The Big Con

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-47174549221318960142007-12-05T11:07:00.000-05:002007-12-06T10:43:26.046-05:002007-12-06T10:43:26.046-05:00The Big ConRemember back in the good old days of all those conservatives' self righteous glory? Limbaugh, Drudge, Fox Noise, and the whole brassy bandwagon of Clinton bashing right wing mouthpieces had their field day. Their propaganda was so effective that calling someone a liberal was the worst possible insult in their hateful little world. How times have changed. With the calamitous effects of Bush conservatism crashing down upon our nation and our world, liberals sound like our last best hope for us yet. Whatever those liberals were accused of doing, there's a whole lot more ugly things they didn't do. It wasn’t a liberal Supreme Court that nullified a presidential election. It wasn’t a liberal administration that took power with half a million fewer votes than their opponents, and then claimed to be “spreading democracy.” It wasn’t a liberal administration that cut taxes for the rich and then borrowed and spent a country into bankruptcy. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when the "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US" memo was ignored. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when the towers and pentagon were hit. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when the campaign against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan was botched because the president wanted a war with another country. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when lies and fear-mongering were used to frighten people into voting for republicans. It wasn’t a liberal administration that lied to us about Saddam having connections to al-Qaeda. It wasn’t a liberal administration that lied to us about Saddam building “nucular” weapons. It wasn’t a liberal administration that lied to us about Saddam having anthrax, chemical weapons, and unmanned aircraft to attack us. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when our nation invaded a country that was no threat to us and had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. It wasn’t a liberal administration whose vice-president provoked a war that generated obscene profits through no-bid contracts for his company. It wasn’t a liberal administration that turned world opinion against the US. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when the Attorney General said “Americans need to watch what they say.” It wasn’t a liberal administration that shredded the Bill of Rights when they spied on Americans without warrants. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when a president claimed the power to call someone an “enemy combatant,” jail him without charges, and deny him the right to defense counsel. It wasn’t a liberal administration that treasonously exposed a covert intelligence operative’s identity. It wasn’t a liberal administration that protected those guilty of betraying the intelligence operative. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power that failed to rebuild New Orleans It wasn’t a liberal administration that politicized the Justice Department in order to crush opposition and suppress voting rights. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when oil went from around thirty dollars a barrel to almost a hundred dollars a barrel. It wasn’t a liberal administration in power when the Canadian dollar became stronger than the US dollar. It wasn’t a liberal administration who overturned the Posse Comitatus Act, claimed the power to declare martial law, and use the National Guard as a political police force against the American public. And on and on it goes. How much more can we take before the public wakes up to the big con in conservatism?Dave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.com15