He doesn't come out for either one (and he isn't ultra kind to Kerry) -- but, as a conservative, he sure doesn't make the case for Bush -- doesn't even try to.
November 2, 2004
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Hope and Frustration
By DAVID BROOKS
As I look back over the course of this campaign, I should confess I've gone through several periods convinced I should vote against President Bush. I know I'm not the only conservative to think this way. I look at my favorite conservative bloggers and see many coming out for John Kerry. I talk to my friends at conservative think tanks and magazines and notice that they are deeply ambivalent about the administration, even those who would never vote for a Democrat.
Like all these folks, I look at the Bush administration with a mixture of admiration, frustration and anger.
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Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/02/opinion/02brooks.html