11.08.2004
Meditations (Politics): Don't Organize, Mourn (Scoop.co.nz)
Column: Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Friday, 5 November 2004, 4:43 pm
Well the inevitable happened. The dark genius of Karl Rove brought millions of Christian followers (not of Jesus but of Bush) out of the woodwork, and ''W'' was re-elected.
Even though I predicted just how the race would unfold, it gives me cold comfort. Like everyone else who sees the Bush Administration for what it is, I’m still recovering.
During Cheney’s introduction to Bush's acceptance speech yesterday, the discerning viewer noticed that the public address system went out for a few minutes in the hall where the scary crowd of American flag waving, “USA, USA” chanting sycophants had been waiting for 16 hours for this moment.
A hollow, tinny, eerie reverberation filled the room. Cheney’s voice became distant, and possessed of its true timbre, a mechanical sound that gave one the creeps. Just then a baby in the vast audience began to cry. The single competing sound of a wailing child was somehow amplified until it matched the vice-president’s empty echo.
(More ... Meditations (Politics): Don’t Organize, Mourn | Scoop.co.nz) ¶ 20:32
Friday, 5 November 2004, 4:43 pm
Well the inevitable happened. The dark genius of Karl Rove brought millions of Christian followers (not of Jesus but of Bush) out of the woodwork, and ''W'' was re-elected.
Even though I predicted just how the race would unfold, it gives me cold comfort. Like everyone else who sees the Bush Administration for what it is, I’m still recovering.
During Cheney’s introduction to Bush's acceptance speech yesterday, the discerning viewer noticed that the public address system went out for a few minutes in the hall where the scary crowd of American flag waving, “USA, USA” chanting sycophants had been waiting for 16 hours for this moment.
A hollow, tinny, eerie reverberation filled the room. Cheney’s voice became distant, and possessed of its true timbre, a mechanical sound that gave one the creeps. Just then a baby in the vast audience began to cry. The single competing sound of a wailing child was somehow amplified until it matched the vice-president’s empty echo.
(More ... Meditations (Politics): Don’t Organize, Mourn | Scoop.co.nz) ¶ 20:32
