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Cox comments on the status of the candidates and the US in the coming presidential elections. Here, he discusses his views on the two candidates, George W. Bush, whom the foreign policy establishment have turned against him; and John Kerry, whom he questions of being capable of making much difference to the world. He also discusses the status of the war against terror and the US' economy.
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The Empire Votes Back
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE tests of public opinion, which ask of those who do happen to vote a startlingly simple question: why should I support this candidate rather than that one? The normal answer under normal circumstances has invariably been: because I share the candidate's prejudices and will thus vote for him - never her; because he looks and talks like a president, and is likely to make me and my nearest and dearest feel safer, more secure, and hop...
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