On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 03:02 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> For instance, George Will of the Washington Post Writers Group wrote
> that Bush's "accumulating errors are undermining the premise of his
> reelection campaign, which is: Wartime demands hard choices and
> sacrifices, and a president who is steady, measured, and believable.
> ... Once begun, leakage of public confidence is difficult to stanch."
two points here: (1) in the print version of this syndicated op-ed that i saw, it read "staunch" rather than "stanch", which i found amusing in a will column, and (2) will really savages bush on his moral swervitude and inability to *articulate* a coherent and stable position. it was quite remarkable.
j