Democracy Hypocrisy: Rose Colored Glasses Still On
Democracy Hypocrisy: Rose Colored Glasses Still On
Today at the press conference, President Bush attempted to defend the fact that he hasn’t spoken out against the Egypt elections:
“But I was asked about the Egyptian elections, and I said, we expect for the Egyptian political process to be open and that for people to be given a chance to express themselves in an open way, in a free way. And we reject any violence toward those who express their dissension with the government. I’m pretty confident I said that with President Abbas standing here, maybe not quite as articulately as just then.”
Actually, this is the supposedly “firm stance” to which President Bush is referring:
“I also embraced President Mubarak’s first steps and said that those first steps must include people’s ability to have access to TV, and candidates ought to be allowed to run freely in an election and that there ought to be international monitors. That’s — and the idea of people expressing themselves in opposition in government, then getting a beating, is not our view of how a democracy ought to work. It’s not the way that you have free elections. People ought to be allowed to express themselves, and I’m hopeful that the President will have open elections that everybody can have trust in.”
See how all the tough talk disappears when it’s time to actually start talking about the situation in Egypt? Instead, the President toes the line — describing what would be an ideal election process — instead of facing reality. Meanwhile, the run-up to elections in Egypt have turned out to be extremely violent and decidely unfree.
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May 31st, 2005 at 2:11 pmmy question is whatever happened to that guy Nour? The opposition figure they put in jail for trumped up charges. What ever happened to him?
May 31st, 2005 at 2:16 pmDid they just discover oil in Egypt, or something?
May 31st, 2005 at 2:40 pmAnd WHY isn’t anyone calling him on this? We sit back and say, “Yeah, so what else is new?” instead of throwing fits, exclaiming, “MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND!” The press can SO make him squirm with a few well placed questions:
“Mr. Bush. How can you support a free democratic election and one that is opposition-free at the same time?” could be one of them. Oh, that’s right:
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
June 1st, 2005 at 8:49 am-George Orwell
Locke,
Then we have doublespeak here in lefty land. For instance, we hear from the “progressives” that the poor are paying a disproportionately HIGH rate of taxes, and yet we know (from the official IRS website) that the poorest 20 percent of Americans pay ZERO income taxes, and the next highest 20% actually get back more than they pay in! In effect, they pay LESS THAN ZERO percent income taxes.
Now THAT, my friend, is doublethink.
June 2nd, 2005 at 1:39 amTrue enough, my friend. I know that you’ve mentioned that before, and it deserves mentioning again Ridiculous that the media isn’t touching on that, as well? Now, the question is:
June 2nd, 2005 at 11:07 amHow can we fix it? Robin-hooding economics could work (but then, economics isn’t one of my strengths) as those who make more have more to be taxed, while those who make less have less to be taxed. What would you suggest?
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