Sunday, September 19, 2004
Those Assholes!
CNN reports:
This election is rapidly eroding my faith in the two party system. Not in the sense that I support a third party. In the sense that I wonder if it can survive a wartime election, when one party is so determined to cravenly capitalize on the war, to imply that the opposition party represents weakness, or the favorite of the terrorist adversary.
Dennis Hastert is an elevated mediocrity, chosen not for his talents but his pliability. But his saying this on the heels of Cheney saying that Al Qaeda would likely attack in the event of a Kerry victory indicates that a broader strategy is at work on the part of the GOP - that of destroying the concept of a loyal opposition.
If they are successful, the future of democracy in this country will be hazy. A vigilant electorate is all we have at this point, and I don't think we can afford to lose this election.
CNN reports:
- When a reporter asked Hastert if he thought al Qaeda would operate with more comfort if Kerry were elected, the speaker said, 'That's my opinion, yes.'
This election is rapidly eroding my faith in the two party system. Not in the sense that I support a third party. In the sense that I wonder if it can survive a wartime election, when one party is so determined to cravenly capitalize on the war, to imply that the opposition party represents weakness, or the favorite of the terrorist adversary.
Dennis Hastert is an elevated mediocrity, chosen not for his talents but his pliability. But his saying this on the heels of Cheney saying that Al Qaeda would likely attack in the event of a Kerry victory indicates that a broader strategy is at work on the part of the GOP - that of destroying the concept of a loyal opposition.
If they are successful, the future of democracy in this country will be hazy. A vigilant electorate is all we have at this point, and I don't think we can afford to lose this election.
