Presidential Qualities

A letter to the editor I sent to several papers. Doubt it'll get published but... I should think that there is nothing left to say re: Swift Boat stuff. Unless they pull something else out of their butts.

The Presidential qualities of Kerry and Bush are apparent from the ads of the two Presidential campaigns. John Kerry's ads are almost uniformly about the problems average Americans face and his vision for a better, safer, and stronger America. George W. Bush's ads are almost completely about – John Kerry?

Hasn't George Bush been President for 4 years? Where is the great record on which to run numerous ads? Usually the challenger is the one to relentlessly attack the sitting President, not the other way around. Which one of them is President? The only way this makes sense is – if there is nothing good for the current administration talk about.

John Kerry's speech Tuesday at Cooper Union makes this crystal clear. "I'm here to call for a truthful and robust debate about our values as Americans," he said. "But from the other side, we see a calculated effort to evade that debate." Kerry wants to help make America great again. Bush has nothing good left to offer us. That is why John F. Kerry already appears to be the President, even to the current administration.