[lbo-talk] Credibility Canyon

[Chuck0]

It's quite evident right now, just by reading the American corporate 
press, that the Bush administration is in a serious crisis concerning 
its justification for war. This is shaping up to be like the situation 
after the 2000 election, when voting abnormalities which happen in every 
election, were suddenly noticed and inflated into the crisis of 
confidence in the voting process. What mystifies me is why the American 
left hasn't gone on the offensive right now. There seem to be plenty of 
articles from our side, but we aren't doing a very good job of getting 
into the public view. Where are the instantaneous protests for 
impeachment? Where are the smart mobs that use text messaging systems to 
organize daily targeted protests calling for Bush's resignation?

In other words, when are we going to take the thick padded gloves off 
and engage in some bare knuckle boxing? Who is going to be the left's 
Jackie Chan?

As a newshound and a movement/political packrat, I tend to accumulate 
alot of paper around the apartment, including a stack or two of 
newspapers. Right now I'm going through one of those projects of going 
through the papers to snip out interesting articles and protest 
coverage. One thing this process affords me is an overview of how recent 
current events were covered before they played themselves out. What 
strike me in looking at these papers is all the incredible bullshit 
claims that the Bush adminstration made to justify the invasion of Iraq. 
Much of the focus has been on the Niger papers, but what about 
everything else? How many lies did Colin Powell speak at the UN? If it 
is so hard to find the WMDs now, then doesn't that demolish the argument 
that the US couldn't wait for inspections to run their course?

It appears to me that the Bush administration could have its credibility 
run into the ground if we were a bit more aggressive.

Chuck0