Dr. Forbush Thinks

I loved Pat Buchanan's piece in the paper this morning. Now, Pat has been called everything from a right wing nut to a fascist, and he is willing to pull the communist moniker out of his hat at the drop of a hat. Now he is calling his own Republican Party communists. Well, actually he is only calling the Neocons who have taken over the Republican Party communists. But, he is doing it in his own special way. He has coined a new word “Neo-Comintern” referring to the Comintern, or Communist International because they have pulled a page out of Stalin's play-book and decided to take over the world. He tells us that Democracy by force isn’t much better than Stalin’s idea of Communism by force. You just have to love it when even the far right begins to question the Bush administration.

The funny thing is that I don’t agree with much of what Pat has said in this piece. He actually seems to be afraid of the NeoCons. He is writing in a way that he wrote when he was afraid of the Communists. I think that he is reaching inside himself and trying to put his fear into words, and the only thing that he knows about fear is Communism. This is obviously a product of his upbringing and the times he was brought up in. But the point is that he recognizes that he should be afraid of the NeoCons, because that mean to change the United States in ways that would will not be proud of if they succeed.

I think Pat’s piece and some of the speeches that have begun to come out from other Republicans is beginning to show that the Republican monolith is beginning to break. This is good for America and American Politics, because it means that politicians will be forced to actually think about an issue before they vote on it. Spending a little bit of time pondering a new law will be beneficial for America. Instead of pondering how much campaign money can be raised based on an allegiance to Tom Delay and the NeoCons the politicians may be forced to think about the repercussions of the law in their districts or states. Maybe not all Republicans will see the results in the same light and we will be able to laws that consider the consequences of the legislation.

It may be to late to save America from Judge Alito, but surely the Republican agenda will begin to shift toward laws that have a chance to pass. These laws are usually no-brainers that everyone can agree on, like outlawing torture by all US military personal including the CIA. After all, isn’t that how American Democracy is supposed to work. When one group begins to take advantage of their power Democracy regulates the process. First people use their right to free speech to let people know about the abuse of power. As people learn about this abuse the American people change their opinions of the people they elected. As we are seeing now we don’t even need to wait for the elections, because the opinion polls are enough to moderate the behavior of politicians who want to be re-elected. So, when Pat wants to publish his nonsense I champion free speech, even if I don’t agree with the content of his column. After all, he doesn’t need to convince me that the NeoCons are not about Democracy, I already knew that. He needs to convince the vast hordes of people who the NeoCons have lied to. And, I think that makes Pat a Patriot.







Politics, NeoCons, NeoConservatives,George W Bush, World Domination