by Sheldon Richman

Future of Freedom Foundation

10/18/04

President Bush and his supporters base their case for his reelection ultimately on an appeal for trust. Bush asks us to trust that he acted in good faith when he invaded Iraq, even though the intelligence now looks bad. He asks us to trust his strategy for domestic security, even though awesome discretionary power is given to the attorney general. He asks us to trust him when he says government shouldn't run our lives, even though he has presided over a frightening growth in government spending...

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