of policies and elections

its election time in the US and the rhetoric is unusually high. a lot more is at stake I guess than previous times. Bush and Kerry have plans, as they say "I have a plan". God only knows if they themselves know what it is, let alone us. atleast they say they have a plan.

look at our own indian politicians, do they ever care about policies. all the attacks are personal, worth watching while munching some hot pakoras and bhajjis. says sushma swaraj, a leader of the BJP party, "if Sonia becomes the prime minister, I will tonsure my head". and a congress leader retorts, "Vajpayee is addicted to whiskey". actually I was interested to know what brand Vajpayee likes, just to see if we have similar tastes :)

coming back to the US elections, I wouldn't be surprised if Bush proclaims Veerappan's death as a success to the "ongoing war on terrorism" :-)