as may be happening at last this month.

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From yesterday, but didn't find it anywhere. If it's a dupe, sorry.

[coloradodem2005]

1. I still have very little faith.

Way too many people are still drinking the kool aid.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. We need only enough non-Kool-Aid-drinkers to win.

I, personally, hate it when somebody pisses on my feet and tells me it's raining.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. dupe

n/t

[TA]

4. Yes but every day there are new signs that the sheeple are coming around

Just keep working, talking, volunteering. We will win this thing yet. Our children and grand-children's future is at stake.