Dear editor
Justin Syndram, like so many Republicans, lives in a world of his own, and he, like the Bushies, has a tendency to think his own stuff doesn't stink. I'm referring to his Feb. 5 piece titled "Bush speech outlines goals, encourages."
The only reason George W. Bush rose in the popularity poll is Sept. 11, nothing else. Without his own war on terrorism, he would still be "hovering at 50 percent," or even lower. He had better hope it continues!
"I was. . . impressed by the president's ability to appease Democrats. . ." wrote Syndram. Appease? Come on. My Republican neighbor, among others, doesn't believe it. That's because it isn't believable.
The post-mortem on Enron may get in Bush's way, especially "if overzealous Democrats get too carried away. . ." What if it's bipartisan?
You know something gritty is coming down when the right-wing Wall Street Journal calls the investigation of the Bush administration's Enron scandal "a milestone" and predicts that even Congressional Republicans won't be nice about it at the committee interrogations. Some Republicans are even predicting Bush's buddy "Kenny Boy" may end up in jail for crookedly covering up Enron's impending bankruptcy. Ol' "Kenny Boy" decided to take the Fifth Amendment. Hmmm. Maybe FOX will run pictures of Bush and "Kenny Boy" arm-in-arm 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
How could Bush's State of the Union speech be considered a good one without any mention of Social Security?
Ol' "Kenny Boy" should be given a good government award for effectively killing Bush's scheme to privatize Social Security by steering working people to invest some of this Social Security input in the stock market.
Also, Enron's gross campaign gift financing of many members of Congress may revive hope of some kind of campaign-finance reform, not to mention auditing and 401 (K) reforms.
Did Syndram know Bush submitted a $2.12 billion spending plan for the 2003 budget year? How can a reasonable person expect "Congress to restrain spending" when the President is joining such big spenders as Ronald Reagan? Yeah, man, the deficits will be "small and short-term." Come on. Not even Republicans believe this garbage. That's because it isn't believable.
Distractions regarding definitional problems ("tax cut," "economic stimulusfinancialize") may get in Bush's way, not to mention telling a story that is, simply put, unbelievable.
B.J. Paschalprofessor emeritus of psychology
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