The New Road

More nonsense from the right

More silliness from the right with this article. Some choice quotes:

"In short, the Left hates George W. Bush for who he is rather than what he does. Southern conservatism, evangelical Christianity, a black-and-white worldview, and a wealthy man's disdain for elite culture — none by itself earns hatred, of course, but each is a force multiplier of the other and so helps explain the evolution of disagreement into pathological venom."

Which is just plain stupid. Obviously I don't hate W just because of what he is. I know a number of people with these beliefs and call them friends. Why do I hate Bush? Because; he stole the election, he invaded a country that hadn't attacked or threatened us, he turned the world against us, he turned our military into what he feels is the right hand of god, his administration is filled with cronies, his environmental policies are a disaster, and his fiscal and military industrial complex policies are looting the public treasury, destroying the middle class, tearing the soul of the country apart and creating an enormous debt burden that our children's children will be paying off. All of that is about what W does, not who he is.

Then there is this:

"And there is a great danger in all these manifestations of pure hatred. We are in a war. And in these tumultuous days, the Left's unhinged odium will resonate with and embolden not only our enemies abroad, but also the deranged, dangerous folk here at home."

Here is another way of looking at it. The rest of the world is reassured that at least half of the population of America has retained it's sanity and is looking to right the wrong of four years ago and elect someone fit to hold the office of the president in a world where unilateralism is the true enemy. Our enemies, namely Al Qaeda, have to fear a united world against them (as it was post 9/11), as opposed to having just a single enemy facing them alone (as we do today, thanks to W).

Where was all this ire of partisan hatred when the right pounded mercilessly on Clinton, with dredged up scandal after scandal and finally impeachment? Haven't they learned there lesson? Clinton did his best against Al Qaeda (read the 9/11 report), but was always accused of wagging the dog by the right. Don't they see their petty partisanship and win at all costs strategy is tearing this country apart and is what is truly opening us up to our enemies. This War on Terror is nothing but a silly political game to the Bush Administration. They delayed the release of information on their latest Al Qaeda arrest by four days so that it could come out on the day of Kerry's acceptance speech. Does that sound like serious leadership to you?

The right needs to calm down, get a grip, and realize that their hated Left is just as American as they are. That they need to stop all of this crap about redistricting, constitutional amendments, senseless unilateralism, and pointless political aggression. The left and the right need to be balanced, and they need to work together.

Of course, that reeks of hope and optimism. The pessimist in me says that on the day that the Kerry election is confirmed the right in the House will start an investigation on the Swift boat stuff. And that the investigations, scandal mongering, petty partisanship, bickering and obstructionism will last the entire Kerry presidency. All this because today's Republican party can't recognize the right of the Democratic party to even exist, let alone hold the presidency.