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Slipping Into You

I was out on my bike today and without even realizing it I had reached that surreal state where the endorphins take you where the fast paced world is all around you but you’re really not aware of much other than some obscure thoughts and the sun on your back.  I’d just finished climbing out of the Minnesota River bottom and I was coming up on the approach path for runway 29L, east of the MSP airport.  Coming into view from the right I noticed a 747 with its wheels extended on final approach.  At first glance it looked to be a KLM flight arriving from Amsterdam but then I noticed the American flag on the tail.  As I got directly off to its side from about a quarter mile away I could see the word ‘United’ and I thought that maybe United Airlines had a new paint scheme I wasn’t aware of.  I watched as it descended off in the distance and then it struck me that it was Air Force One.  It did seem odd that there was very little air traffic in the area and now I understood why.  President Bush was in town today and I’d just watched him pass by. 

I got to thinking about an interview I’d seen earlier in the day with Laura Bush and how gracious she was when the reporter asked her to comment on Theresa Kerry’s remark about ‘four more years of hell’.  I got to thinking about what a phony Kerry is and how the left have gotten so ugly in the last few years and how mislead people have become.  I thought about how Kerry, during the convention said absolutely nothing about his 20 years in the Senate while he couldn’t seem to say enough about his 4 months in Vietnam.  I thought it was odd that a guy who detested the war and all it stood for would now want to wrap himself in the American flag and memories of that war. 

I thought about the half dozen or so men who served with him in Vietnam who dispute all he said and I wondered if they’ll be interviewed on 60 Minutes this next week as there is a book coming out titled, Unfit For Command, which details their claims.  I seriously doubt they’ll get any coverage on any of the network news programs and I felt disappointed at the double standard.  Is this a double standard?

I thought about Tommy Franks and his book, American Soldier, which is more supportive than critical of President Bush and I wondered if 60 Minutes will be interested to hear what he has to say…I doubted that they would.  Again, I felt disappointment at the obvious double standard.

I thought about the debates which will take place and I remembered how four years ago nobody thought Bush would have a chance against such an intellect as Al Gore.  I remembered how Gore made a complete ass of himself and I wondered what people saw in the man that I didn’t which would lead them to cast a vote for him.  You only needed to look to his own state of Tennessee to see that they didn’t want him either.  He lost there.

I think the left is again underestimating Bush and that will be their downfall as he will handily defeat Kerry in the debates and the small amount of undecided votes will begin to lean right.  The small bump Kerry got in from the convention should have those on the left worried.  We’ll see…I could be all wrong and the liberal media will bring this one home. 

Just one question…is my thinking there is a double standard unfair?

Kevin g