The One Reason To Vote for Bush

[indigobusiness]

If Le Carré Could Vote
by John le Carré

Maybe there's one good reason — just one — for reelecting George W. Bush, and that's to force him to live with the consequences of his appalling actions and answer for his own lies, rather than wish the job on a Democrat who would then get blamed for his predecessor's follies.
Probably no American president in history has been so universally hated abroad as Bush: for his bullying unilateralism, his dismissal of international treaties, his reckless indifference to the aspirations of other nations and cultures, his contempt for institutions of world government, and above all for misusing the cause of anti-terrorism in order to unleash an illegal war — and now anarchy — upon a country that like too many others around the world was suffering under a hideous dictatorship but had no hand in the events of 9/11, no weapons of mass destruction and no record of terrorism except as an ally of the United States in a dirty war against Iran.

Is your president a great war leader because he allowed himself to be manipulated by a handful of deluded ideologues? Is Tony Blair, my prime minister, a great war leader because he committed Britain's troops, foreign policy and domestic security to the same harebrained adventure?

You are voting in November. We will vote next year. Yet the outcome in both countries will in large part depend on the same question: How long can the lies last now that the truth has finally been told? The Iraq war was planned long before 9/11. Osama bin Laden provided the excuse. Iraq paid the price. American kids paid the price. British kids paid the price. Our politicians lied to us.


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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1020-30.htm

[aden_nak]

1. 'Cause you're a really, really rich white guy?

[indigobusiness]

4. He isn't suggesting voting for Bush

he is making the point that this would be the ONLY reason to.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. ....

[Demit]

3. forcing * to live w/the consequences of his appalling actions and lies

wouldn't mean a damn thing. In his world, there are no consequences. They don't touch him. He has done no wrong, therefore whatever has happened must be someone else's fault. That is, if there's anything wrong. Which there isn't.

And his cronies encourage him so that they can steal everything that isn't nailed down.

So no, there's not even one good reason to elect GWB. He's never had to clean up one of his messes in his entire life, and we don't need 4 more years to know that.

[wysiwyg]

5. More Bush = more damage

I'd agree except for the amount of harm a second Bush term could still do to this country. Instead of trying to reduce the defecit he'll add to it by pushing for more unaffordable tax cuts while not allowing enough money to be budgeted for needed changed in homeland security. He'll appoint more right-wing activist judges who want to reshape our society back to where it was 100 years ago. Even if Kerry can't overcome Republican obstructionists in Congress to get his agenda enacted he will still limit further damage.

Republicans will never assign responsibility to Bush even if he's still president for a second term.

If Kerry is able to take office and there is a terrorist attack in the US even within the first month of his term the right-wingers will go absolutely nuts.

They'll scream how the attack is God's judgement on us for rejecting Bush, how Kerry's election created a disruption in the protection of this country, how Kerry's election was a win for terrorists, and how Kerry's election encouraged the attack. They will never, ever, assign blame where it belongs.

If Bush is still President and there is another attack his supporters will blame Democrats and liberals for weakening our defense and our resolve. Right-wingers will blame liberals for questioning Dear Leader and encouraging the terrorists.

I don't believe Bush could ever be forced to live with the consequences as he isn't destroying anything he really cares about.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate topic--Please continue discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x80157