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...Klein wrote that "No one really knows which President Bush will show up on Jan. 20 to begin his second term." Some do--it will be the same arrogant, self-impressed zealot of the past four years. But playground bullies eventually get their just deserts, and now it's going to be Bush's turn. He has alienated virtually all our allies and enraged fully half of the voters. Who is on his side? Radical conservatives and Evangelicals--not a lot of company when most of the world is against you. To paraphrase Bette Davis: Fasten your seat belt...
...ARENA: Joe Klein on the need for a unified spy system...
...Israel's domestic security service, tell TIME they believe there's a chance that if Barghouti is elected the next Palestinian President, international pressure will force Israeli political leaders to go against the security service's advice and release him. --By Matt Rees. With reporting by Jamil Hamad, Aharon Klein and Massimo Calabresi
Columnist Joe Klein's analysis of why the Democrats failed to win the election was right on target [Nov. 22]. Klein noted that the Democrats' "economic issues are not nearly as compelling as the Republicans' religious appeal." The Democratic Party needs to focus on the attraction that religious values hold for the middle class instead of promising voters complicated and expensive government programs. Democrats also should take a long look at those who are benefiting from the faith-based social programs. Those factors are worth pursuing before the next election...
...Klein implied that John Kerry lost the election because a lot of Southern Christians felt ignored by the Democrats. But Klein overlooks the fact that President Bush has shown himself to be a strong leader with a spine of solid steel. Kerry's claims that he would "hunt down and kill the terrorists, wherever they are" were not believable, coming from someone with a 20-year demonstrated lack of leadership in the Senate...