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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1. januar 2004 / Time Line January 1, 2004
Version 3.501/01/2004
Det er nu otte måneder siden, at USAs præsident Bush
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Letter from California
by Kurt Singer
A Hollywood documentary film is treating the primary elections
of 2004 like a Zane Grey Western film. The good guy and hero is
George W. Bush. The bad villains are the 9 Democrats who try to
destroy Bush and his Texas farm and all his Washington friends. The
9 Democrats on their high horses are fighting each other for the
top leadership and the good Texan Cowboy is laughing and proud that
he has caught the arch villain and murderer Saddam Hussein.
One of the gang Joe Lieberman suddenly had second thoughts. The
Texas Cowboy he thinks is not all that bad in his fight against the
Iraqi Indians, but he has too much power. What is needed now is
more religion. Bush who was born an Episcopalian raised as
Presbyterian and was now a Methodist, with many evangelical
missionary friends in the South. He had collected 111 millions to
defend himself against the bad Democrats who want to destroy him.
Jesus was his philosopher and leader.
Howard Dean who seemed to be the new leader of the struggling Nine
was born a Catholic became an Episcopalian, left the church and was
now a liberal Congregationalist. He had only collect 40 million
dollars for the upcoming fight. Al Gore who was once a High Noon
sherif supported him. Dean's children claimed they were Jewish.
There is also Wesley Clark,who was once a victorious general wants
to be the high Concho. He collected only 20 million dollars but
showed everyone the picture how his Commander in Chief Bill Clinton
put a shiny medal around his neck and praised him for bravery.
Hillary the bosses wife shook hands with him and applauded. Can he
unseat the Chief Cowboy from Texas? The other Wild West riders
Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, Gephardt, Sharpton, Lady Brown and a
gentleman from Ohio are far from the Dean lead and are fighting
their chieftain Dean instead of the Texas Cowboy.
The Hollywood movie visions show a real horse race, a neck to neck
run and the Texan wins the imperial crown. Rex Bush is the Man of
the Year. Who said the old Western movies are dead?
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a new face in politics like Dr.
Howard Dean is a new face in Washington politics. New brooms do
well but also run into troubles. Schwarzenegger could not convince
the California legslature to endorse a $ 15 Billion loan which will
now be voted on through a March 2004 referendun. In the meantime
the new governor cancelled the triple car tax, cancelled the law
whih gave 2 million illegal Mexican immigrants a driver's license,
cut housing for imigrant farm workers and fired 5000 state employes
to save money. He declared the earthquake area of San Luis Obisco a
disaster area to obtain federal money and help.
The terror fear which the Bush administration induced is not
popular nor is the war and returning dead heroes and wounded are
honored, not forgotten. One praises the troops but not the war. One
hears DEANS AND GEPHARDT'S VOICE SAYING IT IS A FOOLISH WAR.
Paula Johnson a University of California student said: "It's not
over until the fat lady sings. If Dean does not get the majority
votes at the party's convention, they may still draft Hillary
Clinton." That would be Hollywood's happy ending.
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