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In reply to the discussion: The Lies Kerry Told [View all].. you know, this country has been in an economic death spiral for over 5 years. Suicides of mostly middle-aged men and women who realize they will never work again are at an all time high.
How much passion can John Kerry or Barak Obama muster for their plight? They can work themselves into an unprecedented lather to spend MORE MONEY WE MUST NOT HAVE SINCE we cannot use it to help starving Americans to get involved in another risky, murky potentially endless war.
It reminds me of the day back in 2002 when NPR ran an interview with Colin Powell in which he made blatant obvious lies about Iraq. I expected at least something like push-back from the interviewer but the interviewer let his obvious lies stand. That was when I realized that:
1) we were going to Iraq for no reason and the truth was not going to be told by anyone.....
2) including NPR which I trusted at the time.
This situation is no different. The people who really run the show have given their orders and the dutiful Obama and Kerry are going to make it happen one way or another.
There is no democracy left in this country.