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Friends, the Democrats will not be able to slouch to victory in November. Please read this essay, below, please take heed, and please work hard for a Democratic victory in November. Bush's approval rating is up, he's raising record amounts of money again, and this quote from NRCC Chairman Tom Reynolds is true: "(W)e win House races on the fundamentals, with strong candidates who run smart campaigns and have the resources to execute their strategy for victory." (Emphasis added.) We MUST fight to win.From BuzzFlash.com: The American Crisis: If Thomas Paine Were With Us, Part 3
by Brent Budowsky
This note will end with a call to action to Democratic and progressive billionaires and millionaires to step up to the plate at a critical hour of crisis for democracy in America. Readers can assume I am in the process of contacting some who fall into both categories, for support for the cause, and am open to suggestions from those who have, or know others who have, the means and commitment to make a difference.
Any one of a thousand progressives and Democrats of means, to whom God has given so much, has the power to change the course of American history by helping send out our message that is so right, so vital and so true, at so important a moment, with stakes so high, for our country.
The American crisis is real and immediate, with an arc of chaos enveloping the Middle East, with the catastrophic results of grave mistakes and escalating tragedy, which our divided American Family witnesses every evening on the network news...
With a historic election approaching its twilight hours, the party that has caused catastrophe for America's interests and values around the world, is about to launch its greatest disrespect for democracy through a campaign of slanderous attacks, financed by one of the giant war chests in history, powered by the most giant media machine ever built in history, created through thirty years of money and power while our side slumbered and slept...
What does it tell us, that almost half of our Nation believes the untruth spread so malicously to drive a wounded people to unwise war, that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9-11? How Jefferson and Paine, Washington and Madison, must be shaking their heads in heaven at the power of a lie, restated often, backed by money and power, repeated by a supplicant press, to be seen as truth by half the Nation so ignorant of the facts, so long after the event.
Freedom and democracy will never be threatened by Osama Bin Laden, as much as they are threatened by this...
Never has a case in a mid-term election more clear, more compelling, and more urgent to communicate. Never has the responsibility been so great for those in our party, to whom God has given so much, to stop doing so little for our cause by comparison to their Republican and Conservative colleagues, who have spent thirty years pouring money and power into dominating the communications of our country...
Never before in our history has a message been more right, a truth more true, a case more compelling, a time more right, a danger more urgent, a mission so noble.
The forces we are up against are mighty; even television networks defame our most solemn national moment with a film so false and dishonest it is more akin to a propaganda film of a one-party state than a national moment of commemoration of a good, decent and brave people.
For thirty years the billionaires, millionaires and operatives of the partisan right have spent enormous amounts of money building a machine so powerful that half of our country still believes something so totally false, so long after the event.
Give them credit; what they did was brilliant, daring, aggressive, visionary and bold. They control the medium, they control the message, they define the debate, they determine the outcome, while our sleeping and slumbering side failed to appreciate the power of what they do, the danger of their success, and the consequences for our country and a world that prays for America to lead.
I do not condemn Mr. Richard Mellon Scaife for what he does; I am jealous, that our side has so few like him, fighting for our more noble cause, financing our more noble ventures, defending our more noble values, standing with us in defense in our far more honorable vision of American tradition, American history and American values.
Any one of a thousand Democrats, to whom God has given so much, has the means to change the course of American history.
What is striking about the American Crisis in our times, is how little respect the highest levels on our side, have for the greatest numbers on our side, the truest hearts and sweetest souls and highest patriotism of those among us who ask for nothing more than an Americanism that lifts our spirits, and lights the world, with the greatest gift that God ever gave this earth, in this great land we call freedom.
To those on our side to whom God gave the greatest gifts and most wonderful fortunes it is time to make a stand.
Every day brings news of a hundred million dollar gift to Africa, or some great global cause that we appreciate and applaud.
Those who do this should be commended with high praise and grateful thanks.
But where is the gift to Democracy in America?
Where is the investment in the freedom and justice that is best guaranteed in a Nation that is governed by we the people, not we the President, we the conservatives, or we the extremists who want to wage war after war, promoting fear after fear, viewing even our Bill of Rights as property to be bartered away in the quest for total power without limits?
To those whom much is given, much is asked.
Where is our Richard Mellon Scaife?
Where is the support for our message, our values, our mission, so much more noble, so much less supported, not for a year but for a generation, from those with the means who would have made the difference, but did not, at such great cost?
Stand with us, we will move the world, we will restore vitality and trust in our democracy.
There will be cheers from free people in every corner of the world.
There will be standing ovations from those who yearn to be free, who are terrified when we go wrong, but inspired to heights of humanity when we live up to our dreams, our ideals, our vision of an America that is a sun so bright, it shines so brilliantly, on even the darkest corners of a troubled world.
Like Paine marching with the troops when Washington read his words to desperate patriots suffering at Valley Forge, and read his words to cheering patriots as they crossed the Deleware to make their stand for America, we are up against mighty forces, but we know that in this land we love the American Spirit can always overcome the American Crisis.
The stakes are high.
The danger is real.
The case is compelling.
The cause is just.
The time is now.
The choice is yours.
This age of The American Crisis must end.
The renewal of The American Spirit must begin again.
Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit. Left goverment in 1990 for marketing and public affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent management. He can be reached at [email protected]. Click the title of the article, above, to read the entire post. It's the most damning indictment of the Bush administration I've ever seen. And all Brent does is tell the truth. Be sure to read also Part I ( George Washington, George III, George Bush: If Thomas Paine Were Here, Part 1) and Part II ( Brent Budowsky: Common Sense Against Corrupting the Next Election: If Thomas Paine Were Here, Part 2) of this Thomas Paine series. Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com |
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