We bear you out!

Author: CHUBBY

Date: October 7, 2004

by CHUBBY
10-07-04
Wouldn't it be great if real life was like this? Oh, it was! At the Veep debates, "Dick" suggested viewers go to FactCheck.com if they didn't believe him.
FactCheck.com will bear me out!
Millions didn't believe him, and so they saw this. "If we re-elect him, we endorse the Bush doctrine of preemptive action and the invasion of Iraq, and we will have to live with the consequences...
"a vicious circle of escalating violence with no end in sight. But if we repudiate the Bush policies at the polls, we shall have a better chance to break the vicious circle.
" 9/11 led to suspension of the critical process essential to democracy. "[Dubya] silenced all criticism by calling it unpatriotic. He said 'either you are with us,
"'or you are with the terrorists.' I am afraid he is leading us in a very dangerous direction. We are losing the values that have made America great. He committed a fundamental error in thinking.
"What we do may also be wrong. Recognizing that we may be wrong is the foundation of an open society. [Dubya] admits no doubt and does not base his decisions on reality.
"For 18 months he managed to suppress all dissent. That is how he could lead the nation so far in the wrong direction. [He] inadvertently played right into the hands of bin Laden..."