Bush loyalists and Democratic partisans are making a mistake in regards to Richard Clarke's revelations. This IS NOT about right and left in a political sense. Rather, it is about RIGHT and WRONG.
Clarke, a registered Republican who was hired initially by Ronald Reagan, has laid bare a Bush administration that dropped the ball on Al Qaida. He also acknowledges that the Clinton administration did not do enough to counter this insidious group.
The current Bush administration is filled with remnants of the first Bush administration, people who passionately believed that Bush I failed to conclude the first Gulf War properly with the ouster of Saddam. Additionally, these men are ALSO members of the PNAC, a neo-conservative "think tank" that has the "liberation" of Iraq and the forced democratization of the Middle East as its primary goal.
After 911, the PNAC members - Cheney, Rummy and Wolfie - were able to unduly influence the bewildered President Bush. Iraq was mission one, Al Qaida something of an afterthought.
Besides failing to act on Al Qaida pre-911, Bush has betrayed basic American values. This coming election is not about partisanship, it's about restoring a damaged American democracy.
Independents like myself will play a major role in deciding this election. Are we passionate about Kerry. Not necessarily. That is reserved for partisan Democrats. WHAT we are passionate about is fixing our broken government. Kerry is simply a vehicle. Bush is a wrecked car that must be sent to the junkheap.
Republican partisans who fear Kerry's agenda should recognize an obvious fact: the likely continuance of a Republican-dominated Congress. Kerry would be unable to champion radical change. He would be vetoed.
Bush must go. He has compromised basic American values in his awkward and after-the-fact war on terror. For that reason alone he should, and will, be deposed.
Clarke, a registered Republican who was hired initially by Ronald Reagan, has laid bare a Bush administration that dropped the ball on Al Qaida. He also acknowledges that the Clinton administration did not do enough to counter this insidious group.
The current Bush administration is filled with remnants of the first Bush administration, people who passionately believed that Bush I failed to conclude the first Gulf War properly with the ouster of Saddam. Additionally, these men are ALSO members of the PNAC, a neo-conservative "think tank" that has the "liberation" of Iraq and the forced democratization of the Middle East as its primary goal.
After 911, the PNAC members - Cheney, Rummy and Wolfie - were able to unduly influence the bewildered President Bush. Iraq was mission one, Al Qaida something of an afterthought.
Besides failing to act on Al Qaida pre-911, Bush has betrayed basic American values. This coming election is not about partisanship, it's about restoring a damaged American democracy.
Independents like myself will play a major role in deciding this election. Are we passionate about Kerry. Not necessarily. That is reserved for partisan Democrats. WHAT we are passionate about is fixing our broken government. Kerry is simply a vehicle. Bush is a wrecked car that must be sent to the junkheap.
Republican partisans who fear Kerry's agenda should recognize an obvious fact: the likely continuance of a Republican-dominated Congress. Kerry would be unable to champion radical change. He would be vetoed.
Bush must go. He has compromised basic American values in his awkward and after-the-fact war on terror. For that reason alone he should, and will, be deposed.
posted by Gary at 7:55 AM
<< Home