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If they need any lessons in how to associate the opposition with terrorist attacks:
Thursday, September 09, 2004
I’ve been following this election campaign with a slightly more keen interest than in the past. I have no particular insights to share. I just have a passionate enthusiasm for the immediate ousting of the incumbent and a small-l-liberal, greenie, pinko, elitist incredulity that anyone could support the openly dishonest Mr Howard. This letter, posted on the SMH website of the admittedly (and admirably) left-leaning Howard-despiser Margo Kingston, pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter, although crucially, the author fails to mention the significant and abundant shortcomings of the current Foreign Minister in her indictment of this Government. Which is a pity, because he should certainly be included in any comprehensive assessment of the failures of the Coalition.
Somebody (no fingers pointed yet, but I imagine that the radios are chanting JI as I type this) has detonated a bomb in front of the Australian embassy in Jakarta. I have several good friends working there. The newspaper article says that no Embassy staff are among the casualties, but I’d say that it’s a bit early to be certain about that.
grrrI’m picturing someone in the government appearing on the Channel 9 news tonight –probably the aforementioned Foreign Minister – glib-smugly implying that a vote for Latham is a vote for a worsening terror situation. Prove me fucking wrong, just this once, please.
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Bush and Kerry Sharpen Their Fight Over IraqTue Sep 7, 2004 06:24 PM ET
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Cheney, at a town hall appearance in Des Moines, Iowa, said it was essential that Americans make the right choice in November "because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again."
"We'll get hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States and that we'll fall back into the pre-9/11 mindset if you will that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts and that we're not really at war."
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As I understand it, if Kerry is elected there will be a terrorist attack so devastating Americans will forget the attack on the World Trade Centre during Bush's term and relax.
