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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Paul Jones wrote:

> During a speech to Republicans in Yukon, Okla., last Saturday, the
> first-term GOP congressman said that "if George Bush loses the election,
> Osama bin Laden wins the election," because enemies of the United States
> would interpret it as a sign of weakness.
> 
> "What do you think Hitler would have thought if Roosevelt would've lost
> the election in 1944? He would have thought American resolve was"
> weakening, Cole said, according to a spokeswoman.

Paul, I know where you are coming from on this, and I agree to a great
extent.  And I am in NO way supporting Bush's re-election.  

However, I do think it isn't such a simple issue.  While we understand our
democratic system and can comprehend that a loss in the election isn't the
equivalent of a military defeat of our country, many people and countries do
not see things the same way.  They interpret an election loss as they would
interpret their dictator being overthrown - as a defeat of the nation.  When
King Bush the First was defeated by Clinton, Saddam said as much and his
supported partied in the streets.  

I wish I could find some links to stories during that time, but any search
that includes the relevant names returns nothing but present day material.


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