Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Republican Gameplan

You've got to see the memo here to believe your eyes. In summary, it details ways in which the Republicans hope to hold Congress through the midterm elections by:

  1. Exploiting 9/11. The two page memo mentions 9/11 seven times. It describes debating Iraq in the context of 9/11 as “imperative.”
  2. Attacking opponents ad hominem. The memo describes those who opposes President Bush’s policies in Iraq as “sheepish,” “weak,” and “prone to waver endlessly.”
  3. Creating a false choice. The memo says the decision is between supporting President Bush’s policies and hoping terrorist threats will “fade away on their own.”
So, some will say this is just politics... But I say, if it works again, and it certainly may, we're in for more of the same evil shit from the administration for the next two years. There could easily be another war based on lies. There will be no end to the incompetence of our government. Sure, they're on their best behavior now, acting all sheepish and trying to appear to be human... But we've got almost SIX YEARS of history with these people in charge and they can't point to any level of success at anything. Why would be hire them again? The only way it can happen is if they scare us, if they convince us the Democrats are pussies, if they get us to overlook their record.

I pray they fail. We need to divide this government. Unchecked power has gone to the heads of these people worse than anything I've ever seen in my lifetime. If the Administration can't deal with a little oversight, what does that tell you about their ability to lead? Reagan succeeded with a Democratic Congress. Clinton fought the war in the Balkans with a Republican Congress.

Let's hope the American people are smarter about the political games this time around. The hole we're in could get a lot deeper in two years.

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