BUSH'S
POLITICS OF FEAR
Allen Roland, Ph.D.
The stage is
set .
The seed has
been dropped .
With each
terrorist announcement by
Homeland
Security Chief Tom Ridge ~ George Bush's support increases a few
percentage points.
It's amazing
how fear can override good judgement ,
reality and
even, in many cases, love.
First it was
Tom Ridge announcing that Al-Qaeda was
planning a
major attack around the elections.
Then it was
today's announcement that Al-Qaeda
is actively
recruiting among the army of unemployed
and
disillusioned in the United States.
No facts mind
you ~ just increased chatter and non-
specific
intelligence.
Against this
steady patter of fear inducing statements
we have the
President on the campaign trail with the
continual
visual backdrop being these words ~ PROTECTING AMERICA.
And the reason
for this obvious political pandering to
the nations
fear ~ the only issue where
Bush has a
lead over
Kerry is the Conduct
of war in Iraq and the
Conduct
of war on terror ( according to the
latest Economist Poll of 10,000
Americans )
This
is why Karl Rove has a vested interest in the continued quagmire in
Iraq because a large portion of the American public still see
it as the ongoing War on Terror and
Bush can only be elected as the successful
commander-in-chief of this war on terror ~ although, in reality, his
actions have made our country
far less safe than before 9/11/ and his illegal occupation of
Iraq is failing badly.
The
arrogance of this administration is almost mind -boggling but this
is just the beginning of Bush's blatant politics of fear .
By
the time we get close to November we will be on the
verge
of a major alert ( again, nothing specific just alarming chatter )
and voters will be asked this question ~
ARE
YOU GOING TO LET AL-QAEDA DECIDE THIS ELECTION , LIKE THEY DID IN
SPAIN , OR ARE YOU
GOING
TO DEFY THEM AND VOTE FOR BUSH.
In
other words, a vote against Bush will be deemed unpatriotic and that
just may be enough to swing the
crucial
battleground states to Bush.
Of
course, the reality is that the people of Spain were fed up with
their administration that willfully lied to and deceived them and
they threw them out for just that reason ~ which should be an
inspiration to Americans who have also been lied to and deceived by
the Bush administration.
I
keep thinking of these words by Herman Goering ~
Naturally the
common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor
in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is
the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a
simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy,
or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist
dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to
the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to
tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for
lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the
same in any country. - Hermann Goering: quote verified
at http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.htm
The Europeans
have seen this all before with Germany in the late 1930's
and are anxiously watching this election with bated breath .
Will Bush's politics
of fear work in
America ?
Not
if we see through this obvious sham and denounce and replace Bush
and the perpetrators who have
brought our country to
the edge of international disgrace and embarrassing shame.
Allen
L Roland
P.O.Box
1221 , Sonoma, Ca 95476
Allen
Roland is a practicing psychotherapist who also shares a daily
political and social commentary on his weblog and website www.allenroland.com
He
also guest hosts a weekly national radio show on
Conscious
talk radio www.conscioustalk
