Bush is such a likeable, charismatic campaigner. When Michael Moore used the clip of Bush saying "Some may call you the elite, I call you my base." That was George at his best. On the campaign trail he keeps the jokes lined with political jabs in full force. Al Franken even admits that the first time he met Bush he could only describe him as charismatic, and those who have seen him on the campaign trail, (or those who have seen coverage of him on Faux news on the campaign trail) will agree that he is charismtic.
Many passion-driven humans think to themselves how can all these things that the crazy conspiracy leftist are saying be true about him? How can Michael Moore's attacks possibly be true? How can a guy that can barely properly use the english langauge, be bent on world conquest? But Michael Moore at times leaves out the big picture. I think he leaves out the big picture until the end of his movie with the excellent Orwell quote about the need for poverty, ignorance and perpetual war in order to keep the lower castes in order. All this is bigger than Bush. Remember the Afghan Unicol pipeline deal started in 1998 under Clinton, not Bush.
Everyone must remember that this is bigger than Bush. Buss is not a lone fanatical right-winger. Bush is a man very much so socialized by the dominant power stucture of America (he's a president's son afterall). When you vote for any candidate, you are voting not for them, but voting for the people supporting them. If you choose to vote for Bush, your not voting for a charismatic guy from Texas, you are voting to let the uber-wealthy have a carte blanc to continue to control whatever aspect our our democracy they wish. You are voting for his #1 campaign contributor Ken Lay who pillaged his employee's savings and very lives. You are voting for Halliburton. You are voting for the logging industry to be able to cut our forests down at will. You are voting for business-paid "expertss" that destroyed the ergonomics rules that people tried to hard to get passed, which means your vote says that you believe repetitive motion work injuries are figments of worke's' imagination. You are voting for the neoconservatives who openly desire American Empire. You are voting for conservative foreign policy think-tanks that are funded by oil companies! You are voting for a complacent media structure that won't question the Bush administration talking point of the day because it's not good for their business interests to be good reporters. You are voting for a media system that only covers foreign tragedies when intervening would benefit American business interests.
If you plan on voting for Bush based on religious conviction please listen carefully. If you support Bush because of your stance on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research or issues like that, please, vote for Peroutka (http://www.peroutka2004.com/) or another one of the third party candidates (http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm) because people like Bush really don't care about these issues, they only pander to your vote because you will give it to them is they make tough, passionate rhetoric on the issues. If Roe v. Wade is to be reverse, it will take a much stronger mush more independently-minded pro-life movement then one simply subservient to the business interests of the Bush conservatives.
July 20, 2004
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