[Peace-discuss] The Great Wall of Republican ads is bearing down on
us
Chuck Minne
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Sat Nov 4 13:10:08 CST 2006
Molly Ivins: Keeping Our Eyes on the Ball http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061101_molly_ivins_keeping_our_eyes_on_the_ball/ Posted on Nov 1, 2006 By Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, TexasIm still worried sick. The Rs have seized the news cycle! Which says more about how dim American politics are than anything else I can think of.
Apparently, the Michael J. Fox affair didnt have enough meat to it, and even Rep. Mark Foley is out of the game, so now we have the semi-hemi-demi-gaffe from John Kerry, who is not in fact running for anything.
If Kerry had been given as many breaks for misspeaking as George W. Bush has, hed be a professor of grammar by now. And this all shows what the Bush regime has: attacks on Kerry, Clinton, Kennedy, Pelosi, liberals! ... but not any actual policies to help it.
The Great Wall of Republican ads is bearing down on usrace-baiting, scare tactics and sleaze-mongering. (Who knew so many people had signed up to promote the homosexual agenda? I dont even know what it is. But apparently, you dont have to sign up to supportyou could be part of it and not even know!) The Rs are throwing distorting ads, funded by endless money, all over the place. Can the people see that, and ignore and punish them for it?
Aside from the Wall of Ads, we are also faced with Disenfranchisement of Democrats again. For some reason, this has come to be regarded as one of Karls dirty tricksa clever ploy, a little hardball, rather to be admired.
Ive covered East Texas politics for a long time. All over East Texasand elsewhere around the countrythere are elderly black Americans who dont have drivers licenses because theyve never had a car, who cant read because they never got to third grade, and who are scared of The Law because for 70 years or better theyve been oppressed by it. So if they see a sheriffs car blocking the road to the polling place and officials checking peoples papers, they head the other direction.
Voting isnt hard, and believe it or not, these elderly blacks have worked all their lives and paid into Social Security and paid taxes, and they know a lot about how government affects people.
With pundits in Washington, who just a few weeks ago were claiming the Democrats would likely take the House by a razor-thin margin, now victoriously claiming they all along knew it would be a wipeout, I just feel that overconfidence juice starting to kick in. Maybe 20 seats, maybe 40 seats ... yeah. People could think: So thats settled. I dont even really have to vote.
Folks, step up and make sure theres some control on this regime.
May I remind you what this election is about? Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, unprecedented presidential powers, unmatched incompetence, unparalleled corruption, unwarranted eavesdropping, Katrina, Enron, Halliburton, global warming, Cheneys secret energy task force, record oil company profits, $3 gasoline, FEMA, the Supreme Court, Diebold, Florida in 2000, Ohio in 2004, Terri Schiavo, stem cell research, golden parachutes, shrunken pensions, unavailable and expensive healthcare, habeas corpus, no weapons of mass destruction, sacrificed soldiers and Iraqi civilians, wasted billions, Taliban resurgence, expiration of the assault weapons ban, North Korea, Iran, intelligent design, Swift boat hit squads, and on and on.
This election is about that, but much moreits about honor, dignity and comity in this country. Its about the Constitution, which gives us this great nation. Bush ran on a pledge of restoring honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, he brought us Tom DeLay, Roy Blunt, Katherine Harris, John Doolittle, Jerry Lewis, Richard Pombo, Mark Foley, Dennis Hastert, David Safavian, Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed, Karl Rove and an illegal and immoral war in Iraq. People, its up to you.
To find out more about Molly Ivins and see works by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
Copyright 2006 Creators Syndicate Inc.
Before you call 9/11 conspiracy nuts crazy, explain what happened to 7 World Trade Center (WTC7) and how it was accomplished. (Never heard of WTC7 before, have you? thats not surprising, its the camel in the tent that everybody ignores.)
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