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Battle Cry For Billionaires, Broadcasters, and Bloggers
(Brent Budowsky, BuzzFlash, September 13, 2006)
For the first time in the history of our Republic, the coming election in November is nothing less than a national referendum, in which the American people will be voting whether to pursue, or prevent, the next dark and unalterable road to tragic and unwise war. . . . For the first time in the history of our Republic, a Congressional election is nothing less than a national referendum on whether America will, or will not, be governed as a vibrant two party nation, with three effective branches of government, as envisioned by our Founding Fathers. . . . We are up against mighty forces of power from a media machine that has been built for thirty years while our side has given close to zero. Not only the unprecedented apparatus of partisan Government media power. Not only supplicant television so extreme that even a publicly traded network, using publicly owned airwaves, promotes a propaganda film weeks before a historic election. . . . This is crystal clear: the President and his Administration have a war fever mentality that is unprecedented in American history. . . . Far too much attention is being given to the tactics, polemics, strategies and maneuverings of the election, and far too little attention to the enormous and potentially catastrophic stakes for America and the world, if we lose it. . . . One of the most ominous and alarming statistics in the history of the American Democracy is that close to half our people actually believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9-11. This is ghoulish proof of the power of the lie to overwhelm the truth. Stunning proof of the power of the right wing media machine and the total failure of every form of the media to inform the public. . . . If the Republicans maintain control of both Houses of Congress, there will be more winds of war, more distortions of intelligence, more creations of fear, more push for new war, and either pre-emptive military attack in advance of the inevitable approval of the Republican Congress, or a force fed resolution for war, given inevitable approval by the Republican Congress. . . . Understand: Karl Rove is the single most brilliant political strategist and operative of our generation, from either party, by far. I have seen him operate in Texas and nationally for well over a decade, and we should view him as a mortal political adversary with a vision of permanent one-party domination and a willingness to do ANYTHING to achieve it. But do not underestimate his brilliance or power. . . . What Rove is whispering in Republican ears today, is this: distance from the President as much as necessary before the election, so long as you are with him, after the election. . . . Therefore, the rally cry: it is time to move beyond our grievances to a new era of empowerment and to an unprecedented mobilization of progressives, moderates, independents to fight for and win a true revitalization of democracy in America, and a true revival of a two party system, with three branches of government. . . . Make no mistake about the importance of the Disney fight. They won a minor victory, reminding the Nation of Monica Lewinsky and repeating their attack points through a propaganda enterprise from a television network. It is profoundly dangerous, radical and ominous that a major network could so aggressively corrupt a moment as enormous as the five year commemoration of 9-11, with a propaganda film that used falsehoods to promote the attack talking points of a partisan party, literally quoting oppo research papers, at times verbatim. . . . The election that will determine war and peace, and the heart and soul of American democracy, is fast approaching. . . . An uprecedented barrage of attacks and smears, financed by the forces of the one party state and their Armada of media power, is on the brink of being launched. . . . The stakes are enormous and indescribable. The way to win is now clear. The mission is now certain. The strategy for victory is right before us, proven by our ad hoc army of media and communication that won the battle of ideas in the discredited docu-smear by Disney. . . . What I urge, propose, implore and call for is an urgent summit of the financial leaders of the Democratic and progressive community, supported by President Clinton, President Carter, and Vice-President Gore to finance an emergency infusion of $25 million into Air America, the progressive blogoshere, and African American, Hispanic and Labor groups to combine a massive communications assault with a massive voting power assault for the closing weeks of this historic campaign. . . . It is time to man the barricades, with a sense of urgency and passion, with an immediacy and power equal to the magnitude of the forces we are up against, the unprecedented attack that is hours from beginning, and the extreme consequences of two more years of one party rule. . . . It is time to cut the cards, cut the crap, cut through the niceties, and play to win. . . . To the wealthiest 500 Democrats in the land: we the people of the United States are issuing a rally cry for you to join us, and any one of you has the power, by standing with us, to change the course of history. . . . Their machine is thirty years in the making, with countless billions behind them. Ours is new, almost unsupported by the money on our side but armed for battle, empowered by our numbers, driven by our convictions, suited up for combat, strengthened by our idealism, lifted by our passion, and ready to win. . . . Join us, and the Armada of one party rule will be defeated by the real voices, of the real America. . . . Brent Budowsky

posted by LoZo 4:15 PM