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Originally posted by onetime2
Imagine that. The President wants favorable news about the war on terror for his campaign; just as Kerry wants bad news (about it) for his. Those bastards. What, do they think this is a competition or something? Ummm, wait a second, it is. This is simply a case of politics as usual. Nothing wrong with it. Kerry would do the same in Bush's place.
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And I would be equally outraged if Kerry stooped to using such dirty, Nixon-esque tactics. This is only "politics as usual" in the worst sense of the phrase.
I'm not surprised that Bush apologists spin this as a pure conspiracy theory. I am surprised that reasonable people are seemingly willing to forgive egregious breaches of the public trust simply because worse has been done before. How low does the bar have to be set before we begin to demand more from our leaders? Is this nation to be crucified on a cross of "political realism" while the our leaders are slowly transformed into scoundrels and con men?