> There is no public trust in the eyes of the current
> Administration. They are engaged in a full-blown effort to turn the
press
> into the Bush Propaganda Machine.
I think it goes deeper, that it's not really Bush at all, but the
behind-the-curtain machine that got him into that position in the first
place. I simply cannot accept that Bush is anywhere near presidential
material. I don't care that he smoked pot, or was the class clown, or
avoided Vietnam, but I do care that I can't find a single book he
himself has written that articulates his philosophy or position on the
great issues of our times. Obviously he's a terrible speaker, but
wouldn't you think he'd make up for with some great writing? Even his
speeches are written by other people, no doubt under the tutelage of
folks like Rove, Wolfowitz, Chaney and the "brotherhood" (the voices
behind the box on his back).
I think the fact that we're not getting better choices than the likes of
Bush or Kerry types is clear evidence that democracy as we think we know
it has been hijacked.
I do see a positive light here: they simply can't get away with this
forever, and then something has to give. What I'm hoping for is a
solution that involves the removal of money from the process. We're not
stupid people, as Jefferson was so concerned over, and we don't need to
be told how to think by those who have accumulated the most money. I
have to believe that the American people want their country back, and
the multiple debacles of this Bush presidency (which very hopefully
don't get much worse, but easily can) are enough to fuel this basic and
overdue change to the process.
> So far what we know is that they have created fake news
> reports that speak highly favorably of Bush agenda items, and released
them as if
> they were actual objective new reports. They have bribed numerous
> columnists to write their propaganda for them. They have
> planted a fake reporter in the White House in a breach of all security
> protocols, and used him to a) lob slanted questions to Bush and
McClellan
> and b) leak information regarding undercover CIA operatives in order
to
> harm those who dare speak out against the Administration. They are now
> also using the FCC as a weapon, too, threatening any station that does
> not silence voices speaking out against the Administration with huge
fines for
> events that happened years ago.
> This is just what we *know* about their activities.
> What's likely is that this is the proverbial tip of the iceberg.
That's so true. It's well known that thieves, by the time they are
actually caught, have already committed many thefts before being caught.
That's why these 'tips of the iceberg' are more important then they seem
to be. Nixon tried to make Watergate look like not a big deal, but it
turned out to be the tip of the corruption iceberg in his gov't. What's
different about Bush is that because he's catering to the "interests"
that got him elected, they aren't killing him in the press, because he's
a walking field day (which, btw, is the opposite of Nixon, who hated the
press)
Now I expect Bush-lovers to start yelling about how the press has been
murdering him, so I'll say in anticipation: that's not true at all.
That's just a bunch of smoke. He has done so many things that could
(should!) have totally wiped him out by now, but instead what's happened
is enough has been "leaked" to give his protectors that argument. Had a
effort such as was directed against Nixon taken place, he'd be sitting
on the street long ago.
It's a giant chess game, and a total disservice to the people of this
country and the world. I can't stand the part where he keeps talking
about "freedom" and "democracy" while at the very same time being the
greatest enemy of these concepts in our entire history.
Bill
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