Amnesia Central

The Republicans spent most of the last week and ALL of last night trying to pretend that THEY haven't been the ones in charge of the country for the last eight years.

They tried to pretend:

1) That it wasn't on THEIR watch that 9/11 took place. As they have for the last 7 years, they ignored the arrogant, ignorant, self-aggrandizing attitude of the incoming Bush administration that ignored the warnings they were given. They tried to pretend that Bush and Company didn't ignore security briefings and detailed reports exploring the possibility of the very thing that happened, and happened while Bush was just coming back from vacation.

2) That it wasn't on THEIR watch that we entered a quagmire of a war built up on the basis of lies by all involved, with an enemy that was set up by the VERY SAME PEOPLE who chose to fight it, for reasons that had nothing to do with a threat to the U.S. or even retribution for attacks against us, and with the sacrifice of men and women who were not properly prepared, supported, or equipped (and not by a Democratic controlled Congress, by the way... but by a REPUBLICAN controlled Congress).

3) As recently as last night, they tried to avoid the fact that it was a Republican administration that established us in Iran after setting up the Shah (a man at least as bad as our other "friend" Saddam), and that it was their beloved Ronald Reagan (along with George Bush Senior... the former director of the CIA) who treasonously engineered the continued capture of American hostages and then finally their release on Reagan's inauguration day. A deal brokered with arms for Iran, provided by business cronies of the Reagan administration and used to subvert Congress. an entire - and ongoing - process that has us EXACTLY where we are today.

4) That we are "hated" for our freedom, when the clear evidence is that we are "hated" for our reckless, insidious, and violent abuse of OTHER'S freedom.

5) That it wasn't on their watch that Bush and McCain laughed and joked and ate cake, while New Orleans (the second largest port in the U.S.) went under, and stayed under, water.

6) That it wasn't on their watch that the largest budget surplus in U.S. history was turned into the largest budget deficit in just 8 years through the haphazard policies of a renegade president, a thieving vice-president, and a complicit Republican controlled Congress.

7) That it's "Morning In America" and the Reagan Republicans have come back to save us from the Democrat's Debacle.

This debacle belongs to The Republican Party... and it belongs to John McCain. He not only has inherited it - a fact he spent the week (and the night) trying to avoid - McCain helped to create it!

It IS Morning in America... and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON HOPE!

So long John... Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!