These are positions that one would think Kucinich would never support, yet he did when he supported Kerry.
Back to Thom Hartmann. Hartmann is sprouting the same fairytale that caused Kucinich to support the other George Bush in 2004. Any Democrat would be better than any Republican. Like Rhode’s transparency, Hartmann is showing that he’s no more and no less than a Democratic Party apologist.
There are two phrases that Hartmann uses on his show. One phrase he repeats over and over again, especially in response to callers is “it ain’t gonna happen” or “that ain’t gonna happen.”
He uses this phrase in response to questions like do you think Al Gore will run for president? "It ain’t gonna happen." Gore probably won’t run for president, but I, for one, wouldn’t be as sure as Hartmann.
I’ve given one example, but just listen to him – I’m sure you do. How many times does Hartmann condescend toward a caller by using the phrase “it ain’t gonna happen.”
The problem is when the person in charge of the microphone says “it ain’t gonna happen”, he or she influences whether or not something will or will not happen.
The other line that Hartmann uses everyday is “tag, you’re it!”
Hartmann ends his show with this line because he’s encouraging his listeners to become activists. Hartmann is always advising his listeners to write to their members of Congress.
I know that he must realize that no one writes to his or her member of Congress. We write to interns who are told what form letter they should use to respond to us.
I’ve written, respectfully, to Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein and Ellen Tauscher many, many times. I get letters and/or emails saying how absolutely thrilled they are to hear from me (hyperbole mine).
They continue by telling me how empathic they are toward my point of view, how horrible it is that the “The Bush Administration” is or is not doing this or that. Then they break out the “I for an I”.
“Consequently, I introduced a bill” or “I’ve been working with Senator Feingold or Senator Kennedy on a bill that’s meant to combat these evil things that “The Bush Administration” is doing.”
It seems, if it was up to Hartmann, I’d be doing nothing but calling my members of Congress or writing to them day and night, night and day. I’d be receiving the same claptrap if I did that.
Friends, how much good has sending letters to your members of Congress done? Did “Bush” – oh, George W. Bush is such a small part of The Regime – apologize for sending American troops into Iraq once we found that there were no weapons of mass destruction? Has he made a vow to work with other nations to clean up the mess that his “mistake” caused? Has he said that there will be no more armed combat between American forces and Iraqi freedom fighters? Has he begun withdrawing American troops?
In fact, some of the Neanderthals in Congress have a “D” after their names. Feinstein, for example, plans on patting the telecommunications industry on the back with her own version of “Good job, Brownie” only, in her case, it will be, “good job, Verizon and friends. Good job spying on Americans.” What a precedent to set!
So, what’s my solution. A military type revolution against the government of The Former United States of America? Well, as Hartmann would say, “That ain’t gonna happen.”
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