2004 Presidential Transition
Andrew Sullivan: "A large part of the pro-Bush vote - especially among blue state residents - was a vote against the left elite and the cultural attitudes it represents in the public imagination. It was a vote not so much for Bush or his often religious policies (or even the war on terror), but against the post 9/11 left, against Michael Moore and political correctness and Susan Sontag and CBS News, among a host of others. I have to say that this was the most appealing thing about George W. Bush for me. If he hadn't so obviously screwed up the Iraq war and endorsed a constitutional amendment against gay rights, I would have succumbed myself."
Jeralyn Merritt writes, on the 5280 Weblog, "Army recuriters in Westminister are frazzled. They are under orders to recruit 14 soldiers a month. That's two a month for each recruiter in the office. It's tough duty."
Here's another story on recruitment from the Rocky Mountain News [November 22, 2004, "Troops feeling strain"].
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