Why Won't the Democratic Party Lead Opposition
to George W. Bush?
Michael O'McCarthy
© 02-06-06
Its time to get real ... and face the facts:
Why does George W. Bush get away with blatantly and repeatedly lying to the American people?
There are three reasons:
1- His lies are in behalf of his constituency - his lies serve the interest of those who own him: The ruling, rich, corporate class. Bush knew that lying about Iraq and spying serve the better interests of the wealthy class.
Richard Nixon believed that going to any length to destroy his enemies, from the democratically elected government of Chile, to the leaders of the anti-war movement and the Civil Rights movement was serving the interests of the same constituency.
Ronald Reagan and George Busy Sr. believed that destroying their enemies, International Communism, and symbolically, petit Granada and socialist Nicaragua, served those same interests.
2- Approximately 50 per cent of the American voting populace believes the interests of the rich serve them as well.
3- The non-voting populace doesn't believe anyone, thus, it doesn't matter: all politicians lie.
Why do the Democrats fail at lying? And Leading?
There are a few reasons:
1- They don't believe their own lies. Jack Kennedy was a chronic adulterer while creating the image of the modern, wholesome all American family; the Kennedys were lying about Cuba and the attempts to assassinate Castro which created the climate in which he was murdered; Clinton knew he was lying about Monica Lewinsky and his lies served only himself; his oversight of the execution of a mentally retarded man during his campaign to be President was a complete moral repudiation of the civility and humanity he proposed; Johnson knew he was lying about the Gulf of Tonkin and eventually the duplicitous nature of that war destroyed him.
2- Democrats don't believe in their own constituency: In fact, their owners are the same ruling class as that of Bush. To devote themselves to their purported constituency would require a redistribution of wealth and a democratization of labor.
3- Democrats only want to assuage the worst pains of the middle and working class; it is knee jerk guilt and a ploy.
4- How do you tell when a Democrat is duplicitous? His or her lips are moving.
5- A large percentage of the American population is not willing to sacrifice in order to change and is not willing to give up caste, class or material privilege to make the absolute, necessary changes to US foreign policy.
There is only one response to George W. Bush, his administration and the Republican cabal now controlling the US government: Impeachment.
Any Democrat not demanding that, not willing to go to any Constitutionally protected right to bring that about, is a liar and complicit in the act of treason.
It is time to get real and to demand that they either lead or get out of office.