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November 3, 2004
Kerry Concedes
Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for.
John Kerry has conceded the election to George W Bush.
Victory hasn't been this sweet since 1984. Or this important.
Congratulations to you, Mr President, and everybody who worked to make your re-election possible.
And thank you, John Kerry, for doing the right thing and not putting the nation through the same thing we went through four years ago.
It has been written elsewhere that this election mirrors the race between Truman and Dewey in 1948, and I agree. Truman was not terribly popular, and neither was he well spoken. He was blunt and direct ("the buck stops here") but no one would say that he was eloquant. Thomas Dewey was cerebal but boring. The election took place at the dawn of the Cold War, just when it became evident that we were facing a new, and terribly dangerous threat. As I have written, I believe that Truman was just the person that we needed to run the country during those perilous times.
And I have made no secret of the fact that I believe that George W Bush is the right person to lead us today.
Truman was considered "divisive" at the time, but is considered to have been a very good president today. I believe that the same thing will be said about Bush fifty years hence.
Posted by Tom at November 3, 2004 11:51 AM
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