Washington Watch Articles From 2004
WHY BUSH WON
From the outside looking in at America, one might assume that in reelecting President Bush, American voters, fully aware of these situations, approved of those policies and decided to give the President a mandate to continue them for four more years. This, quite simply, was not the case.
BUSH’S CHALLENGE
The election is over. We learned what we knew all along, that America is a deeply divided nation.
SHARON’S VICTORY?
Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon may be facing criminal indictments that could end his political career, but the Bush Administration appears ready to hand him the victory he has long sought.
MY CASE AGAINST THE BUSH AD
Last week I became involved in a controversy with the Bush reelection committee. The dispute was over a new television advertisement released by the President’s campaign that, I believe, negatively stereotypes Arabs.
POLL AND NADER BRING BAD NEWS FOR BUSH AND KERRY
A recent poll of Arab American voters in four key states has some bad news for both President Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry.
THE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY DEBATE; AGAIN
One day in mid-January, President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to the grave of the slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. That very same day, Bush announced the controversial appointment of a federal judge who had been vigorously opposed by civil rights leaders.