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I read in Sunday’s paper that Jimmy Carter blasted the Bush Administration, calling it the “worst in history” in global relations. Bush spokesman, Tony Fratto, responded by calling Carter “increasingly irrelevant.”

RNC spokesperson Amber Wilkerson, the other half of the tag team, added:

“Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man,” . . . .

She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also “challenged Ronald Reagan’s strategy for the Cold War.”

Well, kids, let’s be real: to the Bush Adminstration and the RNC, all Americans are irrelevant (except during elections), as are the American values espoused by the Constitution. To them, only corporations matter. Further, Wilkerson’s comments show how contrived responses from the RNC are becoming. First, Carter’s comments weren’t made on Sunday, they appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Saturday’s edition; so get off the pulpit, Wilkerson. That comment was made to appeal to Christians, the only religious group recognized by Bush and the RNC.

Also, the RNC continues to be masterful in its ability to invoke the name of Ronald Reagan in its responses. The Reagan shield has served them well, as has the sword of terrorism. With these two props, they will smite down all opposition in their fight to destroy democracy while pretending to keep it safe.

The props themselves are well contrived by the RNC. First, Republicans continue to attribute the end of the Cold War solely to the efforts of Reagan. I don’t deny President Regan’s contributions in creating an atmosphere in which the Cold War could find a final resting place. But to attribute its entire demise to Reagan is to ignore the growing socio-economic influences in the Soviet Union at the time, as well as the many domestic reforms enacted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev whose Perestroika truly helped pave the way for change in the USSR.

As for the terrorism, that’s a handy catchall that Republicans use to mean perceived threats to our way of life from the Middle East. But Terrorism exists anytime a group of people seek to use fear to manipulate others, something Republicans have managed to do quite well since September 11. Terrorism also exists in convincing the majority of Americans to willingly give up their civil rights for the illusion of safety from terror. So that now we have a country that supports presidents who create legislation through signing statements rather than merely enforcing the laws; a country that supports torture; spying on Americans; frisking at airports; and of course imprisonment without due process, indictment, access to counsel or trial.

Such breaches of the Constitution by the Bush Administration and supported by the RNC were undertaken in the guise of protecting Americans from terrorism. And while they’re busy butchering American values, let’s not ignore that Iraqi money is now making its way to Pakistan to fund Al Qaida, and that Communism continues to flourish not only in China, Cuba and North Korea, but now also in Chavez’s Venezuela.

That’s what Jimmy Carter was talking about. Bush has changed the face of America; he’s crippled our causes globally by destroying our image through his actions here and abroad. Carter’s comments are not irrelevant and, sadly, Bush is not irrelevant either. Frankly, he’s the biggest threat to American Democracy since Communism. In fact, if Reagan were here, he’d be doing everything he can to stop George Bush from making America irrelevant.

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