All out war

Although it has been obvious for the eight years of the Clinton administration, and the last four years of the current administration that Republicans have no genuine interest in bipartisanship, it is now crystal clear from the Republican convention they now prefer all out war. After their scurrilous attacks on John Kerry there is no conceivable way bipartisanship can be obtained. If the speeches by Cheney, Guiliani and McCain were not bad enough the absolutely crazed performance of Zell Miller has to have made it clear. Nothing Republicans said at the convention can be construed as reaching out to independents or potential democratic turncoats. It was just pure venom and hate from start to finish. The battle is joined. It is a battle between the Republican base and the Democratic base. For the most part the issues are clear. If you are opposed to a woman’s right to choose, vote Republican. If you want social security to be privatized, vote Republican. If you want a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, vote Republican. If you want permanent tax breaks for the filthy rich and corporations, vote Republican. If you want continual damage to the environment, vote Republican. If you believe global warming is not a problem, vote Republican. If you want permanent war, vote Republican. If you want to continually increase the gap between rich and poor, vote Republican. If you want the United States to ignore the rest of the world, including the United Nations, vote Republican.

It can’t get much more obvious than it is. The Bush administration, controlled as it is by the chickenhawks and neocons, have no intention of ever leaving Iraq. They are busily squandering whatever monies they can on building fourteen permanent military bases in that occupied country. After the election, if Bush/Cheney can somehow get elected, you can be sure they will move eventually into Syria, Lebanon, and Iran. Their lunatic dreams of empire have not yet been abandoned. Nor have their plans to force the Palestinians into ghettos and economic slavery. This is the most evil, dangerous, short-sighted, corrupt, greedy, anti-humanitarian, warmongering, despicable, murdering, torturing administration in the history of the United States. If they are not defeated in this election god help us all.