Control of he Masses is not an Option
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The Republican leaderships concept of democracy |
| 12/28/2004 1:07:00 PM GMT Aljazerra.com |
It seems that the Republican leadership in the era of President George W. Bush is facing a serious problem with the concept of American Democracy.
United States used to be great nation long before it started to have the current military and economic dominance over the world.
Its military and economic power stemmed from the true strength which was the commitment of the U.S. citizens to the national purposes.
Voting used to give each American a strong personal stake in government policy and national success. But now, the Bush Republican leadership is putting the citizens’ commitment to the country’s national destiny at a serious risk by playing games with the voting process.
During the last two U.S. Presidential elections, Republican Secretaries of State in some states like Florida and Ohio manipulated the voting process.
Many of the Republican leaders used the Republican dominance of federal courts to keep legally cast votes from being counted.
The strong alliance of U.S. largest media corporations with Bush Republicanism has blurred the awareness of the vote fraud issue for most of the Americans.
The entire American way of life is under attack by a number of politically and economically powerful leaders in the government, media and some elements of our largest businesses.
The Americans are constantly fed the Corporate Republican view through several channels and Republicans controlled media. Even the voting machines that were used were manufactured by companies that have close ties with Republican partisans. So even those companies controlled the vote counting process during the U.S. elections.
It’s an inevitable fact that winning political power puts huge amounts of the government cash in the hands of politically connected companies.
For instance, Cheney’s Halliburton received billions of taxpayers’ dollars, as a result of Bush Republican policies, pursued after power was obtained in questionable elections.
Other companies including those involved in collecting legal voters from the voting rolls or illegally funding Republican campaigns have majorly benefited from government contracts. Trillions of U.S. dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest of individuals have been granted after these same questionable elections. Environmental regulations, safety standards, health standards and even labor laws have also been changed to benefit the Republicans, also as a direct result of the same questionable elections.
It’s becoming more clear everyday that the American Democracy and American way of life is being jeopardized by a number of powerful figures for financial profit and political power.
The Americans should wake up and protect their national identity by having a spirited nation debate on voting. They should go back to their historical traditions of having clean and credible elections.
The Americans should also deserve to have a government that limits the political power and political control of the super-wealthy class or large corporations.
Republican voters and local leaders must have control over their Party and protect it from corrupt leaders thriving for power and wealth. The average Republican voter, like the average American citizen, values American Democracy more than they value any particular group of politicians.
Thus, analysts predict that the Republican leaders will soon face internal revolt if they continue to hide examples of vote fraud.
The Republicans leadership must bring itself on the right track before it faces destruction as a political movement.