We Were Right, They Were Wrong--by David Michael Green

[Demeter]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_david_mi_060322_we_were_right_2c_they_.htm

THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE, GLOBAL RANT FOR THE BUSHCO FOLLIES AND GOP COMPLICITY


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Those who would call on this government to change fundamentally misunderstand its character. It cannot change, except perhaps for purposes of some temporary tactical retreat. The concept of serious policy change presupposes that their agenda is good governance and service to the American public. But such an assumption has always been a mistake with these guys, just as believing that they are in Iraq to bring that country democracy is an absurd deceit used merely to fill the space left by the evaporation of their prior invasion rationales, WMD and terrorist links. Give me a break! What sort of government goes to war at massive expense to bring democracy to a foreign land, while simultaneously dismantling it at home? They cannot change because their entire raison d'être is to maintain power for as long as possible, in order to bilk the federal treasury as much as possible, on behalf of Halliburton, Bechtel, the Carlyle Group and the like. If they cannot do that, they have no other reason to be in Washington.

I’m so sorry to burst the delusional bubble of any of my good friends on the right, but the problem with the Bush junta is precisely the same problem it’s always been: Their policies suck. It’s really just that simple. Not protecting us from attack on 9/11 sucks. Not capturing the perpetrator of that crime sucks. Not taking precautions to prevent another attack sucks. Unnecessary wars based on lies suck. Fiscal meltdown sucks. Health plans for seniors that leave them worse off suck. Social Security privatization sucks. Global environmental destruction sucks. Alienating our allies sucks. Ripping up the Bill of Rights sucks. Playing guitar while people rot and drown sucks.

I mean, the list is endless, but the point is obvious. These guys are not failing because their top staff are exhausted or they’re out of ideas. They’re failing because there are only so many band-aids you can put on top of major debacles to cover them up, and only so many times you can ask the public to pretend to believe. They’re failing because a frightened Democratic Party is today just marginally less intimidated than it has been for five years. They’re failing because a complicit media is now just slightly more honest than they have been for five years. But, mostly, they’re failing because the American public is finally growing weary of the sheer contempt which the Bush presidency has directed toward them. These are the wages of arrogance, bullying, divisiveness, unilateralism and posturing moral superiority. If you’re gonna play this sort of hardball politics in a democracy, you better get it right. Because if you don’t, people are going to be very, very angry.

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TOO MUCH TO READ IN ONE SITTING!!

[Laelth]

1. Couldn't agree more.

Preaching to the choir, of course, but nicely said, nonetheless.

:thumbsup:

-Laelth

[vademocrat]

2. WOW! This is great -

I printed it out because you're right - it is to much to digest all at once!

Here's 4 more paragraphs:

How bad is it? Asked to give a one word description of George W. Bush, 48 percent of poll respondents now produce a negative response, compared to only 28 percent who offer a positive term. One year ago, the top four responses to that poll question were “honest”, “good”, “integrity” and “arrogant”, in that order. Apart from the proof positive such responses give that substance abuse in America was evidently far more rampant in 2005 than we knew, what is perhaps more salient is the dramatic change which has occurred in just one year. Now, the top four one-word descriptors are “incompetent”, “good”, “idiot” and “liar”. There is a term to describe such rapid change in public perception, though it may be a bit technical in nature for lay readers. This scenario is what social scientists refer to as a “frickin’ free fall, man”.

How bad is it? Conservatives from William F. Buckley to Francis Fukuyama to Andrew Sullivan to that O’Reilly stuffed shirt are running for cover as fast as they can, abandoning the Boy Wonder before he takes them over the edge for good. Even über-punk Norm Coleman, the very personification of plastic, has complained that the White House has a “tin ear” nowadays. At this rate, how long can it be before Condoleeza Rice resigns to attend to “family issues”, even though she doesn’t have a family? And how long is it before Poppy Bush jumps ship too, watching the historical standing of his own already-not-so- highly-regarded presidency tank further by association with young Gentleman C’s? You know he’s been thinking about it. Maybe he could disown the kid and blame it all on Barbara and the milkman.

The desperation on the right is palpable. It is also as amusing and satisfying as it is simultaneously frightening. Lord knows what these people are capable of if backed into a corner. Can you say “Tehran”?

It’s crunch time now for regressives, and the options are as narrow as an Irish country lane. In one of the great historical ironies of all time, a war which was launched in large measure to bolster the political power of the Bush dynasty’s in-house cipher has instead proved his undoing. There is nowhere to go. Plunging in and actually doing the job right probably ceased being an option two years ago, but even if it could be done would in any case require instituting a draft to pull it off. The public reaction to that idea could well make these look like the good old days for Bush. Alternatively, pulling out would give the lie to the whole project, even for the 33 percent who still comprise the Legion of the Willfully Blind. So that’s out, too. Maybe the Europeans could come to the rescue! Oops. Half of the half foolish enough to have followed George of Mesopotamia have now left or are leaving Iraq, while the smarter ones are laughing their Old European butts off at the arrogant bully stuck in a self-made quagmire so richly deserved.

[driver8]

3. Excellent!! Highly recommended!!! I've got a few "freeper" friends

I want to send this to. I cannot wait to read their "rebuttals."

[ClayZ]

4. K and R

:kick:

[Mythsaje]

5. Brilliant!

This sums it up perfectly, to a tee. I only wish I had written something so scathing...and I think I'm pretty good at it myself.