When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, August 23, 2004
Republican dirty tricks worked well in the Nixon era, because no one could believe the president's men would straight out lie. Fudge a little, shade or tilt the truth maybe -- all politicians seem to do that. But out and out lie? Hard to believe.
All the voters who lean toward voting Republican in the upcoming presidential election ought to ask themselves if they approve of that.
George Bush has exceeded Nixon; he makes Nixon look good by comparison. There were, after all,some lengths to which Nixon would not go, some depths to which he would not sink. Many U.S. politicians have been afraid to stand up to Bush because he couples lying with intimidation, and an astonishing number have succumbed. Sen. John kerry appears ready to stand up to the man, however.
Says Paul Rogat Leob at TomPaine.Commonsense
I totally agree with that. I have carried a smoldering resentment for sometime now toward war hawks in general and Republicans in particular that they wrap themselves in the flag and speak as though any disagreement is unpatriotic.
Rogat writes further:
George Bush and his men are out of control; they are bullies and bigots; they must be stopped.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
More Dirty Tricks
Republican dirty tricks worked well in the Nixon era, because no one could believe the president's men would straight out lie. Fudge a little, shade or tilt the truth maybe -- all politicians seem to do that. But out and out lie? Hard to believe.
All the voters who lean toward voting Republican in the upcoming presidential election ought to ask themselves if they approve of that.
Bush is worse than Nixon
George Bush has exceeded Nixon; he makes Nixon look good by comparison. There were, after all,some lengths to which Nixon would not go, some depths to which he would not sink. Many U.S. politicians have been afraid to stand up to Bush because he couples lying with intimidation, and an astonishing number have succumbed. Sen. John kerry appears ready to stand up to the man, however.
Kerry challenges the bully
Says Paul Rogat Leob at TomPaine.Commonsense
The best thing John Kerry did at the Democratic convention was to challenge the bullying. He talked of the flag belonging to all of us, and how “standing up to speak our minds is not a challenge to patriotism [but] the heart and soul of patriotism.” By doing this, he drew the line against the pattern of intimidation that the Bush administration has used to wage war on democracy itself.
I totally agree with that. I have carried a smoldering resentment for sometime now toward war hawks in general and Republicans in particular that they wrap themselves in the flag and speak as though any disagreement is unpatriotic.
Even Republicans attacked for disagreeing
Rogat writes further:
Think of the eve of the Iraq war, and the contempt heaped on those generals who dared to suggest that the war might take far more troops and money than the administration was suggesting. Think of the attacks on the reputations and motives of longtime Republicans who’ve recently dared to question, like national security advisor Richard Clarke, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, weapons inspector Scott Ritter, and Bush’s own former Treasury Secretary, Paul O’Neill. Think of the Republican TV ads, the 2000 Georgia Senate race—which paired Democratic Sen. Max Cleland with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein—asserting that because Cleland opposed President Bush’s Homeland Security bill, he lacked “the courage to lead.”
George Bush and his men are out of control; they are bullies and bigots; they must be stopped.
Palema
7:18 PM
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