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Bush's betrayal
By DOUG THOMPSON
Nov 18, 2005, 08:03

Many words, none of them complimentary, describe the failed presidency of
George W. Bush: Incompetent, immoral, illegal, deceptive, duplicitous,
dumb, stupid, or corrupt. The list is endless.

But the word that best describes Bush and his five years in office is
betrayal, because above all he and the party he represents have betrayed
just about everyone in sight.

Bush and the Republicans have betrayed the American people who may or may
not have voted him into office in 2000 and who may or may not have returned
him there in 2004. They have betrayed the principles of a political party
that – at one time – stood for leaner government, controls on spending and
the right of states to make decisions on the issues that most directly
affect their citizens.

Bush and his minions betrayed our allies, lying to them about the
manufactured “justificationsö for invading Iraq. They lied to Congress and
the American people and continue to spread those lies today even though
their claims were discredited long ago.

The Bush administration betrayed the Constitution of the United States,
creating a police state mentality that openly violates the rights that
hallowed document are supposed to protect, trampling our freedoms with an
over hyped “war on terrorismö that – to date – has only created more
enemies of this country.

Bush’s betrayal knows no limits, confines itself to no bounds. He brands
those who disagree with him “traitorsö and accuses critics of “aiding the
enemyö when their only crime is practicing free speech by disagreeing with
his dictatorial policies.

In five years, Bush has managed strip away the foundations that built this
nation – creating an American Gestapo called the Department of Homeland
Security, trampling the Constitution with the USA Patriot Act and dividing
the nation with fear tactics, lies and illegal acts.

His administration has built the greatest propaganda machine since Adolph
Hitler, seeking to control what Americans read, see and hear – producing
fake news reports through federal agencies, paying so-called journalists to
produce pro-Bush stories, threatening broadcast entities with record fines
and packing Public Radio with right-wing zealots.

His propaganda machine rolled over the press, public and Congress with
Blitzkrieg efficiency in the buildup to the Iraq invasion, bombarding them
with lies, innuendos and false intelligence.

Now, with the truth emerging, he attacks the truth with claims that those
who question him are unpatriotic and un-American. His White House compiles
electronic dossiers on more than 10,000 “enemies of the state,ö because
they have the audacity to oppose his autocratic ravings.  His political
advisors pray for a new terrorist attack to justify the paranoia his
actions create.

In the end, however, it is Bush who is un-American and unpatriotic. The
coward who sat out the Vietnam war by hiding in the Air National Guard –
the same Air National Guard he now sends to war in Iraq – is a traitor to
his country. He sold out his oath of office and betrayed the Constitution
of the United States by attempting – and too often succeeding – in
undermining the very freedoms it protects.

Betrayal is, and always will be, the legacy of George W. Bush. That
betrayal is now clear for all to see. What is not clear is whether or not
this country will be great enough to overcome that betrayal and repair the
grave damage he has inflicted on a once-great nation called the United
States of America.

© Copyright 2005 by Capitol Hill Blue

Amen brother!

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