> Wall Street Journal - August 27, 2004
>
> Republicans for Kerry
> By NIALL FERGUSON
>
> It is doubtless not the most tactful question to ask on the eve of
> the Republican convention, but might it not be better for American
> conservatism if George Bush failed to win a second term?
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Ferguson and his fellow conservatives have their analogues on the left who
think it might be better if Kerry lost because he is the more sophisticated
"greater evil" who will be able to hold the Empire together and gull the
progressives at home.
MG