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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 10, 2003 04:33pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, July 10, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The smart money doesn't give the leading Democratic contenders much of a chance against W. Maybe no one has a shot. But there's one guy who can make it interesting.
OKAY, LET'S LEAVE ASIDE the question of which party in American politics represents the interests of the Philistines and which the Israelites, as well as the question of whether a president who dons a warrior's togs for the sake of appearance can reasonably be compared to the mighty Goliath. Let's put aside value judgments and stick to strategy. The Democrats are sore afraid. The Republicans have control of the battlefield and stand nearly unchallenged, hurling foul oaths. They stand behind their champion, and until the Democrats muster the courage to challenge him, the Republicans can plot their destruction outright. But who will make such a challenge? The Republican champion is, after all, the Commander in Chief. He has at his command vast armies. He has claimed victory in two wars. Eight men and one woman have signaled their readiness to join the fight, but, as it says in the Bible, the champion brandishes a sword, a spear, and a shield, while growling, through Karl Rove: "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with Lieberman, and Edwards, and Graham, and Gephardt, and Dean, and Sharpton, and Mosley Braun, and Kucinich, and even Kerry? I curse ye, by your gods."
And the Democrats, when they saw this man, fled from him and wondered where they would find a warrior of their own, a man the Republican's equal in blood and his superior in vision and mercy.
They wondered who might challenge George W. Bush and be their champion. |
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