June 28, 2004
"Basically, The Republicans Conduct Business in a Dishonest Way." And they are Demagogues to Boot.
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
As Michael Moore brilliantly captures the nightmarish years we have spent under the Bush occupation government -- and it came to power through a judicial/media/political coup, which is where Moore begins "Fahrenheit 9/11," so don't start thinking to yourself that BuzzFlash is exaggerating -- he interviews an American soldier wounded in Iraq. The young man recounts his injury and then states matter-of-factly (and we are paraphrasing here) that he is voting against Bush this year because "Basically, the Republicans conduct business in a dishonest way."
And that about sums it up, doesn't it?
All we need to add is that the Republican Party is now run by radical, fanatical, self-enriching demagogues. They rule through the power of emotion, not through the value of their public policy. That is the essence of demagoguery. And they are its most artful practitioners.
Whether they hold the white working class non-union stiff in their power through making the mythical "liberal elite" the source of all their problems (read the brilliant, compelling book "What's the Matter with Kansas?" to learn more about how they accomplish this and how it works) -- or use the fear of terrorism -- the Republican Party might as well be run by Mussolini.
The central thesis of "Fahrenheit 9/11" is that the Bush Administration is one big con game, and that if you want to know what the stakes are, just follow the money. Who's being conned? The American people. Where's the money? In the hands of the president, his family, and the vice president and their supporters. Yes, deception and demagoguery are the tools by which the Republican Party have come to rule America -- all the time blaming the Democrats and "elite liberals" for all of America's problems, at a time when the Republican Party controls every branch of government. ---
http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/06/edi04044.html