The Bush GOP is a Wal-Mart of five-and-dime ethics, self-enriching corporate sponsored war, imitation morality made in China, and a fresh baker’s dozen of half-truths for every occasion. America on sale: to the right folks in the right place at the right time for the right price. Going once, going twice …
Bible-thumping-bunko artists shove the hand of God into your pants pocket for thirty pieces of silver to buy membership lists from the likes of David Dukes and the KKK, because we all know, Heaven is white with just a touch of beige. And if you question that, James Dobson will take his Bible belt and show you the lashing love of Jesus.
We’ve long since passed murder at 1600 and now head to 1700 dead soldiers in Bush’s war on Iraq. And while Condi visits the troops, with a smile that could slit your throat from ear to ear, nobody asks what the plan is for this sandbox game of death.
The Downing Street Memo is all the talk to avoid. There are some people who want the American media to cover the contents of the memo that show Bush and Blair conspired to wage war despite their promises otherwise. But the media won’t cover the memo any more than they covered Bush’s words in the second presidential debate of 2000 when he said: “…. The coalition against Saddam has fallen apart or it’s unraveling, let’s put it that way. The sanctions are being violated. We don’t know whether he’s developing weapons of mass destruction. He better not be or there’s going to be a consequence should I be the president.”
So what is the topic that grabs the news and the Democratic leadership’s attention?
Howard Dean said something mean. Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Bush lied and people died. Nope – not news. Ohio Republicans involved in financial and voting scandal. Nope – not news. Republicans jam Democratic phone lines during 2004 election to stop the vote. Republicans hack into Democratic computers. No news there. Tom Delay has repeated ethical lapses and takes money from lobbyists like Jack Abramoff. Nope – not news. The White House edits critical environmental reports to refute scientific fact. Nope – no news there. Wait a minute – this just in:
Howard Dean said something mean.
Oh my God! Stop the presses! Did you hear? Dean has gone mean, pass it on. Get Candy Crowley at CNN and Chris Matthews at MSNBC. Don’t forget Scarborough. This is a week’s worth of programming! Get Holy Joe Lieberman to speak for the good Democrats. Get Jive-Joe Biden, he’ll be good for a sensible quote to contrast with the madness of Howard “Beal” Dean.
Quick, do you know why Republicans are against federal money for stem cell research? They’re afraid the Democrats will use it to grow a spine. (ba-da-boom)
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