Just another politician

I have seen several times here and there on the MSM and the internet that one of the Brafia strategies is to portray Barack Obama as “just another politician.” I don’t know precisely what kind of politician they have in mind, but I would anticipate a politician who would have at least some connection to his constituency, would listen to them and try to please them, and although he/she might stretch the truth now and then and not be able to please everyone, he/she would at least abide by the rules and the Constitution. Jeez, I think it would be nice to have “just another politician” after the eight years of Bush/Cheney. No one could accuse either Bush or Cheney of being “just another politician.” One can well argue that Bush/Cheney are not even politicians as they quite some time ago obviously entered into a scheme to transform themselves and the Republican party into a criminal conspiracy (Brafia). This is no different than any other mafia except instead of drugs and prostitution they have elected a more white-collar type of crime whereby they could fleece the middle-class of their money and give it to their corporate and criminally wealthy friends. They engineered a fake “war” based entirely upon lies and distortions of fact so they could enable their friends in the defense industries to grow even richer by war profiteering. They colluded with their friends in the oil industry to control Iraq oil for their own purposes, thus driving up the price of oil and the profits of the oil companies. They have silenced their critics either by firing them or ruining their reputations and they have amused themselves by torturing their captives. All the while they have been running what is little more than an old-fashioned protection racket (vote for us or something bad is going to happen, like another terrorist attack, for example). I have little doubt that Al Capone himself is sitting up in his grave applauding this somewhat more sophisticated version of basic racketeering. No, Bush/Cheney are not politicians, they are known war criminals, but just like the organized gangs of the past, they have bought the judges and found the right kinds of crooked lawyers, and have rigged the system to their overwhelming benefit. And they want this racket to continue, for 100 years if possible. While Obama may be “just another politician,” and may have ties to our corporate masters, and may not be the reform candidate we ideally need, it is unlikely he will continue torturing and looting and violating the Constitution as Bush/Cheney have. And he will almost certainly not surround himself with hordes of incompetent and unqualified sychophantic yes-persons who will swear allegiance to the current dictator rather than to the Constitution. Hopefully he will attempt to undo the crimes of the past 8 years and seek some form of accountability. There has always been a tradition in American politics for a new administration to ignore the sins of the last one. The sins of Bush//Cheney and the neocons are far too blatant and horrible to just be forgiven. I do not believe there is any precedent for an administration to act so recklessly, incompetently, or criminally as the Bush/Cheney one. To ignore their war crimes will lead the world into holding us in utter contempt. They have led us right to the brink of this contempt already, to allow them to just go their way with their criminal profits will push us into the precipice itself where we will be doomed to stay forever. What they have done is perhaps irreparable, and it is truly unforgivable, but we have no choice but to at least attempt national salvation. Impeachment for these murderous criminals would be nothing but a slap on the wrist for them (indeed, not even that, as they have no shame whatsoever). Their fate should be left up to the international courts (which we helped create in the first place).

LKBIQ:
“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.