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...reverse course, on campaign-finance reform or creating the Department of Homeland Security, he did it so brazenly, without explanation or apology, that even caving was portrayed as an act of bold leadership. Above all, he has defended his decision to target Saddam Hussein even when some of the basic premises of the war turned out to be wrong. He has continued to argue that he has set Iraq on the path to democracy even when others say its future is so much in doubt...
...White House. "But that's his world. He sees things in black and white, and, well, guess what? Now people see him that way too. He made them that way. People either hate him or love him." People don't just disagree over his policies. They argue over the basic question of who he is, his intelligence, his integrity and his intentions. Was he a closet ideologue biding his time? Or did 9/11 change everything? People even disagree with themselves. Critics who once deplored his arrogance in dealing with Congress and the world felt differently when they sensed their safety...
...shortcomings begin with inexperience and extend to basic skills. "They run and jump better than anybody here," said Australian star Shane Heal. "But they're not very good at shooting or passing." After four games the U.S. was shooting just 22% from behind the 3-point arc (their opponents shot 47%), and against Australia the Americans missed 15 outside shots in a row--during warm-ups. The U.S. has the world's best inside player in the heroically shy San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan, but epochs go by without his touching the ball near the rim, where...
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...stumble raises two basic questions about Kerry's campaign. First, is he a latter-day Ron Burgundy--the idiot 1970s anchorman of Will Ferrell's recent film who would read anything that appeared on his TelePrompTer? Did Kerry not remember what he had said to Stephanopoulos? No, it was, apparently, yet another Kerry nanonuance: he is in favor of redeployments, just not now. The second question is far more dire: Why is Kerry wasting breath on such periphera? Why isn't he hammering Bush on his conduct of the Iraq war and the larger war against Islamist radicalism, which...