Tuesday, June 22, 2004
OK I know there are any number of conservies out there who are still buying Cheney and Bush's assertions that there was a link between Saddam Hussein/Iraq and Al-Qaeda. Well no I guess they aren't saying a link. They're saying a relationship.
Don't worry; I'm not going to waste your time arguing semantics. Suffice to say that when people are bent on seeing something there that isn't, they will. Kind of like falling in love with someone head over heels but they don't love you back. That doesn't stop you from spending every waking moment deluding yourself that his/her rebuffs are really somehow just a token of their undying affection for you. If you're lucky, you'll wake up out of your love-drenched stupor. If you're not lucky, you bumble along like Bush and Cheney the Ueber-delusionists.
Should the conservies still be reluctant to believe this is so, how about this case of hallucinatory wishful thinking on the part of Bush and the Republicans: Yesterday hubby got a personal invitation from President Bush and Laura to join the entire Republican Party leadership at a July 21st gathering in Washington, D.C. The event is to celebrate Bush's first term in office thanks to people like hubby who have made it all possible [???]. In fact Bush said in his letter that hubby's steadfast support has made the Republican Party America's majority party. Then the letter goes on to tout all of the Bush administration’s accomplishments: "America is safer because we rebuilt our military and are winning the War on Terror*...." blah, blah, blah. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert also enclosed a letter in the packet. So convinced is he that hubby will want to be with the President and First Lady on July 21st, he has gone ahead and personally reserved a seat for him. But if for some reason hubby can't go, he would at least like to list him as an Honorary Co-Chairman from the state of Massachusetts. Tickets are $2,500 each, or a table of ten may be purchased for $25,000.
* According to a recent Amnesty report released May 26th (Bush's letter was dated June 4th), the U.S.-led war on terror has made the world less safe. The U.S. State Department had to agree...
Readers should know that hubby is so far left politically that he borders on progressive socialism. He is not even an American citizen and thus can't vote. So either one of his colleagues thought it might be amusing to get him on a Republican mailing list (I can think of a few who would do this), or some really lousy demographics research group targeted him as a likely Republican. Let's look at the suppositions which might have led someone to assume hubby is Republican:
*He is Austrian. Arnold Schwarzenegger is Austrian. Schwarzenegger is Republican. Therefore hubby must be Republican.
*He belongs to the Upper-10-Percent-Club of Americans reaping the benefits of Bush's tax cuts. He would be crazy not to be Republican. Therefore he must be Republican.
*He has no tolerance for 'veaklings.' Neither do Republicans. Therefore he must be Republican.
*He is a VP of a London-based company. London is a U.S. ally. Therefore he must be Republican.
There you have it. And all these years I didn't know....
Don't worry; I'm not going to waste your time arguing semantics. Suffice to say that when people are bent on seeing something there that isn't, they will. Kind of like falling in love with someone head over heels but they don't love you back. That doesn't stop you from spending every waking moment deluding yourself that his/her rebuffs are really somehow just a token of their undying affection for you. If you're lucky, you'll wake up out of your love-drenched stupor. If you're not lucky, you bumble along like Bush and Cheney the Ueber-delusionists.
Should the conservies still be reluctant to believe this is so, how about this case of hallucinatory wishful thinking on the part of Bush and the Republicans: Yesterday hubby got a personal invitation from President Bush and Laura to join the entire Republican Party leadership at a July 21st gathering in Washington, D.C. The event is to celebrate Bush's first term in office thanks to people like hubby who have made it all possible [???]. In fact Bush said in his letter that hubby's steadfast support has made the Republican Party America's majority party. Then the letter goes on to tout all of the Bush administration’s accomplishments: "America is safer because we rebuilt our military and are winning the War on Terror*...." blah, blah, blah. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert also enclosed a letter in the packet. So convinced is he that hubby will want to be with the President and First Lady on July 21st, he has gone ahead and personally reserved a seat for him. But if for some reason hubby can't go, he would at least like to list him as an Honorary Co-Chairman from the state of Massachusetts. Tickets are $2,500 each, or a table of ten may be purchased for $25,000.
* According to a recent Amnesty report released May 26th (Bush's letter was dated June 4th), the U.S.-led war on terror has made the world less safe. The U.S. State Department had to agree...
Readers should know that hubby is so far left politically that he borders on progressive socialism. He is not even an American citizen and thus can't vote. So either one of his colleagues thought it might be amusing to get him on a Republican mailing list (I can think of a few who would do this), or some really lousy demographics research group targeted him as a likely Republican. Let's look at the suppositions which might have led someone to assume hubby is Republican:
*He is Austrian. Arnold Schwarzenegger is Austrian. Schwarzenegger is Republican. Therefore hubby must be Republican.
*He belongs to the Upper-10-Percent-Club of Americans reaping the benefits of Bush's tax cuts. He would be crazy not to be Republican. Therefore he must be Republican.
*He has no tolerance for 'veaklings.' Neither do Republicans. Therefore he must be Republican.
*He is a VP of a London-based company. London is a U.S. ally. Therefore he must be Republican.
There you have it. And all these years I didn't know....
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