Abstract

He's the (Any)One

The article examines how presidential candidate, John Kerry, is promoting himself as a man of presidential caliber entirely on the basis that he's the alternative to re-electing current U.S. President George W. Bush. In April Kerry announced that his economic strategy will be to wage war on the deficit, which means he'll do nothing to alleviate problem number one in America today--the lack of jobs and the rotten pay for those lucky enough to have some form of work. Kerry vows to put more cops on the streets, and there will be no intermission in the War on Drugs, which has played a large part in producing the memorable statistic issued by the Justice Department in late July, to the effect that the number of people caught in the toils of the criminal justice system grew by 130,700 last year. War in Iraq? A majority of the country wants out, certainly most Democrats. Kerry wants in, even more than Bush. The "Anyone But Bush" strategy favored by most means that Kerry has never had his feet held to the fire by any faction of the Democratic Party.