The reality mandate: although reality is a mere commodity in the faith-based universe of George W. Bush, a truly reality-based majority must prevail in the next two years.
The Humanist › Vol. 65 Nbr. 1, January 2005
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The reality mandate: although reality is a mere commodity in the faith-based universe of George W. Bush, a truly reality-based majority must prevail in the next two years.
On January 20, 2005, George W. Bush will inaugurate his second term as president of the United States, and the nation is still divided. In its first four years, his administration failed to protect the country from the attacks of September 11, 2001, and invaded and occupied Iraq, where tens of thousands--even as many as l00,000--of that nation's people have been killed. This president led the country into a net loss of 1.2 million jobs, and 45 million Americans have been left without health care, many of whom are children. His administration's policies have also hacked away at civil liberties, hugely benefited the rich, and drastically lowered the image of the United States abroad. But on November 2, 2004, more than half of U.S. voters chose not to hold him accountable, prompting many across the globe to wonder, as was reflected on the cover of London's November 4, 2004, Daily Mirror, "How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?"
But it isn't a matter of simple stupidity. It's the triumph of a huge campaign of carefully targeted, dissent-squelching, blame-evading, truth-denying propaganda. This administration has managed to convince large segments of the voting public of some astounding things: that Saddam Hussein had bee...See the full content of this document
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