Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 | 9:13 a.m.
One hundred years from now historians are going to look back in total wonderment at how a C student from Yale, who avoided service during the Vietnam War, who was a total failure in business, a heavy drinker and one who did not deny using hard drugs, became the nominee of the Republican Party in 2000.
Equally baffling for them will be the fact that after being appointed president by the U.S. Supreme Court, his policies led to huge deficits, high unemployment and alienation of allies.
Worse, he brought the country into war against the wrong country. North Korea and Iran had nuclear weapons programs and 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, yet he chose to attack Iraq. How, they will ask, could so many Americans decide he deserves re-election?
Forget 100 years, I'm now as baffled as they are going to be.
RICHARD J. MUNDY
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