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Edited on Wed Jul-07-04 06:02 PM by pinto
From the excruciatingly long and divisive electoral college decisions in 2000; through the bitter mid term elections; to the rancorous rise of partisanship at any price in Congress; the repetitive "bait and switch" enactment of unfunded, underfunded or plainly misrepresented federal initiatives; to the manipulation of Congress, the UN and the public, after the attacks of 9/11, enabling the war in Iraq; to the pervasive peddling of fear as a federal, and local, agenda from the right wing...there has been a vocal and steady sense among Democratic partisans that this coming election is about ABB - any body but Bush.
It's no longer about ABB.
After a roller coaster Democratic primary season, the party has got itself a one two punch in the battle both sides label "an election for the future".
The Republicans pose a future of a steady state unilateral global war against a vague and elusive enemy. They claim this as victory.
The Democrats pose a future of multilateral, reasoned, nuanced response, as a world partner, to militancy in the world. We claim this as reality.
Today, our ticket, as families, walked out for the cameras and showed a simple, graphic and optimistic portrait of a future we all hold dear.
It's no longer about Bush. It's about us.
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