by staff

The Nation

01/18/05

A triumphant George W. Bush ... will inaugurate his second term on January 20. Festooned with gospel imagery, his address will rededicate this nation to waging the 'war on terror' and championing democracy abroad, and call for building a new 'ownership society' at home. ...

Bush starts this second term blind to the consequences of the havoc he has wrought and misleading the very voters who returned him to office.

... Meanwhile, Bush's failures have increased Americans' kitchen-table concerns: good jobs leaving, replaced by jobs with lower wages and fewer benefits; a broken healthcare system, with millions unable to afford adequate care ... a retreat on clean air and water.

Now Bush promises to make things worse." [editor's note: Though permeated with the usual doctrinaire leftism that characterizes "The Nation," this actually touches on SOME of the real problems with the imperialists in power. - SAT]

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050131&s=editors


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp