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The Republican National Convention: Weapon of Mass Delusion by Allen Snyder ---------- The 2004 Republican National Convention, recently held in New York City, painted a picture of America with which I am totally unfamiliar. It reminded me of a Picasso, where some parts seem normal, but the painting as a whole, with its multiple eyes, breasts, and disjointed arrangements, bears little resemblance to reality. It was much more like what I see in my dreams after one too many trips to the Mexican buffet. A plethora of moderate GOP speakers extolled the dubious ‘virtues’ of extending BushCo’s Presidency four more years and turncoat Democrat Zell Miller provided the hate in a rant I’m still trying to figure out. John McCain, Rudy Guiliani, and Ah-nold must have all either sold their collective souls to the Devil or gotten a very deep group discount at Lobotomies R’ Us. How else to explain the fact that these guys display only the slightest ideological similarity to the neo-conservative cabal in the White House and that the GOP’s rosy vision of America is a cherry-picked patchwork of misleading statistics, gross distortions, ludicrous projections, pie-eyed naiveté, and bald-faced lies? Bush didn’t want to go to war?! Who’re they kidding? That screaming cat clawed its way out of the burlap many months ago when Paul O’Neill confirmed that BushCo pushed to invade Iraq minutes after they were illegally installed. Unless you’re so deluded you’re still buying into ‘Saddam left us no choice but to attack him’, this is a real country knee-slapper. The economy is ‘strong and getting stronger’?! Outsourcing is good for Americans?! Yeah, the economy boomed in the 80’s, too, thanks to Reagan’s misguided ‘trickle on’ economic philosophy. His massive deficit spending and total fiscal irresponsibility are being reenacted again for all to see – only this time it’s worse. Just as it took a Democratic President to rein in Reagan/Bush’s runaway debt, only a prompt ousting of these corporate-loving warmongers can save us from either total economic ruin or morphing into a feudal state where a huge menially employed lower class obediently, compliantly, and thankfully serves the teeny portion of super-wealthy mostly white FORs (Friends of Republicans).We’re winning the ‘war on terror’?! Just another cruel right-wing joke the over 1,030 American dead soldiers and Marines aren’t laughing at. Recently, on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, some nitwit GOP Congressman literally scoffed at the claim Bush’s illegal invasion has not only encouraged terrorism, but filled terrorist rosters to popping. Anyone with functioning brain cells knows that Al-Qaeda’s beating wannabe suicide bombers off with a stick. Where this Congressman gets his misinformation is anybody’s guess (I’m thinking FOX). All you hand-wringers and peaceniks are just plain wrong – so there. Nyah!! Can’t say Republicans don’t love living in denial.The sad part is the rank-and-file Republicans who support balanced budgets, wars that end, don’t want to amend the Constitution, care about the environment, ensuring healthcare to everyone, and honestly think about the hazardous direction America is taking are yet again being hood-winked into believing that the murderers in the White House have suddenly had a change of heart and are gravitating toward political moderation. The right-wing party flacks inundating the ‘news’ and ‘talk’ shows are now saying we don’t need an amendment defining marriage, that they give a rat’s ass about the disappearing middle class, job outsourcing, corporate welfare, and tax havens for millionaires. Bush himself has since said that ‘the war on terror cannot be won’, but that nevertheless ‘we will prevail’. I didn’t hear a single charge of flip-flopping, incompetence, or lying. Maybe his supporters in the right-wing conservative media machine figure he’s such a huge moron, he’s entitled to hugely moronic mistakes. Probably, he just misread the teleprompter. Whatever the case, similar stories routinely vanish down the Orwellian memory hole, while faux-news people strengthen their viewers’ ignorance and once-respectable public servants like John McCain tightly hold their noses and back Bush with a hug. Sadder still is the ‘bounce’ BushCo got after the Convention. The RNC changed no facts about the world. Things were every bit as bad after as before (probably worse), but according to polls, a significant number of people now believe that Bush is better for the country than Kerry. Yes, Iraq is still a quagmire. Yes, we’ve left the 1,000 dead soldier mark far behind. Yes, the economy sucks and is getting suck-ier. Yes, jobs are still speedily running overseas. Yes, corporations are still making more than ever. Yes, our international relations are still their weakest ever. Yes, the Republicans are still controlled by right-wing fascists. Yes, they still pander to our basest instincts. Yes, they still lie every time they open their mouths. Their convention’s huge success is a testament to both the power of self-righteous propaganda and the malleability of not-too-bright Republicans. Thanks to their nationally televised hate-and-lie-fest, more people are more deluded than ever before. ----- Allen Snyder can be reached at asnyder111@hotmail.com. This article is copyright by Allen Snyder and originally published by www.opednews.com but permission is granted for reprint in print, email, blog, or web media so long as this credit is attached. More articles by Allen Snyder |
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