Matthew Dowd Lost Faith in Bush

Catchme · April 3, 2007

Now here is a person willing to speak out, and take account of his bad actions in supporting the Bush regime and he recognizes his life was destroyed because of it!

In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.
Mr. Dowd was impressed by the pledge of Mr. Bush, then governor of Texas, to bring a spirit of cooperation to Washington. He switched parties, joined Mr. Bush’s political brain trust and dedicated the next six years to getting him to the Oval Office and keeping him there. In 2004, he was appointed the president’s chief campaign strategist.

Mr. Dowd, a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime, said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate, was correct in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq.

“I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me, by God; other people call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”...one of Mr. Dowd’s premature twin daughters died, he was divorced, and he watched his oldest son prepare for deployment to Iraq as an Army intelligence specialist fluent in Arabic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/washingt...&hp&oref=slogin

Guthrie · April 3, 2007

word out is, dubya has smoke coming out of his ears on this one

Mad_Michael · April 3, 2007

Now here is a person willing to speak out, and take account of his bad actions in supporting the Bush regime and he recognizes his life was destroyed because of it!

And what is the Canadian relevance here that you proclaim this a message to?