Pondering the political atmosphere let alone writing about it is infuriatingly frustrating. The sense of powerlessness is depressingly worse than the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Era. the silliness of scapegoating is exacerbated by the lies and manipulation for getting into an unnecessary war. It cannot be said enough.Those of the generation that marched for Civil Rights and protested another unnecessary war yearn for the time when the current regime might be brought to task. This administration it was recently announced is over. It was mentioned here that the events surrounding Katrina signaled the virtual end of this Presidency. This is not a time for rejoicing.
Listing the lies and posturing that is Mr Cheney would take up much too much space. He is a paradigm for eliciting gut wrenching anger, especially with the exploited and exploitive existence of a lesbian daughter. His departure from public life cannot happen soon enough.
Whatever satisfaction might be gleaned from Mr. Bush's personal suffering pales in comparison to the spectre of what lies ahead because of his policies. Whatever satisfaction comes from the Fall of Tom Delay will be lost if his Democratic rivals do not step up to the plate.
Doing the right thing for most power seekers seems to take second or third place to opportunism and holding on to power. There is no better example of that then the current occupant of the White House.
Democrats seem to take steps in the right direction, but then immediately start pandering after they allow their rivals and the press to define who they are and mostly by distortion, exemplified in the failed Presidential run of the current head of the Democratic National Committee.
That anyone should have to struggle for rights in the 21st Century is a sign that little progress has been made in the last 40 years.
Whoever seeks power via the electorate needs to focus on issues, problem resolution and goals as opposed to dogmas. Those who participate in the process for the sake of those who benefit from it must stop focusing on the process itself -- e.g. whether Howard Dean projects his voice properly while using a microphone, whether Al Gore is wooden or not, or John Kerry changes his mind or is too wordy -- and focus on reality.
We have an allegedly just plain folks kind of guy as President who bamboozled too many people into believing that%
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