WaPo's Broder and Balz are full of crap
given what we know now vs. what we knew even as recently as the 2004 election, i am dumbfounded to read this nonsense...
there was nothing friggin' INEVITABLE about it, messrs. broder and balz... it was absolutely goddam DELIBERATE, CALCULATED, AND TOTALLY MANIPULATIVE, planned and orchestrated by karl rove, to create an environment that would allow cheney, rumsfeld, et al, to push for and accrue total power within the executive branch of the government...
the bush administration had a chance to bring the people of the united states together, but that would not have served their purposes... they had a chance to capture the arch-enemy, osama bin laden, but that wouldn't have served their purposes either... instead, they've worked diligently to polarize the american people, to sustain an environment of fear, to establish a one-party state, and to place the citizenry firmly under the thumb of a regime virtually dictatorial in its aim and intent...
the news media in the united states would be well served by david broder's retirement, the sooner the better... Submit To Propeller
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Whether the return to national rancor and partisan conflict was avoidable or inevitable remains a topic of debate, although the evidence tilts in the direction of inevitability. The deep divisions that produced the disputed election of 2000 never disappeared and quickly reasserted themselves shortly after Sept. 11. In a 50-50 America, the lust for political advantage overwhelmed calls for consensus and cooperation.
there was nothing friggin' INEVITABLE about it, messrs. broder and balz... it was absolutely goddam DELIBERATE, CALCULATED, AND TOTALLY MANIPULATIVE, planned and orchestrated by karl rove, to create an environment that would allow cheney, rumsfeld, et al, to push for and accrue total power within the executive branch of the government...
the bush administration had a chance to bring the people of the united states together, but that would not have served their purposes... they had a chance to capture the arch-enemy, osama bin laden, but that wouldn't have served their purposes either... instead, they've worked diligently to polarize the american people, to sustain an environment of fear, to establish a one-party state, and to place the citizenry firmly under the thumb of a regime virtually dictatorial in its aim and intent...
the news media in the united states would be well served by david broder's retirement, the sooner the better... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
7/16/2006
