Post your letters to the editor on Kerry's win in the first debate

[tomfodw]

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Here's mine (to the Trenton Times, which happens to be an excellent local/regional newspaper):


To the editor:

I’m fascinated by the change in perceptions. Four years ago, it was enough for then Governor Bush to merely hold his own against Vice President Gore for it to be accounted, after the fact, as a Bush victory. Even though Gore was not the incumbent, he was the two-time sitting Vice President, so he was essentially treated as if he was the incumbent, and it was felt that all a challenger had to do against an incumbent was not lose. Now, with Bush having served almost all of his four-year term, it is again sufficient for him not to lose against Senator Kerry, rather than being expected and required to decisively defeat his challenger. When will people stop making excuses for Bush and judge him for what he is, a failed President who never was truly qualified for the position he holds and wants to be reelected to? If a draw was enough for Bush four years ago, why isn’t a victory enough for Kerry now?

Thomas N. Beck



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