It's Never Too Late to Speak for Change

It's too close to the election for this blog to be considered one of the insightful, hard-hitting blogs full of brilliant and original political analysis. If I had started earlier, maybe, then I could have jumped on that trolley. But, oh well. It's not too late to ask the question, "Why do I despise the Bush administration so much?"

Well, for all the reasons we have now heard so many times. Except that now, I can give you my take on them.

I knew the worst case scenario had come true when the neocons stole the 2000 election. Not satisfied with citizens' choice and incapable of winning a fair election, the republican party resorted to cheating so blatantly that it was allowed to happen because the electorate and the media stood aghast at the audacity. Stealing citizens' right to vote in order to rig a presidential election! Who would have thought that it could actually happen? We all know political parties are corrupt, and everyone seems to have a level of acceptance of that. But to usurp the presidential election... I must be naive. I never thought it would happen in the USA. And now, the unthinkable has become routine, as more evidence mounts that the republican party is guilty of tampering with voter registration forms, voter fraud, intimidation, tampering with ballots, etc., it is obvious the neocons will do anything to remain in power, even if it means destroying everything America holds dear.

It was downhill from there. Civil rights, environmental protection, fair taxation, prudent economic policy, freedom and opportunity for American citizens, jobs, healthcare, domestic security, all chewed up and excreted as fertilizer for the neocon garden of souls. The neocons managed to convince the electorate that neocon interests were the same as the public interest... Lies! All Lies! In the end, it turned out that all they wanted to do was steal our money, eliminate the middle class, remove opportunities for education and employment, and create an America populated by a few very rich and the hordes of under educated, uninsured wage-slave servants who live and die at their mercy.

Outside our borders, the neocons' great achievement is the war in Iraq: A hopeless quagmire of death and destruction from which we may never fully extricate ourselves, at least not in my lifetime. Even if the carnage comes to an end, and we rescind our occupation of Iraq, the repercussions of the Bush administration's actions will be felt for decades to come, both at home and abroad. Where once we had the sympathy and support of the world, we now face scorn and derision as the Bush administration pissed away this century's greatest opportunity for a global alliance against terrorism. And to crush dissent at home, they enact the "patriot act" to ensure that no one question their diabolical activity. And Iraq, as the neocons admit, is only the first step in their conquest of world resources.

At home and abroad, the neocons are trying to destroy American values, crush us beneath the boots of their tyranny and corporatize the world. To whomever is reading this: Please vote against the Bush regime November 2004.