It should be no contest but it appears the latest polls suggest that nearly 50% are going to stay the course regardless of the multi-faceted incompetence of the President:

●             Though a majority wishes the war in Iraq never happened, it still, defying all logic, heralds Bush as a strong leader and commander in chief.

●             Americans are church-goers, many of whom lean heavily toward the prodigal son, even though Kerry — perhaps Catholic isn’t very American — led a religious life since boyhood and was involved in public service all his adult life.

●             Bush is praised for cutting taxes and still wants to cut more since he knows that 50% don’t give a damn about deficits and burdening their grandchildren with the debt for a war no longer acceptable.

●             The near majority prays that the cantankerous — diametrically opposed to its own integrity — ultra-liberal Nader will be on the ballot in every state to insure election of Bush.

●             Senior citizens are supposed to kiss the feet of Bush for his prescription drug law even though by pharmaceutical profiteering it will cost them more in the long run.

●             The near majority knows full well that No Child Left Behind is but a slogan with no funds to back it up, but still think of him as the education president.

●             Sixty percent give Bush a favorable rating but still think the nation is heading in the wrong direction.

●             The majority thinks the economy is fine under Bush but believe Kerry would handle it better.

●             The near majority doesn’t think Kerry is decisive but it is okay for Bush to be maniacally and decisively wrong.

●             Because Bush has taken the war on terrorism to Iraq the majority feels safer — do they really believe, in light of our open borders and ports, that a suit case nuke attack will be wasted in Iraq?

●             Because the American trained Iraqi forces are now carrying the brunt and dwarfing the American casualties, the body count is irrelevant; besides who but the family of twenty-three US troops dead this September really cares?

●             The thought never crosses the mind of this majority that were it not for a Supreme Court decision, there would be over a thousand of our youth alive today and seven thousand in one piece.

Better to be a thoughtful flip-flopper than lemming-like staying the course exhibited by far too many voters.

Copyright © 2004 Richard R. Kennedy All rights reserved. Revised: September 18, 2004.

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