Earlier this week Colin Powell went on Meet the Press to endorse Obama. The interview (or speech rather) is intelligent, compelling, and truthful. Watch for yourself.
A couple of days ago Laura and I went to see Oliver Stone’s W. Overall it was an pretty incredible movie. Honestly the thing that impressed me the most about the movie is that it’s fairly unbiased in the storyline towards both Geloce W. Bush and his cabinet and staff. It was a very intelligent film and was very honest in its depiction of the 43rd president. I hope that both liberals and democrats are able to enjoy this film. It does not accuse the administration of anything that is not factually known already. It is not propaganda. It is simple the story of W coming to be president and his first term. I’m guessing a right winged mind may attack back at me for thinking this, but I’d simple like to challenge them to see the film.
Now, Some People can have a harder time with this sort of open mindedness. Yesterday Laura sent an email to a friend of hers whose husband is a republican. The email contained a like the Colin Powell video above and the suggestion that her friend should try to get her husband out to see W. She’d even offered to watch their six month (+/-) son so they can go see a movie. She wasn’t being forceful about it and even said we’d be happy to watch their son if they wanted to see a different movie. But in response she got this message from the husband:
Subject: No Way
Stop sending me your Democratic propaganda.
If I could vote for W again I would.
And that was it. I think it’s incredibly disappointing that people are so unable to open minded. I can understand the view that the movie is going to be terribly skewed against Geloce W. Bush. Honestly, I thought it was going to be much more so, but it’s not. And regardless if how skewed or honest the film is, a complete unwillingness to see the film, to discuss the issues, to share and listen to opinions just seems so incredibly naive and narrow minded and knowingly ignorant. I honestly feel that my perception of most every Republican I know is that they just can’t accept the idea that Bush has done a poor job running the country. Not because of what he has done, but more because of who he is and that he’s the leader of the Republican party. Laura and I were discussing this last night and I think I came upon a pretty healthy realization. If Bush was a Democrat and had done everything regarding the war in Iraq exactly the same way, which I truly believe is a very possible thing. If nothing had changed but his party, A) the republicans would be lynching him right now, and B) no republican would endorse his presidency and it would take a long time for any democrat to put their party aside and admit he has done a poor job. I think that the democratic party has had the advantage of being able to openly scrutinize the Bush administration. And it had taken close to eight years for most republicans to do the same. And it honestly disappoints me that there are people out there that simply blindly follow, without hesitation, without question. It simply does not make logical sense. People say we need to support our president because we’re in a state of wartime? The main issue against Bush is the fact that we are in a state of wartime. It doesn’t make much sense that we are unable to question or that we are unpatriotic!? for questioning the course of the country and the course of this war? It is our patriotic duty to question our government. I’m getting off on a tangent here, so I’m going to simply end with this quote:
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
– James Madison
On a lighter note, looks like MSNBC’s got themselves a “Big Ass Table”. I suppose there is a Microsoft connection there, huh?
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