"Oaf of Office" by Greg Palast

[Contrary1]

"Our President said, "And our country must abandon all the habits of racism." Oh, sure.

He doesn't believe a single word he's saying. And all over America, everyone knows he's lying and America is truly relieved.

America doesn't want to give up the habit of racism. Karl Rove doesn't. Jeb Bush doesn't. If not for challenging hundreds of thousands of voters in Black precincts of Ohio and other swing states, if not for purging thousands more from voter rolls for the crime of voting while Black, you wouldn't be president now, would you, Mr. President?"

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"Today we witnessed more than the coronation of some privileged little munchkin of mendacity. It is the triumphal re-occupation of our nation by nitwits who think Ollie North's a hero not a conman, who can't name their congressman, who believe that Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were going steady, who can't tell Afghanistan from Souvlaki-stan. Bloated with lies and super-size fries, they clomped to the polls 59 million strong to vent their small-minded little hatreds on us all."

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PAL501A.html

[burythehatchet]

1. I'm gaining a lot of respect for Palast in the few years that

I've been aware of him.

[peekaloo]

2. Munchkin of Mendacity

LOL!

Rave on Greg!

[ashmanonar]

3. Greg Palast is great.

his book was outstanding too. very well supported, so that it actually proves a point.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

4. Flame away, if you want, but I agree with every statement Palast makes

in this article.

The Republican "message" has been about racism since 1964 and that is also about the time their "think tanks" and "foundations" stepped up their efforts.

I don't know what it will take to make the American people realize that the Republicans want to destroy every vestige of human decency that is still left from FDR's New Deal, Truman's Fair Deal and LBJ's Great Society.

I learned at a very young age from my beloved father that the GOP cares absolutely nothing about "ordinary" Americans. They have always represented the elite of this country and big business interests.

The Republicans still have not proven either my father or myself wrong in that conviction.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Bush got 59 million votes, if you can prove central tabulators unhacked!

And, of course, you cannot. Another election more likely stolen than not.

Without faith in our voting systems, democracy is totally compromised. This must be fixed before 2006.

[JPZenger]

6. Anecdote of the Day

Last week, on the morning of Bush's Inaguaration, my 9 year old daughter was in her Catholic school. The teacher asked: Does anyone know what is special about today? My daughter raised her hand and said "Yes, its No-Buy Day."

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

7. LOL, you're raising her the right way..

The same way my Dad raised me. Too funny.

What was the teacher's reaction?