Yeah,
it's been over two years, but I will keep harping on the fact that
W's accession to the
presidency is a complete betrayal of the principles in which the
Republic Party was founded.
But I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Remember Arianna
Huffington? I remember her for making insensitive, racist
comments about illegal immigrants way back in California's Proposition
187 era.
Apparently, she had some kind of epiphany, however.
While she still embraces the conservative culture, she has written
several expose's on the massive corruption that runs rampant in
America, aided and abetted by the GOP. I remember going to the
Montrose branch of the Glendale Public Library System a few years
ago where I found her book
How to Overthrow the Government sitting on one of the
shelves. Now, as I've noted, up until that point, I had despised
her, assuming that she was exactly like the rest of her
conservative ilk. But I was amazed at her transformation. She has
recently released a new book entitled
Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption
are Undermining America. (Which, to me, seems like an
excellent allusion to George Orwell's
Animal
Farm—as an
aside, why is it that everything we ever feared about Communism,
everything we thought would happen if we lost the Cold War, is
happening anyways?) She is among the few conservative figures who
have not lost the way, originally laid out by Abraham Lincoln. I
used to say the same thing about John McCain and Colin Powell, but
given the current political landscape, it would be close to
impossible for them not to sell-out. (Ah, the simplistic
mindset of a tyrannical state: if you don't support the state, then
you must be a seditious traitor.) But W is definitely the
antithesis of the thinking Republican. He might as well spit on
Lincoln's grave. (Isn't it ironic that the party that will destroy
the Republic is called the Republican Party? How hilarious is
that?)
How can I possibly comment on this sad, state of
affairs in the GOP? Well, I grew up in a staunchly Republican
household. Ronald Reagan was actually my hero for a while (On an
objective scale, who do you think has more brain damage, Ronnie-boy
or W?). But a good Catholic school education really opened my eyes.
My bleeding-heart liberal ways are nonetheless openly despised by
my relatives (though less so since the perversion known as W has
sat in the Oval Office throne), so I make it a point never to talk
politics at family gatherings. If I can only overcome my absolute
revulsion of ignorance, family life might become harmonious
indeed.
Ah! I forgot. Why did Arianna Huffington come to mind?
She is speaking at an anti-war
protest in L.A. today (Link from
eye8infiniti.blogspot.com). Oh man. I wonder when W will start
mobilizing the tanks, Tiananmen Square-style?