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PAUL KRUGMAN: Taking On the Myth
"Many voters still believe that Mr. Bush is doing a good job protecting America.....Mr. Kerry should counterattack by saying that Mr. Bush is endangering the nation by subordinating national security to politics.....Some pundits are demanding that Mr. Kerry produce a specific plan for Iraq - a demand they never make of Mr. Bush. Mr. Kerry should turn the tables, and demand to know what - aside from pretending that things are going fine - Mr. Bush intends to do about the spiraling disaster. And Mr. Kerry can ask why anyone should trust a leader who refuses to replace the people who created that disaster because he thinks it's bad politics to admit a mistake....Mr. Bush, by politicizing the "war on terror," is putting America at risk."