Nothing Simple about Iraq
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If the Vietnam-era stories have shown us anything, it's that campaigns
and the media can tackle complex issues. We've just been looking at
the wrong ones
WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Richard Wolffe
Newsweek
Updated: 11:47 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2004
Sept. 21 - A presidential election can be a strange prism on the real
world. Small incidents can look monumental simply because they're
unexpected or embarrassing (remember the flap over the word RATS
appearing in a George W. Bush ad in 2000?). And big topics can get
overlooked because they seem old or complex (has there been a serious
discussion about Social Security in 2004?).
Richard Wolffe
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