While the Peruvian people 'welcome' their former president Alberto Fujimori, who has been classified as a dictator, as he steps of an airplane from Chile, our own 'el presidente,' George W. Bush continues to inch America in that direction as he assails on the political rights on one of the leading activist groups which opposes him while trying to say their views are unilateral with Congressional Democrats.
I, myself, had reservations about the now-famous/infamous Gen. Betray Us ad which ran in "The New York Times" last week. But, the president seems to think that the ad is somehow more patently offensive than the swift-boat attack ads which helped him defeat Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to win a reelection, in 2004. And, we are all paying a cost for that as Bush's cowboy diplomacy continues to ail our nation on a daily basis.
But, Bush's denouncement of MoveOn, which came in an afternoon speech this week (a rare speech, I might add) has only been helping the liberal activist organization.
MoveOn is reporting over 12,000 people donated more than $500,000 to their group after Bush's reference to them a mere day after his speech.
The group also posted this anynomous letter from a soldier in Iraq:
"I'm currently in Iraq. I do not agree with this war, and if I did support this war, it would not matter. You have the RIGHT to speak the truth. We know you support us. Thank you for speaking out and for being our voice. We do not have a voice. We are overshooted by those who say that we soldiers do not support organizations like MoveOn. We do."
MoveOn's posting came at a time when the American Friends Service Committee announced that our government was spending a staggering $720 million a day!, on the Mesopatamian Mess, according to "The Washington Post."
Bush's actions were also confronted by MSNBC commentator Keith Olberman who criticized Bush 43 for portraying the Republican Party as the party associated with the U.S. Military and criticizing Democrats for somehow being opposed to them. Olberman said the line in the sand that the current occupant of The White House crossed is one that paves the way for a military junta.
Today on "Face the Nation," Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton (D-NY) said all attack ads were irresponsible. But, since she also mentioned ones against former Democratic Georgia senator Max Cleland and Kerry, the right-wing pit bulls will likely accuse her of being soft on MoveOn. Ithink for this reason Clinton should have said America is a free country and a capitalist one. So, if MoveOn can pay for an ad in "The New York Times," then they have a right to their view regardless of whether I, or anyone else, agrees with it or not. After all, the Republicans have no such issues when they accuse war veterans like Cleland and Kerry of being 'unpatriotic.'
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