At 11:33 PM 1/9/2003 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>This kind of censorship is indicative of a leader who lacks confidence
>in his own powers of persuasion and the legitimacy of his course. Why
>else would Bush be so interested in hiding evidence of dissent within
>the American populace?
Because President Bush knows that TV cameras are there, and as such, a
single political voice inf ront of the TV cameras amounts to free political
advertising for his cause.
More importantly, images of protestors in front of TV cameras amount to
free advertising for his opponents' cause.
Maybe in some ideal utopia, every citizen of the body politic is a
thoughtful individual swayed by the intellectual merits of positions on
each of the issues in political discourse. As it is, in America, the
citizens are swayed by slick advertising and message repetition. It may
be a nice idea to think that politicians will give a free platform to the
disorganized opposition at every step of the way, but in reality it makes
for bad politics - and ineffective politicians.
JDG
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John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern
them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female;
own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of
freedom are right and true for every person, in every society -- and the
duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common
calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages.
-US National Security Policy, 2002
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