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archived: 24 - 31 Oct, 2004 Back Next
“THE CLINCHER” Since the end of the debates, the Bush campaign has taken a nosedive into their bag of nefarious and underhanded tricks revealing their utter desperation and panic. A major conspiracy to disenfranchise Kerry voters in Nevada, Oregon and West Virginia emerged to face the glaring light of public enquiry while humiliating the wealthy Republican political consultant, Nathan Sproul of Arizona. A lawsuit in Florida forced the Republican hatchet-woman, Glenda Hood, to declare political interference in the courts as she steadfastly refuses to recount ballots in the state that brought the greatest shame on America’s faltering claim to democracy. In Florida, the early voting scandal has revealed that people are being encouraged to spoil their chances to cast a ballot in the presidential election. More shame is raining down on Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his henchwoman, Glenda Hood, and reflected shame is now pouring down on the Bush-Cheney ticket. More voting and election fraud scandals will certainly erupt prior to Election Day. Students in Oregon and Pennsylvania have seen their party affiliations altered by bogus petitions in yet another Republican-financed scandal. 2004 will be the dirtiest and most scandal-ridden election in American history – bar none. There is much more evidence of the desperation that has gripped the Republican hierarchy who are now in the throes of orchestrating a massive and panic-driven endgame. Proof of desperation - The endorsement of high-ranking officials in the Islamist government of Iran and a strong statement of support from Vladimir Putin, the axis of evil and the Evil Empire have both produced two astonishing endorsements for George Bush, but will they help him or hurt him? Putin’s endorsement is extremely significant for one obscure reason. In September, 1998, a conference of former officials of the KGB and the CIA met in Texas to endorse George Bush for the presidency in 2000. At that time, Putin was a mere official in the successor to the KGB. He would come to power on New Year ’s Eve, December 31, 1999. There is a longstanding political alliance between Bush and Putin that connects them through their historic roles within the international intelligence establishment. Rightfully fearing a late Kerry surge, the Bush-Cheney campaign have launched a vicious, fear-mongering television commercial featuring a pack of wolves that is designed to frighten the cowering bloc of paranoid voters into casting their ballots for the beleaguered president. Will it work? In 1984, the ridiculous bear in the woods worked for Reagan, so the ridiculous wolf pack will obviously frighten some pitiful people into voting for Bush for fear of their lives. On the campaign trail, George Bush has lowered himself yet again into the darkest and dankest depths of his rancid political sceptic tank by calling John Kerry a “bad man” at every opportunity. In my judgment, John Kerry ought to call a spade a spade and use a phrase that Bush cannot use. Kerry ought to call Bush a “bad president, a very bad president” – the cheers would be tumultuous. Kerry has not been idle. This week, he went hunting in camouflage to resonate with his indelible image as a highly decorated American soldier. Bravo. This week, I saw the fine documentary on John Kerry, Going Upriver. I wish that every reader of this column could see this film. The untruthful claims of John O’Neill and his prevaricating SBVT minions who attempted to besmirch John Kerry’s military record are nothing but a tissue of lies. In the 1970s, O’Neill was personally ordained by Tricky Dicky to attack John Kerry, and he is still carrying the torch of lying, hatred and injustice on behalf of the discredited, dead president. O’Neill is a reptilian monstrosity and a disgrace to the US military. With few – if any – tricks left in his hat for the closing week, I suspect Bush will intensify his already insulting rhetoric and unmask himself as the cringing bully he truly is. This week will see the return to public life of Bill Clinton. Like a beloved warrior returning to fray, Clinton will appear with Kerry in Philadelphia putting that crucial state’s electors out of reach of Bush-Cheney. I suspect that Kerry and Clinton will move west to campaign in Ohio and Michigan. It has been six eventful weeks since Clinton’s quadruple bypass. Many years ago, a friend of mine, former North Carolina Insurance Commissioner, John Ingram underwent the same surgery. We were all concerned about him, but we were all astounded by his swift and impressive recovery. John Ingram swiftly bounced back to far higher energy levels than ever before, and I am sure that Bill Clinton will astound his closest associates when they see him back in action. While the tracking polls published in most newspapers are not worth the paper they are written on, there are some important statistics emerging. The tightening of the presidential race in North Carolina is one of the most intriguing developments in this election. Four weeks ago, the Bush-Cheney campaign pulled their staff out of North Carolina. Why? They believed that the Tarheel state was locked up for them because Bush had a double digit lead. That is definitely not the case, and the race has tightened to well within the margin of error today. My friend, David Roberts, a North Carolina student at Oxford now believes that we will carry the state for Kerry-Edwards. This race is still wide open, and Kerry is poised to close hard in the final stretch. With Kerry poised to close fast and hard, Bush has shot virtually his final round. The clincher will determine the democratic outcome by awarding momentum in the final 24 hours to the winner of the popular vote. Then the lawsuits and the official complaints will transform this election into the bitterest and most controversial in American history. There is one other possibility – a blowout – and while I do not believe that Bush can pull that one off – even if he were to arrest Osama on Halloween - but Kerry just might.
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