The Donkey In the Room
Besides all the flowery speeches at the Republican Party Convention in Tampa last week, all that was not shown was the elephant in the room, corporate fascism at home and imperialist doctrinaires at the ready (headed by the odious John Bolton, who is anxious to shape the foreign policy agenda come January 20, 2013), glossed over by that ever dependable facade of phony patriotism and dividing the masses through class and race. Ditto for the Democratic Party Convention in Charlotte that took place this week, which merely put a donkey in the elephant's place, a kind of metaphor for squeezing the average person a little more gently and being less blustery and foolhardy than Mr. Bolton and his team -- perhaps. That's the best we can hope for from these two conventions, but we would rather have a strong third party that would show both the elephant and the donkey to the door.
Post-script: Charlotte Convention Democrats tried to take the Almighty out of their platform, but had a change of heart after an uproar in the media and orders by President Barack Obama to return the reference to the Lord. A voice vote for approval barely got a majority from the entire convention floor and clearly was short of the two-thirds needed despite re-affirmation by the chairman of the convention, the mayor of Los Angeles.
[revised on 9/8/12]
If possible, please, consider contributing to the Party of Commons by sending a check or money order ($10 recommended) to Mark Greene's Party of Commons, P.O. Box 612, Bellevue, WA 98009. Thank you!
Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2012 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
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Post-script: Charlotte Convention Democrats tried to take the Almighty out of their platform, but had a change of heart after an uproar in the media and orders by President Barack Obama to return the reference to the Lord. A voice vote for approval barely got a majority from the entire convention floor and clearly was short of the two-thirds needed despite re-affirmation by the chairman of the convention, the mayor of Los Angeles.
[revised on 9/8/12]
If possible, please, consider contributing to the Party of Commons by sending a check or money order ($10 recommended) to Mark Greene's Party of Commons, P.O. Box 612, Bellevue, WA 98009. Thank you!
Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2012 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
Copyright 2008 - 2012, Party of Commons TM, Democracy Independence Party TM & Commons Party TM
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