Reply #90: Tell me friend, how did you ever get the hang of that little manuever?

[MadHound]

Being against the war, yet being able to turn a blind eye towards a war mongering corporate whore simply because he has the magical letter D behind his name. That's a trick I've never figured out, and really don't want to. But it still amazes me to see it happen with other people.

Honestly, do you think that a candidate who not only voted for the IWR, but has also promised throwing another 40,000 troops into the fire has any plans on getting the US out of Iraq? Just because he is a Democrat doesn't magically make him the anti-war candidate, or have you too forgotten the lesson of LBJ?

Kerry is already being pressured by his corporate masters not to appear "soft on terror" and is in consequence already rattling his saber. When and if he gets into office, well damn, he not only has to worry about re-election(nope, sorry, gotta throw more troops into the fire, after all, can't appear to be "soft on terror"), but he's got corporate masters to pay back(there's money to be made off of this war, can't get out now), and thus the whole mess boils down to a pissing contest between the Dems and 'Pugs to see who can better prosecute another damn imperial war, ala Vietnam.

So once again, the US will be involved in another quagmire, while millions of innocents are murdered for no good reason, and the corporate warmongers make a buck or millions. Yet somehow, some magical way, voting for the warmonger with a D behind his name will make it all better:eyes:

Do you really know what finally made it all better vis a vis Vietnam? It was all of those anti-war folks getting out in the street, changing minds, telling the truth, and yes, being the conscience of the country. And finally, after two decades enough people woke up out of their stupor to finally demand change, and voila, change was made(wow, by a president with an R behind his name, who'd a thunk it).

Is that what its going to take this time around? From the warning signs we're seeing, apparently so. Because once again, people are burying their heads in the sand, and thinking the some how, some magical way, voting for a warmonger with a D behind his name is going to end the war. Good luck with that bipolar spin you've got going there, it is tricky at best. Me, I'll stick with the tried and true, by not reward warmongering corporate whores with my vote, and actively working against this illegal and immoral war, no matter who is in office. You see, I remember my history lessons, in this case, I've lived them.