We should run a survey here on SI and find out how many Bush assliquors even know who Fightin' Bob La Follette is.
When I think about the decency of Republicans like La Follette and Teddy Roosevelt of the Progressive Era, I'm reminded of these words:
"Suppose you were a heartless bastard, and suppose you were a Republican, but, .....I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." --Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918
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Everyone ought to think about that when they compare Al Gore's brilliant speech yesterday moveonpac.org
Watch the video, and then compare it with George Bush's smarmy snake oil sleaze in prime time tonight. If you can do so without vomiting at the shame of it all. |
