From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 20:51:18 MDT
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 12:18:53PM -0400, Christopher Whipple wrote:
> conflict when the 2004 elections roll around. Would the American public
> really want to switch regimes in the middle of an armed conflict?
I think Churchill lost power while WWII was still going. And we switched
regimes during Vietnam, although an incumbent wasn't displaced. But if the
people feel the war isn't going well, or is pointless... or if they want
their jobs back, thank you very much...
> Bush had a "win" going into the election, but lost anyway. One wonders
> what lesson the younger Bush came away with...
One quip about Bush's cabinet and advisors was "he's re-assembled the same
crack team that lost to Jimmy Carter"
-xx- Damien X-)
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