I was going to write a whole essay for my final post explaining why I've decided that reading and posting on forums like this is not the best use of my political time and energy, but I won't. Suffice it to say that I don't think written prose is going to knock the Bushistas out of office, and I'm looking for other ways to get the message out.
I'm not critizing the forum or its posters, not at all. I just no longer feel I have time to read all the good thoughts posted here.
So I'll go out with an article link. By the way, if perchance anyone has not yet read the article "The Maddening Double Standard" on the articles page of this site, I would hope you would not overlook it. Good stuff.
So here's my last link, word from someone who really is an "Informed Source":
http://www.crisispapers.org/Editorials/bush-defeat.htmSome excerpts:
"The Bush Administration is guilty of so many crimes and misdemeanors . . . where does one focus? They flood the zone, so to speak -- have one objectionable program after another, one scandal on top of another one, one foreign adventure after another, one extremist judge nominated after another . . .
"... believe it or not, there's even some wild talk about Bush naming Lieberman, the rightwing Democrat, as his running mate on a 'Unity' ticket -- not as crazy as it sounds. Get some conservative Democrats, and Jewish voters, to move into the Republican column, taking key votes away from whoever the Democrat candidate is.
"...quit paying so much attention to Bush -- he's just their front guy -- and focus on Cheney. He's so deep into scandal, hypocrisy, lying, corruption, the blood of innocents, that he should be the obvious target.
"... get creative, make a helluva lot of noise, set up your own investigations and media outlets, work with independent journalists and internet writers, get out in the streets and force the mainstream media to cover these scandals objectively, get rid of Daschle and Pelosi as milquetoast spokesmen for the Democrats and put bulldogs in charge, start building up your possible presidential candidates more, convince two moderate Republicans in the Senate and 14 in the House to put patriotism ahead of party and become Independents ...
"Don't count on the Bushies playing fair; if we've all learned anything during the past three years, it's that you can't trust these guys in the slightest. They'll do anything, and I mean anything, to get and stay in power. . .
"The bottom line is that Bush&Co. are vulnerable -- on 9/11 pre-knowledge, on the lies that got us into Iraq, on the outing of a covert CIA agent, and many more scandals -- and they know it. That's why they are even meaner and nastier than before, why they're trying to rig the election as early as they can -- follow their current machinations in Texas and California and Colorado and Florida and other key states -- so that they don't have to risk another election-night like they had in 2000 . . .
"Remember: Follow the greed, keep the pressure unrelenting, demand more objective mass-media reporting, and, for God's sake, get those computer-voting codes out of the hands of partisan companies."
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I will check in every so often, mostly to "Editorials and Other Articles" to follow the links, but, sadly, I no longer feel I have the time to read everyone's replies to every post I read.
Keep on keepin' on.
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