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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (30936)	11/1/2003 9:48:04 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

U.S. Dissident Says Bush Needs Fear for Reelection truthout.org U.S. linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky said on Wednesday that President Bush will have to "manufacture" another threat to American security to win reelection in 2004 after U.S failure in occupying Iraq. <Continues........>

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (30936)	11/1/2003 10:44:46 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Nation Is Again Divided Over Bush Voters Split on Handling Of Iraq and Economy Voter interviews suggest that Bush has made few converts among those who voted against him in 2000, while some of those who backed him say they may not do so again unless there is clear improvement in the jobs picture and stabilization of the violence in Iraq. In Wisconsin, a battleground state that tipped narrowly Democratic in 2000, it is not hard to find Bush voters with second thoughts. John Swiencicki, who recently retired as a deputy sheriff in Racine County, said, "The economy is rough here. Industry has been moving out. My wife is an accountant, and her company, Walker Chemical, moved down South. She hasn't worked for over a year. She can't find anything where her professional training would be used. My old department is cutting people. When I retired, they didn't fill the job." Economic concerns spill over onto related issues -- the rising cost of health insurance, the budget cuts that voters say have hurt schools, and the concerns some express about record federal deficits and their implications for Social Security's future. The tax cuts that Bush says have powered a strong economic recovery are rarely mentioned by voters. Nadine Polk, an office worker in Wheat Ridge, Colo., who has switched from considering herself a Bush supporter because of Iraq, said, "It's hard to see what the tax cuts have done for me. We did get that check [for the expanded child tax credit], but it didn't even pay for the increase in our property tax. I think the tax cuts are mainly for other people. I don't see any sign that they helped the job situation." washingtonpost.com