A political aside

I’m still an undecided swing voter in a swing state (Missouri).

Now there’s a positive message about what you get if you vote for this man: he’s the un-Bush. Which begs the question — what does he stand for, other than cheap shots and slogans pandering to Bush-hating lefties?

Actually, I think making Bush a two-termer is potentially an argument in favor of Bush. First-term presidents, under the best of circumstances, spend the first year getting a handle on the vast machinery of government and basically undergoing OJT (on-the-job-training), like any new employee. Then they spend the last two years running for re-election.

Arguably, the timing of 9/11 was favorable to the enemy because it took place during the OJT period. I got this impression very strongly from Condi Rice’s testimony — the team was still trying to get a handle on a globe-full of security issues; arab terrorism being only one.

What vulnerabilities will occur as a new Kerry administration undergoes OJT in the midst of this nasty war — and is tested by the remainder of the ‘axis of evil’ — and others?

(Just sharing a Saturday morning thought — as I said, I’m undecided, and still quite open to voting Democratic and eager to hear more meaty positions from the Kerry campaign.)

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