Letters to the Editor
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It's the same crooked administration that was there in 2001
I think the only thing that's really changed since 2001 is the media coverage of the Bush administration.
Nothing that Bush and his people have done are any suprise to me and many Democrats. Previously, the pressure put on the media by this administration was very successful in keeping the truth of this administration's actions out of the public eye as much as possible.
What I believe has happened in regards to the media coverage is that administration officials used to be able to put quite a bit of pressure on the media to carry the administration's point of view and to not get ahead of negative stories. With the investigations and indictments there has been a loss of influence for pointmen like Karl Rove and Scooter Libby even within the Whitehouse itself. Until fairly recently the major media would rarely go against what the Administration wanted.
The media coverage of Bush we have now should have started in 1999. After all, he's the same guy now he was back then. Today we see what Bush's coverage would have looked like if the press treated him like they treated Al Gore.
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Society
Recently I had a discussion with a right-winger who happens to belong to the same business association that I do. He believes that we live in a capitalist society, while I believe that we live in a democratic society that has allowed capitalism to run rough shod over us in the last few decades.
I have become convinced that those who believe we are a capitalist society (every action is done for the all mighty dollar) will support this administration and other Republican candidates no matter what they do between now and the elections this year and in 2008.
No amount of debate, evidence, or conviction will convince these core Republicans to abandon candidates who support their self-interest (tax cuts, corporate handouts). I tried the bible argument – Love of Money is the root of all evil. The “patriotic argument” sometimes we must vote against our own self-interest for the greater good of society. And the logical argument, if we were a capitalist society, we would allow monopolies and have no restrictions on corporate excess, pollution, or labor abuse – the Robber Barons would still be in control.
The gleam in his eye told me that that is the America that he wants to resurrect
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Yes, it's bad news, sort of
I wonder how much Bush knows about this. He gets his news from staffers who tell him what he wants to hear. Nevertheless, he must know something, if the New York Daily News's story "Furious George," published a while back, is any indication.