Cons Discovering the Truth
From an e-mail I received re-printing the article in its entirety. I was not able to find the link. If anyone finds it pass it along.
You might be interested in the following just written by Charley Reese of the Orlando Sentinel. If you know the writer and his strongly conservative reputation, you will find it eye opening, particularly what he says about John Kerry. The conservative journalists Robert Novak and William Kristol happen to be saying some of the same things.
Vote For A Man, Not A Puppet
Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush's reelection,they are really voting for the architects of war - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative ideologues and their corporate backers. I have sadly come to the conclusion that President Bush is merely a frontman, an empty suit, who is manipulated by the people in his administration. Bush has the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any president in my memory. It's no wonder the president avoids press conferences like the plague. Take away his cue cards and he can barely talk. Americans should be embarrassed that an Arab king (Abdullah of Jordan) spoke more fluently and articulately in English than our own president at their joint press conference recently. John Kerry is at least an educated man, well-read, who knows how to think and who knows that the world is a great deal more complex than Bush's comic-book world of American heroes and foreign evildoers. It's unfortunate that in our poorly educated country, Kerry's very intelligence and refusal to adopt simplistic slogans might doom his presidential election efforts. But Thomas Jefferson said it well, as he did so often, when he observed that people who expect to be ignorant and free expect what never was and never will be. People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, but he won't fool me twice. It is not at all conservative to balloon government spending, to vastly increase the power of government, to show contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law, or to tell people that foreign outsourcing of American jobs is good for them, that giant fiscal and trade deficits don't matter, and that people should not know what their government is doing. Bush is the most prone-to-classify, the most secretive president in the 20th century. His administration leans dangerously toward the authoritarian. It's no wonder that the Justice Department has convicted afew Arab-Americans of supporting terrorism. What would you do if you foundyourself arrested and a federal prosecutor whispers in your ear that eitheryou can plea-bargain this or the president will designate you an enemycombatant and you'll be held incommunicado for the duration?This election really is important, not only for domestic reasons, butbecause Bush's foreign policy has been a dangerous disaster. He's almostrestarted the Cold War with Russia and the nuclear arms race.America is not only hated in the Middle East, but it has few friendsanywhere in the world thanks to the arrogance and ineptness of the Bush administration. Don't forget, a scientific poll of Europeans found us, Israel, North Korea and Iran as the greatest threats to world peace. I will swallow a lot of petty policy differences with Kerry to get a man inthe White House with brains enough not to blow up the world and us with it. Go to Kerry's Web site (http://www.johnkerry.com/ and read some of the magazine profiles on him. You'll find that there is a great deal more to Kerry than the GOP attack dogs would have you believe. Besides, it would be fun to have a president who plays hockey, windsurfs, rides motorcycles, plays the guitar, writes poetry and speaks French. It would be good to have a man in the White House who has killed people face to face. Killing people has a sobering effect on a man and dispels all illusions about war.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Update: Molly, the google queen, has given us the link.
You might be interested in the following just written by Charley Reese of the Orlando Sentinel. If you know the writer and his strongly conservative reputation, you will find it eye opening, particularly what he says about John Kerry. The conservative journalists Robert Novak and William Kristol happen to be saying some of the same things.
Vote For A Man, Not A Puppet
Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush's reelection,they are really voting for the architects of war - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative ideologues and their corporate backers. I have sadly come to the conclusion that President Bush is merely a frontman, an empty suit, who is manipulated by the people in his administration. Bush has the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any president in my memory. It's no wonder the president avoids press conferences like the plague. Take away his cue cards and he can barely talk. Americans should be embarrassed that an Arab king (Abdullah of Jordan) spoke more fluently and articulately in English than our own president at their joint press conference recently. John Kerry is at least an educated man, well-read, who knows how to think and who knows that the world is a great deal more complex than Bush's comic-book world of American heroes and foreign evildoers. It's unfortunate that in our poorly educated country, Kerry's very intelligence and refusal to adopt simplistic slogans might doom his presidential election efforts. But Thomas Jefferson said it well, as he did so often, when he observed that people who expect to be ignorant and free expect what never was and never will be. People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, but he won't fool me twice. It is not at all conservative to balloon government spending, to vastly increase the power of government, to show contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law, or to tell people that foreign outsourcing of American jobs is good for them, that giant fiscal and trade deficits don't matter, and that people should not know what their government is doing. Bush is the most prone-to-classify, the most secretive president in the 20th century. His administration leans dangerously toward the authoritarian. It's no wonder that the Justice Department has convicted afew Arab-Americans of supporting terrorism. What would you do if you foundyourself arrested and a federal prosecutor whispers in your ear that eitheryou can plea-bargain this or the president will designate you an enemycombatant and you'll be held incommunicado for the duration?This election really is important, not only for domestic reasons, butbecause Bush's foreign policy has been a dangerous disaster. He's almostrestarted the Cold War with Russia and the nuclear arms race.America is not only hated in the Middle East, but it has few friendsanywhere in the world thanks to the arrogance and ineptness of the Bush administration. Don't forget, a scientific poll of Europeans found us, Israel, North Korea and Iran as the greatest threats to world peace. I will swallow a lot of petty policy differences with Kerry to get a man inthe White House with brains enough not to blow up the world and us with it. Go to Kerry's Web site (http://www.johnkerry.com/ and read some of the magazine profiles on him. You'll find that there is a great deal more to Kerry than the GOP attack dogs would have you believe. Besides, it would be fun to have a president who plays hockey, windsurfs, rides motorcycles, plays the guitar, writes poetry and speaks French. It would be good to have a man in the White House who has killed people face to face. Killing people has a sobering effect on a man and dispels all illusions about war.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Update: Molly, the google queen, has given us the link.
3 Comments:
Great article! That pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject.
Bush is absolutely a dangerous man. His "simplistic view of the world" is dangerous, and I wish more people believed that.
I also liked what he said about Kerry. That "killing people has a sobering effect on a man and dispels all illusions about war." That was the big reason that I decided to vote for Kerry in the primary. See, my dad did two tours in Vietnam. He was a corman. He was on the front lines. He saw his best friends blown up right in front of him, and did his best to save there lives so they could go home to there familles. Going through this, war, changes a person. I agree that someone who has been through this is going to think twice about putting others in the same situation.
War is not a video game, or a comic book. This November I want someone who truly understands the gravity of his decisions to be voted into the White House.
I hope enough people agree.
Steph :-)
Here's a source for you, case it helps...
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20040521/index.php
In case that disappears...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese74.html
I live to google.
Hey Colin,
I sent this to my Mom, and this is what she had to say:
Yes, I agree with the writer. I am wondering who this guy is, he may be really a moderate republican instead of a conservative. I have heard criticisms of Pres. Bush, from other republicans most notably Sen. John McCain, but he still plans to vote for Bush. I doubt that it will change any minds. Unfortunately, many people vote against their own and the country's best interest based on where the canidates stand in the "culture wars"( gay rights, abortion, prayer in schools and the like).
Steph :-)
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