Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

OK, can we get the little war against the tinpot dictator out of the way so that the truly dastardly and reactionary nature of Dubya and his minions are no longer hidden behind the flags and sabers, the cruise missiles and stealth bombers, the tank squadrons and carrier task forces?  The assault upon our Constitution, our economy, our privacy, our environment, our standing in the world community, our civil liberties ... all of that continues unabated while Karl Rove’s prestidigitation diverts our attention.  We’re forced by the sensationalist media—aided and abetted by very smart, very devious Republican operatives—to concentrate on Saddam while the very essence of our nation is sucked dry in the background.

So let’s start the war now.  The sooner the better, so that the danger emanating from the White House percolates to the surface all that much quicker.  And so that there’s enough time to develop, nurture, and (most importantly) fund a high-minded, honest , forthright, progressive alternative to the horrors that await us as long as GWB continues in office.