I guess there's nothing wrong with reemerging as a partisan, but I am still a bit surprised by Senator Kerry's latest email to his supporters. I guess the time for healin' has come and gone.
"Despite the words of cooperation and moderate sounding promises, this administration is planning a right wing assault on values and ideals we hold most deeply. Healthy debate and diverse opinion are being eliminated from the State Department and CIA, and the cabinet is being remade to rubber stamp policies that will undermine Social Security, balloon the deficit, avoid real reforms in health care and education, weaken homeland security, and walk away from critical allies around the world" -- John Kerry, in a mass spam sent out Friday to rally his email list to oppose President Bush's policies.
Hat-tip: OpinionJournal Political Diary
NPR's Mara Liason (right-wing wacko that she is) pointed out on Fox News Sunday yesterday that the idea of debate and dissent within a cabinet is a canard. She couldn't get her NPR colleague Juan Williams on board, but everybody else agreed that checks and balance does not really extend to the President's cabinet.
At least one of "those in my camp" has said she fully expects Bush to enact a socialist health care system in his second term. The fact that JFK warns he will "avoid real reforms in health care and education" should be reassuring to us.
And undermining Social Security (partial private accounts) ballooning the deficit (more tax cuts) weakening homeland security (avoid dumping more money into night watchmen at private chemical companies) and walking away from critical allies around the world (defending America first and european vanity second) all sound like excellent policies to me!
Posted by: johngalt at November 22, 2004 01:26 PMGood points, all -- makes me wish he would ruin education (vouchers and accountability) and destroy the environment (ANWR drilling, forest fire prevention).
Posted by: jk at November 22, 2004 02:59 PM