My Press Conference

My brother sent links to a couple of good articles in the New York Times. The first, by Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, should ease the minds of overanxious lefties all too ready to despair at Kerry's current inability to bolt ahead of Bush even while Bush's support goes steadily south.

The second by Adam Clymer is a good breakdown of the misinformation presented by both campaigns in their negative ad campaigns.

My only problem with the second article is the contention that "68 percent do not know that (Bush) proposes cutting the federal deficit in half". I don't dispute that fact, of course. I'm sure Bush PROPOSES to cut the federal deficit in half. He's proposed a lot of things over the years.

I thought about this. I can propose things too! In fact, I've put forth a proposal to be a millionaire in a year and a half...I'm holding a press conference, at which I'll tell everyone: "I'm doing a superb job achieving the designs of my proposal. (True, I don't actually have any more money at the moment.) But the proposal is building momentum! And I'm staying the course!" As a result, everyone will think I'm a bold, decisive leader. Such bold, decisive proposals, and I'm always determined to stay the course.

That's the way it works, isn't it?