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Subject: Charley Reese, conservative columnist writes on Bush > Administration > > > > > > An article by a die-in-the-wool conservative columnist > > about Bush > > For those of you who may not know Charley Reese, he is > > the one the most far > > right writers around. For any of you who do know who > > Charley Reese is (he > > used to be one of the Orlando Sentinel's favorite > > neoconservatives), this is > > astounding! > > ---------------------------------------- > > Charley Reese is still writing a column through King > > Features. > > http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20040521/index.php > > > > For Friday, May 21, 2004 > > Vote For A Man, Not A Puppet > > Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush's > > re-election, > > they are really voting for the architects of war - Dick Cheney, Donald > > Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative > > ideologues and their corporate backers. > > > > I have sadly come to the conclusion that President Bush is merely a front > > man, an empty suit, who is manipulated by the people in his > administration. > > Bush has the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any > president > > in my memory. > > > > It's no wonder the president avoids press conferences like the plague. > Take > > away his cue cards and he can barely talk. Americans should be > embarrassed > > that an Arab king (Abdullah of Jordan) spoke more fluently and > articulately > > in English than our own president at their joint press conference > recently. > > John Kerry is at least an educated man, well-read, who > > knows how to think, and who knows that the world is a great deal more > > complex than Bush's comic-book world of American heroes and foreign > > evildoers. It's unfortunate that in our poorly educated country, Kerry's > > very intelligence and refusal to adopt simplistic slogans might doom his > > presidential election efforts. > > > > But Thomas Jefferson said it well, as he did so often, when he observed > > that "people who expect to be ignorant and free expect what never was and > > never will be." > > People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their > > stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as > > far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, > but > > he won't fool me twice. It is not at all conservative to balloon > government > > spending, to vastly increase the power of government, to show contempt > for > > the Constitution and the rule of law, or to tell people that foreign > > outsourcing of American jobs is good for them, that giant fiscal and > trade > > deficits don't matter, and that people should not know what their > > government is > > doing. Bush is the most prone-to-classify, the most secretive president > in > > the 20th century. His administration leans dangerously toward the > > authoritarian. > > > > It's no wonder that the Justice Department has convicted a few > > Arab-Americans of supporting terrorism. > > What would you do if you found yourself arrested and a federal > prosecutor > > whispers in your ear that either you can plea-bargain this or the > > president will > > designate you an enemy> combatant and you'll be held incommunicado for > the > > duration ? > > > > This election really is important, not only for domestic reasons, but > > because Bush's foreign policy has been a dangerous disaster. He's almost > > restarted the Cold War with > > Russia and the nuclear arms race. America is not only hated in the > Middle > > East, but it has few > > friends anywhere in the world thanks to the arrogance and ineptness of > the > > Bush > > administration. > > > > Don't forget, a scientific poll of Europeans found us, Israel, North > Korea > > and Iran as the greatest threats to world peace. I will swallow a lot of > > petty policy differences > > with Kerry to get a man in the White House with brains enough not to blow > > up the world and us with it. > > Go to Kerry's Web site (www.johnkerry.com) and read some of the magazine > > profiles on him. You'll find that there is a great deal more to Kerry than > > the GOP attack dogs would have you believe.Besides, it would be fun to > have > > a president who plays hockey, windsurfs, rides motorcycles, plays the > > guitar, writes > > poetry and speaks French. It would be good to have a man in the White > House > > who has > > killed people face to face (in war). Killing people has a sobering effect > > on > > a man and dispels all illusions about war.
