Condi Rice

[capnzebbie]

I'm glad Condi Rice is being required to testify before the investigative committee. I hope this is an indication that the Bush administration is no longer going to be allowed to do whatever it wants with no accountability to anyone. Their usual response to anyone questioning their actions is like Vinnie Barbarino (how's that for a blast from the past?) saying, "What? Where?"

Another news item that I hope marks a sea change in the public's attitude toward this administration is the Howard Stern campaign against Bush. I don't listen to Howard Stern, I don't watch him on TV, I've never read any of his books. I did enjoy his movie and I don't feel any hostility toward him; he just isn't my cup of tea. However, I do recognize the huge influence he has on popular culture, and I'm glad he's using that influence to help get Bush out of office. I do believe he got screwed by Clear Channel for expressing his political opinions, and Clear Channel deserves whatever repercussions come from those actions.

Also, on Salon.com today I read an article about conservatives and Republicans who are opposed to Bush. There is a new organization called "Republicans for Kerry" that can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/republicansforkerry04/
I hope it grows massively in a short period of time. I'm not a Republican, so I don't have any problem being opposed to Bush and I don't really need that organization; however, I'm sure there are many people who will want to join. The Salon article was discussing people who are socially liberal but fiscally conservative, as opposed to the the current administration which is socially conservative and fiscally insane. I remember writing a paper on that very subject back when I was in grad school studying the sociology of religion. I really hope that group bites the Bush administration on the ass.

Please, please, anybody but Bush!

Comments

[sugar-mcduff.livejournal.com]

I despise Bush. He's a moron and a liar. And even more than I despise him, I despise the religious right that is trying to keep him in office. When our forefather's had the foresight to try to keep religion out of government they were right on the money. Unfortunately, religion doesn't have the smarts to keep government out of it. I guess they can't see how mixing the two pollutes both of them. I REALLY despise religious (or any for that matter) hypocrites.

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you on all of that. You know, I can't even watch Bush on TV. For the past three and a half years I've been changing the channel every time he comes on because I can't stand to think about the fact that he's our president.

Re the religious right and politics: back in about 1977, at what was then my church, there was a little poll circulated that asked three political questions. It was the first time there had been any blatant mention of politics in the church (usually it was all "pray for our leaders" stuff). One of the questions was about abortion, one was about homosexuals being allowed to teach in schools, and I can't remember the other one but it was something else about sex. Nothing has really changed on that front in twenty-five years. The religious right still has an irresistible impulse to control other people's sexual behavior. To me, that seems to be their primary concern. Does it seem that way to you?