Sunday, October 17, 2004
Why does Bush denegrate his own coalition?
Bush has been raving on and on about how John Kerry is a "liberal" as if that's about the worst thing one could be. He also likes to speak of how he feels Kerry has denegrated the "coalition" by disrespecting members. One wonders why Bush himself curses liberals like they were somewhere between hemorrhoids and matricide.
Australia's John Howard is leader of Liberal Party - here is his page, How to Vote Liberal.
Tony Blair of the UK might also raise an eyebrow at Bush's disparagement of liberal ideas. One of the first things Blair did when he took over leadership of the Labor Party was to add to the party constitution,
The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each one of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many not the few ...
// posted by Erik @ 10/17/2004 10:24:00 PM
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