From: teliok@hotmail.com   
      
   That's one way of looking at it.  Though, if say, Al gore had been in the   
   white house, and 9/11 went off the same as it did in real life, do you think   
   the USA would have been attacked successfully?  I mean.  Bush, Gore, any   
   president would have beefed up security, attacked afghanistan.  Bush was   
   just the guy in office when it happened.  Probably sure Gore wouldn't have   
   attacked iraq though...   
      
   Also, much of what bush's legacy is increased government secrecy, a new high   
   in media spin.. i mean.. real big brother type activities.   
      
   Saying bush didn't create any newspeak is a little daft, no?  Everything out   
   of that guy's mouth is the opposite of what he means.  "We're bringing   
   freedom" he might say about iraq.. but he brought war to iraq.  What is the   
   first slogan of the party?  War is peace?   
      
   I dunno.. i can't immagine you actually read 1984.   
      
      
   "Moyehoist"  wrote in message   
   news:20041205104902.21692.00001291@mb-m14.aol.com...   
   > Kerry was a sophist that had to see which way the wind was blowing before   
   > he   
   > committed himself.   
   >   
   > In addition, he has nothing to show for his 30 years in the senate.  I   
   > think   
   > the biggest bill he initiated was one to provide funding to small   
   > business.   
   >   
   > The US has not been attacked since 9/11 and Bush received credit for it.   
   >   
   > Neither did he let the Islamofascists sink the world economy as they did   
   > in the   
   > 70's with their oil embargo.   
   >   
   > Both these goals were resolved by invading Iraq where we secured oil and   
   > where   
   > we drew the Islam soldiers to fight instead of their former battle   
   > ground - the   
   > planes and buildings of innocent civilians   
   >   
   > Newspeak is shorthand for the material dialectic where the means justify   
   > the   
   > ends, where reality is "created" to support a goal.   
   >   
   > Kerry created the myth of his being a warrior to try to win a wartime   
   > election.   
   > It did not work because he actually devoted his life to pacifism and anti-   
   > anti   
   > communist causes during the cold war.   
   >   
   > Bush did not generate Newspeak - he established goals based on ideology   
   > and he   
   > went for it - just like Dean.   
   >   
   > bmp   
      
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