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Paul Johnson, nuestro autor favorito ha escrito un genial artículo para The Hispanic American Center for Economic Research, titulado Campaign 2004: High Stakes. Little Green Footballs tiene un resumen completo e interesante que vale la pena leerlo. Aún así haremos algunas menciones sobre su artículo:

There is nothing glamorous about the Bush presidency and nothing exhilarating. It is all hard pounding, as Wellington said of Waterloo, adding: “Let us see who can pound the hardest.” Mastering terrorism fired by a religious fanaticism straight from the Dark Ages requires hard pounding of the dullest, most repetitious kind, in which spectacular victories are not to be looked for, and all we can expect are “blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” However, something persuades me that Bush— with his grimness and doggedness, his lack of sparkle but his enviable concentration on the central issue—is the president America needs at this difficult time.

Y que dice sobre Kohn Kerry, candidato Demócrata?

Many on the Continent support him, because they hate Bush, not because of any positive qualities Kerry possesses. (…)he seems to have no strong convictions about what he would do if given office and power. (…)Kerry is (…) proposing, instead, that the voters should lead and he will follow.

No dejen de leer todo el artículo, en verdad vale la pena.