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Bill Moyers on Election 2002
Way back in the 1950's when I first tasted politics and journalism,
Republicans briefly controlled the White House and Congress. With the
exception of Joseph McCarthy and his vicious ilk, they were a reasonable
lot, presided over by that giant war hero, Dwight Eisenhower, who was
conservative by temperament and moderate in the use of power.
That brand of Republican is gone. And for the first time in the memory
of anyone alive, the entire federal government � the Congress, the
Executive, the Judiciary � is united behind a right-wing agenda for which
George W. Bush believes he now has a mandate. That mandate includes the
power of the state to force pregnant women to give up control over their
own lives. It includes using the taxing power to transfer wealth from
working people to the rich. It includes giving corporations a free hand
to eviscerate the environment and control the regulatory agencies meant
to hold them accountable. And it includes secrecy on a scale you cannot
imagine. Above all, it means judges with a political agenda appointed for
life. If you liked the Supreme Court that put George W. Bush in the White
House, you will swoon over what's coming. And if you like God in
government, get ready for the Rapture. These folks don't even mind you
referring to the GOP as the party of God. Why else would the new House
Majority Leader say that the Almighty is using him to promote 'a Biblical
worldview' in American politics? So it is a heady time in Washington � a
heady time for piety, profits, and military power, all joined at the hip
by ideology and money. Don't forget the money. It came pouring into this
election, to both parties, from corporate America and others who expect
the payback. Republicans outraised democrats by $184 million dollars. And
came up with the big prize � monopoly control of the American government,
and the power of the state to turn their ideology into the law of the
land. Quite a bargain at any price. That's it for this week.
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