George Bush's: Politics of fear!

Remember seven years ago, when presidential candidate George W. Bush offered his appealing promises? He will change Washington, make it a transparent government with no cover-ups, eliminate cronyism, return honesty to government, have an administration based on moral values and stop the secrecy. Sounded good, and many people bought it hook, line and sinker. The enamored media gave George a pass, didn't even vet him, hoping the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Old George, the Texas prevaricator was elected. The 9/11 attack happened, and the politics of fear emerged as George Bush's voice.

For the past seven years, whatever the Bush administration wants to accomplish, old George and his Neocon surrogates get on national TV, lies and fear mongers his doomsday rhetoric to us. Few in the media and Washington Republicans seem to fault his judgment. George Bush's rhetoric and behavior sets the American people up with his "good ole boy" shucking shoulders, chuckles, smirks and mouth spitting outright lies with a smile of a great deceiver.

We would think by his outrageous untruths and body language, the American people can see they are being set up. Many have seen past the veneer of his opaque distortions of reality, and do not like, or buy it. Bush is like the proverbial child who wants his own way, and throws a temper tantrum, shouting threats of fear, "You will be sorry," to get his way. He is amply shrewd to know people will believe a big, simple lie, rather than the complex truth. Ole George does it with a bobbing head and grin.

The politics of fear can be very powerful, but has short impact. To consistently use it against the people a president has sworn to protect, telling us it is for our nation's benefit is dishonorable, pathetic and despicable.

America deserves better, more astute leaders doing the will of the people. We deserve people in government who do not have hidden agendas, lie or threaten us for their own perverted power and gain. We deserve a better government scenario than fear and doomsday rhetoric. We want changes, we want leaders of truth. We can take it! Change permeates the political scene. As one respected democrat said in the 1930's, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." But then, he never met George W. Bush.