No One Supported Saddam, Yet People Support George Bush
September 18th 2007 19:05
It's difficult to tell the differences between the two in many ways. Perhaps Saddam was a little worse but increasingly it would seem there is nothing holding George Bush back. From establishing an agency with the sole purpose of spying on Americans to legalizing torture one would think George Bush is no more than America's own version of Saddam.
Sure Saddam bombed his own people, but then again no one would call themselves 'his people'. Not one single soul in Iraq would accept that man as a leader but an oppressive man. So when Saddam attacked 'his people' what he was really doing was attacking his political enemies.
There could be many reasons for the relatively high support George Bush has amongst the American people, one of which could be the fact politics in the US is really just a game.
It isn’t about what’s best for the country or what is the right thing to do, it’s about rubbing it into the face of those who disagree. There is a lot of back and forward pushing that goes on between the Democrats and Republicans to the point not over policies but over who did what wrong.
Trying to hold George Bush accountable to his actions for instance is not productive, it’s a waste of time. Or attacking such and such republican in a sex scandal (even if for all the wrong reasons) is also a waste of time, it does no good for the country, just smears the person in question and gives a typical ‘I told you so’ on national media.
When it comes down to it all it’s just a simple matter, congress has nothing to do. That’s why they’re busily away trying to get re-elected through such less than scrupulous means. All their decisions have been made by corporate types for them, their policies and opinions mean nothing, they’re defined by what the rich and powerful want.
They’re little more than pawns sitting down. They are no more than a placeholder for where the people’s views should go and nothing more. It has reached such a point that it is no longer about politicians trying to find the best policies for the country but finding a way to convince people that policies drawn up to benefit the rich and powerful is good for the nation.
They’ve gotten very good at it too, by simply exploiting base emotions and misplaced feelings of unity the public opinion is as malleable as tin foil.
Sure Saddam bombed his own people, but then again no one would call themselves 'his people'. Not one single soul in Iraq would accept that man as a leader but an oppressive man. So when Saddam attacked 'his people' what he was really doing was attacking his political enemies.
There could be many reasons for the relatively high support George Bush has amongst the American people, one of which could be the fact politics in the US is really just a game.
It isn’t about what’s best for the country or what is the right thing to do, it’s about rubbing it into the face of those who disagree. There is a lot of back and forward pushing that goes on between the Democrats and Republicans to the point not over policies but over who did what wrong.
Trying to hold George Bush accountable to his actions for instance is not productive, it’s a waste of time. Or attacking such and such republican in a sex scandal (even if for all the wrong reasons) is also a waste of time, it does no good for the country, just smears the person in question and gives a typical ‘I told you so’ on national media.
When it comes down to it all it’s just a simple matter, congress has nothing to do. That’s why they’re busily away trying to get re-elected through such less than scrupulous means. All their decisions have been made by corporate types for them, their policies and opinions mean nothing, they’re defined by what the rich and powerful want.
They’re little more than pawns sitting down. They are no more than a placeholder for where the people’s views should go and nothing more. It has reached such a point that it is no longer about politicians trying to find the best policies for the country but finding a way to convince people that policies drawn up to benefit the rich and powerful is good for the nation.
They’ve gotten very good at it too, by simply exploiting base emotions and misplaced feelings of unity the public opinion is as malleable as tin foil.
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