Kerry & the 'Special
Interest' Hit Piece
In 2000, a news media
aghast over Al Gore’s supposed lies paved the way for a George W. Bush
presidency whose hallmark has been a disdain for facts. Now, in 2004,
the emerging theme depicting Senator John Kerry as a “captive of special
interests” may contribute to four more years of a Bush administration
whose policies have bent consistently to the desires of any number of
corporate benefactors. February 19, 2004
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The New England
Patriot Factor
The
Republicans hope to make Massachusetts conjure up images of an
un-American place outside the mainstream, but for millions of football
fans John Kerry’s home state brings memories of the Super Bowl
champions. February 12, 2004
Political Psychosis & Election 2004
Though not listed as a candidate, "reality" will
be on the ballot in 2004. The current situation, especially in U.S.
policy toward Iraq, suggests a worsening political psychosis that only
the American voters can cure -- by demanding a political system and a
news media that start respecting the facts. February 9, 2004
A Political Battle for Planet Earth
The energy of the Democratic base in the early
primaries is evidence that the 2004 election is shaping up as a test of whether the American people will sign
off on policies that are charting a dark
political course for the planet. February 3, 2004
Bush's Democracy Hypocrisy
at Home
While claiming to export democracy
to Iraq, the Bush administration has undercut democracy at
home where the debate about life-and-death issues
of war and peace is dominated by bogus information and ridicule
of dissent.
January 5, 2004
Bush
& Democracy Hypocrisy
George W. Bush is now presenting
the War in Iraq as a noble plan to bestow democracy on the Iraqi people.
But there are troubling indications that Bush's pro-democracy rhetoric
may be just a new sales pitch to justify the war to the American people,
after the collapse of other rationales, such as trigger-ready weapons of
mass destruction and Iraqi ties to al-Qaeda. December 22, 2003
Do
Democrats Need the South?
A new conventional wisdom among
pundits is that the Democrats drove away the South's political
allegiance because the Democrats supposedly don't care about religion
and other strong Southern concerns. But this spin has turned history on
its head, editing out how Republicans pandered to some of the South's
worst attitudes toward blacks and gays. December 1, 2003
Iraq:
Quicksand & Blood
Thrashing about for a strategy on Iraq, the Bush administration
is looking back two decades to the bloody counterinsurgency wars in
Central America. Some of those strategies are already being employed
while others -- like reliance on local "security forces" to carry out
the dirty work -- may be hard to duplicate in a Middle Eastern country.
November 13, 2003
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