2008 Woodie Awards
Our President, The Hypocrite
What Bush and Osama Have In Common...
By Andrew Aschenbrenner
4/18/07 - Editorials
Anybody else wonder if George W. Bush uses his brain? Or ever has? The condition of the government of this country makes me sick. On one side, we have a party that has decided that what it wants outweighs everything else, and on the other side, we have a party without any direction at all. It makes me think that there's a brain disease that afflicts anyone that sets foot at the Capitol building.
This is not about Iraq, or the economy, or politics, or Halliburton, or the attorney scandals, or "Scooter" Libby, or Karl Rove, or torture at Guantanamo Bay, or any of the other endless fiascos. This is about a man who has sworn TWICE to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has been over six years and Bush has not only failed to do so, he has become the very thing he swore to protect the Constitution against: a domestic enemy. A man who has given himself the most preposterous title imaginable, "The Decider," hardly has a place in a representative democracy like the United States.
Mr. Bush would be better suited to a country that would allow him to be the chief decision-maker on every issue, for example, Cuba, or Colombia, or China. Earth to George, come in George! You have succeeded in passing the most fraudulent limitation of individual rights in the history of the nation in the USA PATRIOT Act. You have succeeded in advocating torture and wiretapping on U.S. citizens without significant protest. You have also succeeded in abolishing the writ of Habeas Corpus through the Military Commissions Act, a piece of legislation that several Congressmen have called unconstitutional. How do you fancy yourself, Mr. Bush? Either you are truly incompetent, or you value your legacy more than your country.
September 11, 2001 was possibly the most threatening and dangerous day in our nation's history. What physically happened that day in New York City, Washington D.C., in Pennsylvania, and all across the nation pales in comparison to the psychological danger that that day inflicted. The United States' citizens and its' politicians were faced with an incredible challenge: How do you fight an enemy that is everywhere, does not fit a specific mold, and hides in plain sight? We could have stood up in solidarity and refused to be terrorized. Instead, the people and politicians at large failed the challenge.
This is not about Iraq, or the economy, or politics, or Halliburton, or the attorney scandals, or "Scooter" Libby, or Karl Rove, or torture at Guantanamo Bay, or any of the other endless fiascos. This is about a man who has sworn TWICE to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has been over six years and Bush has not only failed to do so, he has become the very thing he swore to protect the Constitution against: a domestic enemy. A man who has given himself the most preposterous title imaginable, "The Decider," hardly has a place in a representative democracy like the United States.
Mr. Bush would be better suited to a country that would allow him to be the chief decision-maker on every issue, for example, Cuba, or Colombia, or China. Earth to George, come in George! You have succeeded in passing the most fraudulent limitation of individual rights in the history of the nation in the USA PATRIOT Act. You have succeeded in advocating torture and wiretapping on U.S. citizens without significant protest. You have also succeeded in abolishing the writ of Habeas Corpus through the Military Commissions Act, a piece of legislation that several Congressmen have called unconstitutional. How do you fancy yourself, Mr. Bush? Either you are truly incompetent, or you value your legacy more than your country.
September 11, 2001 was possibly the most threatening and dangerous day in our nation's history. What physically happened that day in New York City, Washington D.C., in Pennsylvania, and all across the nation pales in comparison to the psychological danger that that day inflicted. The United States' citizens and its' politicians were faced with an incredible challenge: How do you fight an enemy that is everywhere, does not fit a specific mold, and hides in plain sight? We could have stood up in solidarity and refused to be terrorized. Instead, the people and politicians at large failed the challenge.
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Steven Meyerhoff
posted 4/26/07 @ 8:09 PM MST
I read your story and it disgusts me. Maybe if you knew anything about our government you would know that Bush didnt create the patriot act, congress passed it so it was not Bush. (Continued…)
Brandon Dugan
posted 4/26/07 @ 9:14 PM MST
Love it or leave it, Aschenbrenner.
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