You are a failure as a credible thinker capable of doing your part in a democracy. Instead, you are a craven fool who would feel right at home in a Gestapo unit. Your loyalty to a dangerously deranged leader is pathetic.
Read this Bill, and try to articulate why I shouldn't regard your nonsensical views as nothing but Bull-droppings:
WHY I HATE THE ACCUSATION THAT I HATE AMERICA
It has become the kneejerk reaction for those who support the policies
of the Bush administration to attack anyone who disagrees with them as
someone who "hates America." I'd love to take just a couple of minutes to
respond to that blatant misrepresentation, and to respond, in fact, with a
bit of hatred that is actually truly felt.
To begin with, no one politician and no particular political agenda is
"America." America is our country, founded with the Declaration of
Independence and guided by the Constitution. Ronald Reagan is not America,
Bill Clinton is not America, neither of the George Bushs are America. They
are politicians with agendas you agree with or you don't.
It is a very simple concept, and if it is still unclear to you, I would
be glad to assist further. Perhaps repetition is the key. Reagan, Clinton,
and the Bushs are politicians. America is a country founded with the
Declaration of Independence and guided by the Constitution.
George W. Bush is the current president. He is not America. He is, in
my view, severely damaging the country that was founded by the Declaration
of Independence and guided by the Consitution. That is my view. I have
many arguments I can use to support it, and you are welcome to use your many
arguments to refute it if you'd like.
But what I will absolutely not accept is anyone telling me I hate
America. I will, as promised above, even tell you that I hate the
accusation and I hate the political agenda the accusation is trying to
defend.
I hate the political agenda that allows for senior citizens, the
disabled and the mentally retarded to go without basic needs in one of the
wealthiest countries in the world. I hate the political agenda that accepts
millions of children going without decent housing, food or medical care in
one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
I hate the political agenda that promotes every opportunity for the
Enrons amongst us to plunder and destroy, and that sells our government to
the highest bidder.
I hate the political agenda that says we cannot fully investigate the
attack on our country on 9/11 because it would "distract from the war on
terrorism," yet demands that we must go to war against Iraq, a country that
had nothing at all to do with 9/11, even though we're lied to with the
implication that it did.
I hate that political agenda that appeals to constant fear and short
term greed and kills our hope for the future. I hate that political agenda
and I will fight against it with every bit of strength I have. And the
reason that I will do so is simple: I love my country.
And if that is too difficult for you to understand, I'll repeat it
again. I hate that political agenda, and I love my country.
Deal with it.
--Peter Buckley, anti-war canditate for U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon, 2nd District |
