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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (2776)	2/17/2004 11:37:56 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 81568

Anti-Bush from the Other Side of the Grave truthout.org Anti-Bush from the Other Side of the Grave By Pierre Bouvier Le Monde Monday 16 February 2004 The last time anyone saw an army of the dead at work was the final episode of the Lord of the Rings: greenish, phosphorescent, ghouls, who made short work of Sauron’s armies. In real life, some of the dead return and they’re not happy: they bear a grudge against American President George W. Bush. At least that’s what The Times recently asserted. The British daily explains that some Democrats’ resentment against Bush is such that they are waging a campaign against him from the other side. Families in mourning no longer hesitate to demand financial contributions to the Democratic cause in the place of traditional flowers and wreaths. A certain Sally Baron, 71 years old and a cook in Wisconsin, gave the starting impetus to this new form of activism in August 2003. Her family published a notice in the Capital Times which read: “Gifts in her honor may be addressed to any organization working to oust President Bush.” At every George Bush appearance on her television screen, Sally Baron insulted him vehemently. “She despised him,” confirms her son Joe Baron, a plumber by profession. “Some of my friends, Republicans, nevertheless sent 20 dollars and a condolence card. I asked them if they knew what I was doing with the money. They said, ‘Yes’.” That’s no doubt the opening salvo of the campaign aimed at preventing George Bush’s reelection. The notice has generated imitators. Another family, that of Gertrude Jones, 81 years old, published an identical death notice in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, imitated by a New York family, that of Helen Kiok, 87 years old, which published a notice in the December 25, 2003 New York Times. The last family states that since the notice, many friends have contributed to associations struggling against George W. Bush, such as MoveOn.org. The idea begins to take root. In January, three new death notices- from a pioneer of feminism, a psychoanalyst, and a grandmother- called for support of groups fighting against George W. Bush’s reelection… It remains to be seen what effect this financing from the other side of the grave will have on election results. In the United States, even if the electoral system is imperfect, the dead do not vote. Which is not true everywhere…. ------- Translation: Truthout French language correspondent Leslie Thatcher.