Oh, and so should our government.
Yesterday Bush mentioned that Social Security was a problem although he didn't have the balls to say exactly what he'd do to solve it. No one should trust him to deal with it because he's too busy taking money away from Medicare's old people or tax payers and giving it to pharmeceutical groups, special interests (as many Senators do too) and Haliburton and Co.
I just don't get why the white and blue collar callers that listen to conservative radio hosts call in with their panties in a bunch over Kerry and Vietnam. They conveniently forget that Bush never went to war at all and neglect everything he's done to literally bankrupt our society. Nevermind his past hypocrisy as far as conservative family values are concerned (formerly pro-choice, used cocaine, drunk driving, questionable behavior among his daughters--can't wait to see Dr. Phil's fluff piece that I suspect won't mention those problems...) his financial values are seriously skewed.
Today, our troops are ready to mow down democratically inclined Islamic clerics in Iraq.
The CIA is researching a very politically charged "what if" Saddam had actually gained nuclear weaponry (One could say anything!! It's a crazy and useless conjecture! Are they going to say they saved us from WWIII--proved Nostradamus wrong?!).
The FBI is shaking down American peace protestors and asking corporations to spy on American workers.
Condoleza is giving speeches about winning the hearts and minds of terrorists, and George is back at the ranch "writing" his acceptance speech.
Meanwhile, the world (including us) has taken out 3/4 of al-Qaeda terrorists with arrests and death, but, more important, I heard an analyst on NPR saying today that each of those individuals has been replaced with a new recruit. So nothing has changed and Osama is still on the loose. How did this happen? Hmmm, what have the CIA and FBI and military been working on?
I can not believe Bush's people are making this election about Vietnam, and soon, the dark threat that Iraq might have been (had the rest of the world, and especially Israel, shut down in order for chaos to occur). Even without Iraq and the terrorists, he's been a global capitalist (as opposed to small or alternative business) and an economically elitist President (something that's never analyzed by the press or the majority of his supporters).
How ridiculously convenient is all of this mud fuss?
I'm fed up with Republican attacks and fake "truth." I wish they had the ability and character to play fair, be honest and to debate more important things. If they are trying to prove that Kerry's character is bad, I think there's nothing worse than the ruthless Republican "principle" that the ends always justifies the means.
Make no doubt about it, either, their "ends" is absolute power. Bush/Cheney has quite obviously shown that they don't like to share (contracts, tax breaks) or play well with others (allies).
I guess some people admire these qualities in leaders, but I think the history of corrupt leaders shows that those people are admiring something that is really bad for them. I almost said that these people are stupid, but that's wrong, and calling someone stupid is a lazy way of not naming the real problem.
I'm reflecting on stupidness because Bill O'Reilly said today on the radio that he thinks stupid people are more fun than intelligent people. He also said that he was a stupid kid. I wondered who it is that he considers stupid and why. I also wondered who might consider themselves to be stupid, since he saw himself that way as a child. I wondered if O'Reilly was really thinking that he was reaching out and identifying with his audience--something that Bush has done by dumbing down his speech.
Wow, I really think O'Reilly and Bush, and their comrades, think that their audiences are stupid. I sincerely hope that they are wrong about that, too.
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