Fear and Politics

Someone wise once told me that negativity is the manifestation of fear. I think that aptly describes every single action and statement in the entire life of Karl Rove and his merry band of D-staters. (D is for Denial). Poor Karl - don't they have an Employee Assistance Program at the White House?

Story One
This week we saw an Orwellian attempt (aren't they all) to make John Kerry appear to be against the troops. As I wrote to Senator Kerry, the truth is "You aren't running for office and you can't win in 2008, but everyone ignored the subtext of what your gaffe was really saying - we don't send our college graduates to war. It's not a question of intelligence, it's a question of poverty. "

I don't see any military recruiters hanging out on East 90th Street by Dalton but they are crawling like cockroaches all over Spanish Harlem and the South Bronx.

Story Two
I received an e-mail today with a blurb of a negative story about Barack Obama - derisively referred to as Obamania - and a "shady land deal with a criminally indicted Democratic fundraiser." Along with those outdated Geneva Conventions, the D-staters have also thrown "innocent until proven guilty" out the window.

Amazing the fear a two-year senator is provoking in the ranks of the veteran politicians! If someone has no potential, you don't bother mentioning their name. If you know they can lead a revolution, you start to find ways - via that good old liberal press (in this case, The Chicago Tribune) - to smear their name. Call it your basic WMD - but it's personal - a WMPD.

Created by Mr. Atwater. Perfected by Mr. Rove.

I googled the story and it apears Obama completed a real estate transaction with a criminally indicted individual (was it Jack Abramoff ? guess again!) who was a Democrative fundraiser. Apparently buying real estate from a thief means you are a thief.

So what do we call it when we buy gas every week?

There seems to be no evidence of any illegal or even unethical actions by Barack. But trust me, my friends, this is only the beginning. I fully expect they will try to retro-arrest Obama for his admission of smoking pot and using cocaine. Oh wait, then they'd have to arrest W, too. Oh wait again, he lives in a state of denial about his cocaine use.

The real news this week:
October in Iraq brought the death of 100 U.S. soldiers and over 2,000 Iraqis.
Rest in Peace.

Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Although I am adamantly opposed to the death penalty, it's criminal he wasn't brought to trial for all of his other human rights abuses before he killed all those Kurds. But he was too busy doing deals with the U.S. government.

Does transacting business with a genocidal dictator make you a genocidal dictator?

A Word from Generation Y
A shout-out to Michael Bednar for provding this Pink link to the best political song since Tracy Chapman's ode to Ronald Reagan in "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution" or maybe Neil Young's ode to Richard Nixon, "Ohio." I'll let you be the judge.

Look for MLW correspondent blogging from Micaela Johnson this week when Donald-genocidal-dictator-handshaker-Rumsfeld makes an appearance in the Little Apple.

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