And of course, there are the lies. Since this administration's policies are
so egregiously bad (except for the narrowest of plutocratic and theocratic
interests), they must resort to lies and distortions to sell them to the
American people. Always. One would be hard pressed to list a single Bush
policy that was sold on its unambiguous factual merits.
Yet despite five years of the absolute worst governance in American history,
with extremes of mis- and malfeasance beyond all historical precedent, there
is a surreal Orwellian avoidance of the obvious by our blow-dried patrician
Commentariat. In their shallow omniscience, they authoritatively proclaim
"They all do it. Politics as usual." I beg to differ. This ain't politics
as usual.
Previous administrations lied to cover-up their mistakes and misdeeds. The
Bush administration lies not only to conceal its many policy debacles, but
to conceal its true agenda!
One could expect the constitutional concept of divided government to put a
brake on the excesses of the Bush regime. But as we've seen with the
confirmation of Samuel Alito, whose adherence to the principle of the
"unitary executive" will give the president virtually unchecked dictatorial
powers, the Senate has abdicated both its constitutional responsibilities
and its power to George W. Bush. They might as well go home.
Did the K-Street Project generate enough cash to buy these guys off, or did
the NSA's wiretaps collect enough useful dirt to keep enough Senators
compliant?
From the partisan judicial coup that put this regime into power in 2000, to
the stolen elections of 2002 and 2004, we now know that the democratic
process alone will not remove these incompetent ideologues from power. We
must also sadly concede that the Democratic Party is now a force for
political opposition in name only.
The Dems' complacency regarding the ease of hacking electronic balloting in
light of the tainted 2004 election results is simply inexplicable.
Apparently, the Dems will only believe they were screwed out of the
presidency in 2004 if the news media tells them so. But of course, the
corporate media treats the very idea of election theft as ridiculous,
despite all evidence to the contrary (as if men who advocate the routine use
of torture would balk at a little election theft).
When the 2006 elections come and go, the losing Democratic Party (but not
the corporate media) will scratch their heads in sad confusion, wondering
how - in spite of an economy in the tank, unemployment rolls rising, no end
in sight for the debacle in Iraq and an overwhelming lead in opinion
polls -- the GOP somehow (mysteriously, some will say) managed to again
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to retain power.
That's already a well-defined pattern. If Senate Republicans threaten to
eliminate the filibuster, it's because they do not fear ever being relegated
to minority status again. The fix is in and they know it. Somebody should
explain it to the Dems.
But while the Republicans have demonstrated a ruthless genius for seizing
power, they have proved themselves utterly inept at governance. In just
five short years, their radical ideology has bankrupt our economy, crippled
our volunteer military, increased the risk of terrorist attacks, reduced the
prosperity of the vast majority of the American people, eroded our civil
liberties and, by any objective measure, degraded the state of our Union.
Jack Hughes is the editor, graphic artist, webmaster and resident crank at
www.evilGOPbastards.com. He can be reached at
jack.hughes@evilGOPbastards.com
so egregiously bad (except for the narrowest of plutocratic and theocratic
interests), they must resort to lies and distortions to sell them to the
American people. Always. One would be hard pressed to list a single Bush
policy that was sold on its unambiguous factual merits.
Yet despite five years of the absolute worst governance in American history,
with extremes of mis- and malfeasance beyond all historical precedent, there
is a surreal Orwellian avoidance of the obvious by our blow-dried patrician
Commentariat. In their shallow omniscience, they authoritatively proclaim
"They all do it. Politics as usual." I beg to differ. This ain't politics
as usual.
Previous administrations lied to cover-up their mistakes and misdeeds. The
Bush administration lies not only to conceal its many policy debacles, but
to conceal its true agenda!
One could expect the constitutional concept of divided government to put a
brake on the excesses of the Bush regime. But as we've seen with the
confirmation of Samuel Alito, whose adherence to the principle of the
"unitary executive" will give the president virtually unchecked dictatorial
powers, the Senate has abdicated both its constitutional responsibilities
and its power to George W. Bush. They might as well go home.
the NSA's wiretaps collect enough useful dirt to keep enough Senators
compliant?
From the partisan judicial coup that put this regime into power in 2000, to
the stolen elections of 2002 and 2004, we now know that the democratic
process alone will not remove these incompetent ideologues from power. We
must also sadly concede that the Democratic Party is now a force for
political opposition in name only.
The Dems' complacency regarding the ease of hacking electronic balloting in
light of the tainted 2004 election results is simply inexplicable.
Apparently, the Dems will only believe they were screwed out of the
presidency in 2004 if the news media tells them so. But of course, the
corporate media treats the very idea of election theft as ridiculous,
despite all evidence to the contrary (as if men who advocate the routine use
of torture would balk at a little election theft).
When the 2006 elections come and go, the losing Democratic Party (but not
the corporate media) will scratch their heads in sad confusion, wondering
how - in spite of an economy in the tank, unemployment rolls rising, no end
in sight for the debacle in Iraq and an overwhelming lead in opinion
polls -- the GOP somehow (mysteriously, some will say) managed to again
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to retain power.
That's already a well-defined pattern. If Senate Republicans threaten to
eliminate the filibuster, it's because they do not fear ever being relegated
to minority status again. The fix is in and they know it. Somebody should
explain it to the Dems.
But while the Republicans have demonstrated a ruthless genius for seizing
power, they have proved themselves utterly inept at governance. In just
five short years, their radical ideology has bankrupt our economy, crippled
our volunteer military, increased the risk of terrorist attacks, reduced the
prosperity of the vast majority of the American people, eroded our civil
liberties and, by any objective measure, degraded the state of our Union.
Jack Hughes is the editor, graphic artist, webmaster and resident crank at
www.evilGOPbastards.com. He can be reached at
jack.hughes@evilGOPbastards.com
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