Last night, the Democratic Party launched a powerful,
all-out assault on the failed _residency of George W.
Bush, and they did it, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Hillary
Clinton and Bill Clinton, one after another, with
eloquence and spiritual force. Therefore, of course,
the morning's lead story on NotBeSeen News is "Losing
Ground: Amid Convention Extravaganza, Poll Show Kerry
Slipping vs. Bush." But, as the Big Dog said last
night, "Remember the Scripture, Be Not Afraid..."
Anyone who has been following the dozen or so major
polls, as the LNS has, over the past few months knows
that Sen. John F. Kerry is ahead both in most one on one
match-ups and in most Electoral College projections -- a position of unprecendented strength against an incumbent. Of course, you have never seen -- in all these months -- a NotBeSeen lead story about the increasingly unhinged and incredibly shrinking _resident being farther behind at this late point than any other incumbent in modern history...Do you really think the
fact that there is less prime time coverage this convention year than ever before (a measly three hours total for each of the major networks) is a
coincidence? Please. Get a grip on yourself and face the reality of what has happened in America...Have you taken the time to analyze the embarrassing distortions that the Associated Press is distributing? Well,
really, we shouldn't have expected anything else...The
"US mainstream news media" could not add up the real, simple addition
numbers in its own post-Fraudida Gore vs. Bush NORC study, so
we really shouldn't expect them to correctly add up
the Electoral College projections for Kerry vs. Bush.
Buzzflash, one of the bastions of the Information
Rebellion, has a running blog for the DNC, its first
entry was prescient:
"Salaries of Leading TV Pandering Pundits
Not that we would be the ones to think that the large
salaries of the TV anchor person pundits pumping up
Bush's image everyday have anything to do with their
pro-White House bias. I mean, who could suspect such
a thing? These people are touted as unbiased, neutral
talking heads full of non-partisan hot air, but could
their salaries and class influence their coverage? Or
is it just that General Electric, Disney, Viacom,
Rupert Murdoch, Time-Warner and the like sign their
paychecks?
As we watched some of the Sunday morning coverage of
the upcoming Democratic convention, we couldn't help
but be struck by how seriously these blowhards take
the Bush administration, as if they have no memory of
his failings and lies. Today's spin was that the 9/11
Commission warned that a big terrorist attack was
coming soon, so wouldn't that make voters more likely
to stick with Bush?
Excuse us, but Bush didn't protect us from the last
one did he, even though he and Condi were warned about
terrorists hijacking planes in the U.S. And terrorist
incidents have risen since Bush's "war on terrorism"
commenced. And Iraq has become a haven for attracting
and creating terrorists.
But the news anchors know that they are safe going
with the White House/GOP spin. Their big fat
paychecks will keep coming. If they happened to give
some context to the news and point out the failings of
the Bush administration, its daily contradictions and
lies, its failure to protect America, well they might
be out of job.
And if they were fired for telling the truth and
giving some honest perspective to the ineptitude and
deception of the White House, how much money would
they lose?
According to the book "News Flash" (2004), by Bonnie
Anderson, here are examples of some of the salaries
that would be at risk if mainstream television news
personalities told us the truth:
Peter Jennings
$10- 11 million
Dan Rather
$7 million
Tom Brokaw
$7 -8 million
Katie Couric
$12-15 million
Paula Zahn
$2 million
Don't expect these folks to be rubbing shoulders with
the working people of America. They travel strictly
first class and expect to be treated like stars.
Their wealth is dependent upon continued employment by corporations that support the Republicans and the Bush Cartel at the expense of our national security. BuzzFlash can't say conclusively that their salaries
influence their biased punditry, but we'll just ask
you to use the common sense test and make your own
judgments as you listen to them continue to provide
Bush with credibility as someone who can protect our
national security, when he puts this country at grave
risk everyday because of his rash, politcally and
ideologically motivated actions...
You do the math as you watch these elitists perched on
chairs high above the Fleet Convention Center acting
as if they are professional journalists. "
It's the Media, Stupid. Yes, and the "US mainstream
news media," along with the Corporatist monopolies it
serves, and the Bush cabal that fronts for those
monopolies, are going to have an Electoral Uprising to
deal with in November 2004 that simply will not jibe
with the Orwellian fantasy they are attempting to
construct before our eyes. Will the Republic survive
this coming confrontation? The LNS believes that the
Kerry-Edwards ticket and the Electoral Uprising it
embodies is going to bust open the Bush cabal's TRIPLE
LOCK. The LNS does not believe they were as successful
as they needed to be on the Black Box Voting front,
the LNS does not believe that their overwhelming
advantage in campaign cash is going to cancel out the
negative impression that the nakedness of the Emperor
and the farcical nature of his Three Stooges Reich
have made on the America people, the LNS believes the
the complicity of the "US Mainstream News Media" and
its propapunditgandists over Iraq, 9/11, Enron, the
phoney "California energy crisis," Halliburton, Abu
Ghraib, Plame, Chalabi, the prostitution of the EPA,
Medifraud, the multi-trillion dollar deficit, etc. is
transparent and that the US Electorate has turned them
off. Michael Moore's $100 million BLOCKBUSTER
Fahrenheit 911 and Bill Clinton's No. 1 BESTSELLER My
Life are the proof...
Here is TRUTH from the podium of the oldest political
party in the world...
Former US Pres. Jimmy Carter: As many of you may know, my first chosen career was in the United States Navy, where I served as a submarine
officer. At that time, my shipmates and I were ready
for combat and prepared to give our lives to defend
our nation and its principles. At the same time, we
always prayed that our readiness would preserve the
peace.
I served under two presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight
Eisenhower, men who represented different political
parties, both of whom had faced their active military
responsibilities with honor.
They knew the horrors of war. And later as commanders
in chief, they exercised restraint and judgment, and
they had a clear sense of mission.
We had a confidence -- we had a confidence that our
leaders, both military and civilian, would not put our
soldiers and sailors in harm's way by initiating wars
of choice unless America's vital interests were in
danger.
We also were sure that these presidents would not
mislead us when issues involved our national security.
Today, our Democratic Party is led by another former
naval officer, one who volunteered for military
service. He showed up when assigned to duty...
... and he served with honor and distinction. He also
knows the horrors of war and the responsibilities of
leadership. And I am confident that next January, he
will restore the judgment and maturity to our
government that nowadays is sorely lacking...
After 9/11, America stood proud -- wounded, but
determined and united. A cowardly attack on innocent
civilians brought us an unprecedented level of
cooperation and understanding around the world. But in
just 34 months, we have watched with deep concern as
all this good will has been squandered by a virtually
unbroken series of mistakes and miscalculations.
Unilateral acts and demands have isolated the United
States from the very nations we need to join us in
combating terrorism.
Let us not forget that the Soviets lost the Cold War
because the American people combined the exercise of
power with adherence to basic principles, based on
sustained bipartisan support.
We understood the positive link between the defense of
our own freedom and the promotion of human rights.
But recent policies have cost our nation its
reputation as the world's most admired champion of
freedom and justice.
What a difference these few months of extremism have
made.
The United States has alienated its allies, dismayed
its friends, and inadvertently gratified its enemies
by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of
preemptive war.
With our allies disunited, the world resenting us, and
the Middle East ablaze, we need John Kerry to restore
life to the global war against terrorism...
Ultimately, the basic issue is whether America will
provide global leadership that springs from the unity
and the integrity of the American people, or whether
extremist doctrines, the manipulation of the truth,
will define America's role in the world.
At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul.
Restore the Timeline, Show Up for Democracy in 2004: Defeat Bush (again!)
JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm not running for
president.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
But here's what I will be doing: everything I can to
put John Kerry in the White House with John Edwards
right there beside him.
(APPLAUSE)
Twenty-eight years ago I was running for president.
And I said then, "I want a government as good and as
honest and as decent and as competent and as
compassionate as are the American people."
I say this again tonight, and that's exactly what we
will have next January with John Kerry as president of
the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
As many of you may know, my first chosen career was in
the United States Navy, where I served as a submarine
officer. At that time, my shipmates and I were ready
for combat and prepared to give our lives to defend
our nation and its principles. At the same time, we
always prayed that our readiness would preserve the
peace.
I served under two presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight
Eisenhower, men who represented different political
parties, both of whom had faced their active military
responsibilities with honor.
(APPLAUSE)
They knew the horrors of war. And later as commanders
in chief, they exercised restraint and judgment, and
they had a clear sense of mission.
We had a confidence -- we had a confidence that our
leaders, both military and civilian, would not put our
soldiers and sailors in harm's way by initiating wars
of choice unless America's vital interests were in
danger.
(APPLAUSE)
We also were sure that these presidents would not
mislead us when issues involved our national security.
(APPLAUSE)
Today, our Democratic Party is led by another former
naval officer, one who volunteered for military
service. He showed up when assigned to duty...
(APPLAUSE)
... and he served with honor and distinction. He also
knows the horrors of war and the responsibilities of
leadership. And I am confident that next January, he
will restore the judgment and maturity to our
government that nowadays is sorely lacking.
(APPLAUSE)
I am proud to call Lieutenant John Kerry my shipmate,
and I am ready to follow him to victory in November.
(APPLAUSE)
As you all know, our country faces many challenges at
home involving energy, taxation, the environment,
education and health. To meet these challenges, we
need new leaders in Washington whose policies are
shaped by working American families instead of the
super- rich and their armies of lobbyists in
Washington.
(APPLAUSE)
But the biggest reason to make John Kerry president is
even more important. It is to safeguard the security
of our nation.
(APPLAUSE)
Today, our dominant international challenge is to
restore the greatness of America, based on...
(APPLAUSE)
... based on telling the truth, a commitment to peace,
and respect for civil liberties at home and basic
human rights around the world.
(APPLAUSE)
Truth is the foundation of our global leadership, but
our credibility has been shattered and we are left
increasingly isolated and vulnerable in a hostile
world.
Without truth, without trust, America cannot flourish.
Trust is at the very heart of our democracy, the
sacred covenant between a president and the people.
When that trust is violated, the bonds that hold our
republic together begin to weaken.
After 9/11, America stood proud -- wounded, but
determined and united. A cowardly attack on innocent
civilians brought us an unprecedented level of
cooperation and understanding around the world. But in
just 34 months, we have watched with deep concern as
all this good will has been squandered by a virtually
unbroken series of mistakes and miscalculations.
(APPLAUSE)
Unilateral acts and demands have isolated the United
States from the very nations we need to join us in
combating terrorism.
Let us not forget that the Soviets lost the Cold War
because the American people combined the exercise of
power with adherence to basic principles, based on
sustained bipartisan support.
We understood the positive link between the defense of
our own freedom and the promotion of human rights.
But recent policies have cost our nation its
reputation as the world's most admired champion of
freedom and justice.
(APPLAUSE)
What a difference these few months of extremism have
made.
The United States has alienated its allies, dismayed
its friends, and inadvertently gratified its enemies
by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of
preemptive war.
With our allies disunited, the world resenting us, and
the Middle East ablaze, we need John Kerry to restore
life to the global war against terrorism.
(APPLAUSE)
In the meantime, the Middle East peace process has
come to a screeching halt. For the first time since
Israel became a nation, all former presidents,
Democratic and Republican, have attempted to secure a
comprehensive peace for Israel with hope and justice
for the Palestinians.
The achievements of Camp David a quarter century ago
and the more recent progress made by President Bill
Clinton are now in peril.
Instead, violence has gripped the Holy Land, with the
region increasingly swept by anti-American passions.
This must change.
(APPLAUSE)
Elsewhere, North Korea's nuclear menace, a threat far
more real and immediate than any posed by Saddam
Hussein, has been allowed to advance unheeded, with
potentially ominous consequences for peace and
stability in Northeast Asia.
These are some of the prices of our government has
paid for this radical departure from the basic
American principles and values that are espoused by
John Kerry.
(APPLAUSE)
In repudiating extremism, we need to recommit
ourselves to a few common-sense principles that should
transcend partisan differences.
First, we cannot enhance our own security if we place
in jeopardy what is most precious to us, namely the
centrality of human rights in our daily lives and in
global affairs.
(APPLAUSE)
Second, we cannot maintain our historic
self-confidence as a people if we generate public
panic.
(APPLAUSE)
Third, we cannot do our duty as citizens and patriots
if we pursue an agenda that polarizes and divides our
country.
(APPLAUSE)
Next, we cannot be true to ourselves if we mistreat
others.
And finally, in the world at large, we cannot lead if
our leaders mislead.
(APPLAUSE)
You can't be a war president one day and claim to be a
peace president the next, depending on the latest
political polls.
(APPLAUSE)
When our national security requires military action,
John Kerry has already proven in Vietnam that he will
not hesitate to act. And as a proven defender of our
national security, John Kerry will strengthen the
global alliance against terrorism while avoiding
unnecessary wars.
(APPLAUSE)
Ultimately, the basic issue is whether America will
provide global leadership that springs from the unity
and the integrity of the American people, or whether
extremist doctrines, the manipulation of the truth,
will define America's role in the world.
At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul.
(APPLAUSE)
In a few months, I will, God willing, enter my 81st
year of my life.
(APPLAUSE)
And in many ways, the last few months have been some
of the most disturbing of all. But I am not
discouraged. I really am not. I do not despair for our
country. I never do. I believe tonight, as I always
have, that the essential decency and compassion and
common sense of the American people will prevail.
(APPLAUSE)
And so I say to you...
(APPLAUSE)
And so I say to you and to others around the world,
whether they wish us well or ill: Do not underestimate
us Americans.
(APPLAUSE)
We lack neither strength nor wisdom. There is a road
that leads to a bright and hopeful future. What
America needs is leadership.
(APPLAUSE)
Our job, my fellow Americans, is to ensure that the
leaders of this great country will be John Kerry and
John Edwards.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you, and God bless America.
(APPLAUSE)
Posted by richard at July 27, 2004 11:15 AM