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Read the Whole Thing

Broken tells me, in a comment to this post, that I should read an article in the Phoenix New Slimes to understand his position on the election. He is probably referring to the subhead: "Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?"

However, I think the whole article deserves a read. (so go read it - I'll give you some excerpts to whet your appetite) Here, in a rag mag where I would least expect to find it, is an expose on the indoctrination of 'art' students at our local university. It will make your blood boil.

I first learned of this activism from a student who occasionally baby-sits my kids. She claimed professor Leaños steered the class to manufacture anti-war, anti-Bush art, and she felt extremely uncomfortable having a political position forced down her throat.

Followed by questioning the paper's role in disclosing pressure applied to the university regarding a display of 'political' art - which they were contractually bound to ensure was "balanced". The ASU professor in the previous section prefers only certain types of censorship.

Leaños felt New Times should not have exposed the administration's heavy-handed attempts to dictate the contents of an art exhibition. He argued that the story should have been suppressed and the controversy ignored until the show was finally mounted. He felt the story egged on administrators to push even harder for fair and balanced.

We find the author bothered, as he should be, by the lack of attention given to the genocide perpetrated in Iraq

It is not surprising that Saddam Hussein's killing fields are not on the radar screens of the anti-war activists at ASU. The genocide in Iraq has been nearly invisible on the campaign trail and in the press.

One study found that in a 10-week period earlier this year, the New York Times mentioned weapons of mass destruction 191 times and mass graves just six.

With a bit of Elie Wiesel

Last year, in a little-remarked-upon speech, Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and concentration-camp survivor, defended the invasion of Iraq and specifically the removal of Hussein. He chided European leadership, noting that if it had spent as much time going after Hussein as it did attacking President Bush, the world would have been a safer place.

"Saddam Hussein had to be disarmed, and there was no other means," said Wiesel. "You can accuse me of being naive, but I think, in all conscience, that this was necessary."

Wiesel's final words should be distributed with the popcorn at all screenings of Moore's dishonest Fahrenheit 9/11: "I am not against paradoxes. I take them on, as someone who opposes war, who has seen war and who hates war."

Next, we get a dissection of Fahrenheit 9/11 - complete with examples of Moore's lies and distortions.

In fact, Moore's movie begins with a forgery that would shame even Dan Rather. The film is so filled with lies, distortions and half-truths that sorting out the truth is a cottage industry on the Web.

and

But in the end, once you accept the fact that Moore's a fat, lying Pinocchio, what's the point? The takeaway realization is that, for approximately 17 million moviegoers, this is precisely the brain vomit that defines their America.

And, as a bonus, a nice summation of Kerry's position(s) on the war

As a jibe, flip-flopping hardly captured the number of stiff-limbed sentiments Kerry expressed on Iraq. Kerry adopted so many positions on the war that when viewed side by side, the sheer number of clumsy policies gave one the same queasy feeling as looking at a photograph of Mia Farrow and her brood of Third World kids.

The author holds no love for Bush

But President Bush turned victory into disaster, lied to the American people, refused to change tactics, and expects us to ignore what we watch nightly on the news.

and concludes with

Can I vote for either of these two clowns?

Yo soy Mexicano.

I may not agree with his overall conclusion, but he seems to have followed a thorough path to get there.

Does this article really represent your feelings, Broken?

Posted by Vox at October 11, 2004 09:13 PM | politics