President, GOP Are Stomping on Democracy

[reprehensor]

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpwil153626819jan15,0,425359.story

"President George W. Bush extols the United States as the world's exemplary nation - far more democratic and just than all other countries - with the moral duty to lead an all-out effort to democratize Iraq.

What is so surprising is that he has done more in his first term to degrade democracy and foster secrecy in national government than any other postwar president during a comparable period of time.

Bush is not overtly attempting to undermine our political system. He sees himself as the champion of representative democracy, not its destroyer.

The problem is that neither the president nor the Republicans in Congress perceive that their actions conflict with what must be done in order for representative democracy to survive."

[Cannikin]

1. The chairman of the RNC is on right now...got any questions?

[Parrcrow]

2. thanks for the link.

Very astute piece.

For the Neo-cons in government and the media democracy is nothing more than a game; a game without rules. Issues are nothing more than tactical opportunities to smear the opponent. "Debate" is an absurd parody. No accusation is too extreme. A bipartisan consensus is no longer the goal; the complete and utter marginalization of liberals is. Given their numerous hyprocritical stances, these efforts are not based on any firmly held belief but only on an attempt to 'win'.

Can democracy be destroyed on a lark? For a few bucks, a few laughs and some grinning air-time?