The Great Republican
Smokescreen
Written by: Alex Sandell
They did it in 2000 with the ongoing
"scandal" involving Bill Clinton and his blowjob. It happened again in
2002, with the "War on Terror" (a title they could have just as well used
regarding Clinton getting his dick licked, considering how "terrified" the
Religious Right was over the act). Most recently it occurred in 2004, with
the gay marriage issue. Now, in election year 2006, the
Republicans are doing the same thing with Immigrants.
They've hijacked the airwaves and the minds of Americans
and have made this the ONLY issue anyone is discussing.
Tom Delay resigns from Congress,
Abramoff goes to jail for 6 years, Feingold calls for a censure of the President,
Cheney drinks beer and shoots
the elderly, Medicare and Medicaid are crumbling
entirely, a civil war is breaking out in Iraq, civil
liberties are being violated in America, the Environment is in shambles and
Bush's approval ratings are at an all time low.
Yet, the only thing people
have been talking about the past couple of weeks
-- even on C-SPAN, which is usually nothing but politics -- is
immigration.
Almost everyone gets riled up over this issue.
Everyone takes a side and has an opinion. It's
the perfect smokescreen and the perfect way to get the media focus off of
the numerous Republican scandals and blatant
violations of the law. But will any of this be
discussed this election year? Not unless Democrats take back the reigns
and refocus American's minds. If not, all the candidates
on both sides are going to be talking about
and defending is their position on immigration.
These guys (Repubs) are good. Really, really good. They wipe any and every
scandal involving them under the rug within a month, and keep scandals
involving Democrats (think Bill's blowjob) alive for years. They find an
issue (abortion, "the war on
Christmas," etc.) they know
will divide the good people of America and get this
one-track country thinking of nothing else.
I just channel-surfed through CNN, C-SPAN, C-SPAN 2, MSNBC and Fox News and every single one is reporting on the immigration issue. In the meantime, the Environment is getting more polluted by the minute, Dick Cheney still isn't coming clean, Medicare and Medicaid is still crumbling, a civil war is still brewing, our civil liberties are still being violated and Bush's approval ratings are still in a free-fall. But almost nobody cares, because they're all too busy thinking about the Mexican mowing their neighbor's lawn, where the grass is somehow always just a little bit greener.
Article ©copyright 2006 Alex Sandell [All Rights Reserved]. Transcribed by Pedro for $1.18 an hour while listening to Mariachi bands. Because no American was willing to take the job.