Our Imagery Differs Markedly

Major news networks have said that the prevailing image of the
Republican convention will be President Bush with his arm around a fireman atop
the rubble of the twin towers, NYTimes RNC Imagery.

Only thing is that I distinctly remember George W. Bush promising that he wouldn't use the tragedy of 9/11 for his re-election campaign. In fact, he's been sued by widows of 9/11 for already using such imagery.

And why is he doing it? Because it tugs at the nation's heart strings and he's trying to use the terrorist attacks to sentimentalize himself back into the White House for four more years of internal terrorism.

George W. Bush, he's not above using your dead to stand on to get back into the White House so he can make his drinking buddies even more filthy rich than they are by robbing the national coffers blind. And burying lots and lots of good American boys sent to fight his incredibly poorly considered, planned and executed oil war in Iraq.

Here's a very appropriate quote from Intellectual Properties today, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
-- Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda, 1933-1945

Mr. Bush, I call on you to refuse your party's nomination for re-election. I call on you to step down and hand over the reins of power to someone who can actually do some good for the nation and the world. And, obviously, that ain't you.