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Posted on Monday 6 November 2006


The GOP has to Go
American Conservative

It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive “No” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome. We need not dwell on George W. Bush’s failed effort to jam a poorly disguised amnesty for illegal aliens through Congress or the assaults on the Constitution carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism or his administration’s endorsement of torture. Faced on Sept. 11, 2001 with a great challenge, President Bush made little effort to understand who had attacked us and why—thus ignoring the prerequisite for crafting an effective response. He seemingly did not want to find out, and he had staffed his national-security team with people who either did not want to know or were committed to a prefabricated answer.
The war will continue as long as Bush is in office, for no other reason than the feckless president can’t face the embarrassment of admitting defeat. The chain of events is not complete: Bush, having learned little from his mistakes, may yet seek to embroil America in new wars against Iran and Syria….

There may be little Americans can do to atone for this presidency, which will stain our country’s reputation for a long time. But the process of recovering our good name must begin somewhere, and the logical place is in the voting booth this Nov. 7. If we are fortunate, we can produce a result that is seen—in Washington, in Peoria, and in world capitals from Prague to Kuala Lumpur—as a repudiation of George W. Bush and the war of aggression he launched against Iraq….

On Nov. 7, the world will be watching as we go to the polls, seeking to ascertain whether the American people have the wisdom to try to correct a disastrous course. Posterity will note too if their collective decision is one that captured the attention of historians—that of a people voting, again and again, to endorse a leader taking a country in a catastrophic direction. The choice is in our hands.
The American Conservative, founded by Patrick Buchanan, opposes the Republicans. Even Buchanan, who has fueled some of this brand of Conservativism, recognizes incompetence when he sees it…
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    dc
    November 6, 2006 | 1:12 PM
     

    The neocons may currently be wearing Republican ‘conservative’ masks, but the masquarading, puppeteering and PROFITEERING will continue. We desparately NEED our MEDIA ‘back’. and we need TRIBUNALS..

    RE: OSP, AIPAC, Ledeen, Franklin, Rosen, Weissman, (even Judith Miller mention!) + in Rolling Stone mag. ~ reminds me of the Craig Unger article “The War They Wanted, the LIES They Needed” being burried in Vanity Fair.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war/print
    (+ letters from Ledeen/ and Bamford!)

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