Some candidates change their message, others put forth a message that is so rosy that they would think the public fools for not following them into the polls.
Bush is steadfast and consistent in his message, consistent in his attacks on Kerry (accurate or not), and consistent in telling the American people the state of affairs as he would like them to believe. In other words, Bush has been consistently lying about Iraq, lying about the economy (economic indicators these past three months spell a picture much gloomier than the president portrays - just look at oil prices), and lying about his record of helping the working class. His own record in the White House is quite contradictory to the message the President broadcasts.
The biggest irony? President George W. Bush, with more reversals in policy than any president in recent memory, has the gall to label John Kerry a flip-flopper.
About Bush's Iraq message - he is right about part of it:
The world is safer because Saddam is no longer in power. True.
The world is safer now that Saddam isn't in power. FALSE. The world is less safe because Iraq has become a de-stabilized mess, bogging down our military in an increasingly unwinnable war, and causing us to focus on a hotbed of terrorism when there are other terrorists bent on attacking us here. Where are those guys?
I can tell you one thing...they're not in Iraq.
So, when Bush says that the Economy is getting stronger, tax relief is working, more and more Americans are finding good-paying jobs, Iraq is on its way to a Democracy, and the world is much safer now that Saddam is no longer in power, how many of you really believe him?
...Thought so.
At least he's consistent, right?
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