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...deficit because this economy went into a recession," and "we have got a recession because we went to war. And I told the American people...we're going to spend whatever money is necessary to make sure we win." In other words: Don't blame me for a weak economy...
Start with the history. Can the weak economy be blamed on Bush's predecessor, on al-Qaeda, on Enron? A recession, as Bush says, "mean[s] three quarters of negative growth." The economy grew through the end of 2000, then growth turned negative in the first three quarters of 2001, including three weeks of Clinton and more than eight months of Bush. That is what allows Bush to say he inherited a recession...
...because security trumped everything, these women voted Republican even though they continue to disagree with the party on many issues. As former President Clinton put it in a speech last December: "When people feel uncertain, they'd rather have somebody who is strong and wrong than somebody who's weak and right...
...prime minister remains politically weak inside the PA as well as on the streets. PA president Yasser Arafat remains a major obstacle, particularly to the extent that the success of the roadmap is equated with his own marginalization. Arafat remains more powerful than Abbas both on the streets and inside the PA, and fear that he could be tempted to sabotage the process may be one reason European diplomats have been holding talks with him despite the boycott of Arafat by Israel...
...crass market-place of ideas, they become scrappy, instrumental and unpalatable. My first aim this summer is to quiet their squabbling and nourish each runt with my mental largesse (owing in no small part to the largesse of the Harvard College Research Program). When the fall comes, the weak and infirm shall have to be weeded out; but in the meantime, I’ll luxuriate in the abundance and allow my wascally thoughts to combine and proliferate at will. Indeed, Widener is the perfect place for rabbit-hunting. How do you start? Be very, very quiet?...