Democracy for Vancouver

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“Corporate Greed has gotten its way in Washington for 25 years and our elected leaders let it happen. If we elect another president appointed by the status quo or just trade corporate Democrats for corporate Republicans the middle class will fall further behind and our children will pay the price.” John Edwards

The corporate media over the last couple of months has been pushing a notion that John Edwards sounds “angry”. Are we witnessing another attempt to take down a candidate that threatens the corporate power structure? Do we have a repeat of four years ago when the media made a big deal about Howard Dean shouting over the crowd noise?

John Edwards is angry and he has every right to be. All Americans should be angry at what is going on in our country. Our treasure is being sacrificed in an illegal unjust war in Iraq. Our jobs are being exported overseas. Health care costs are rising while wages decline. Our civil liberties have been threatened by an administration that thinks it is above the law.

We don’t need another candidate that will just fall into the “looking presidential” trap. Michael Dukakis did it; John Kerry did it and Walter Mondale did it. It doesn’t work. The GOP loves it; they make false accusations that stick since they are not responded to in kind.

This is pretty much exactly what was done to Howard Dean in 2004. How did what the corporate media did to Dean work out for you America? Anger is a good thing when used as a motivator for change. But the corporate media uses completely justifiable expressions of anger and outrage as some kind of hammer to ensure the candidate that always plays nice towards media interests (i.e. their pick for the presidency) gets the nod of approval.

AMERICA, DON”T FALL FOR THIS MEDIA MANIPULATION AGAIN. I’m angry as hell about the actions of our national leadership and you should be too if you are paying any attention.

Don’t let corporate media interests determine your future and our country’s future.

If you haven’t read it yet, please read You’re Damn Right I’m Angry, Why Isn’t Everybody? by David Michael Green. And then volunteer and send some money to a candidate who expresses anger because “The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn’t angry enough.” Bede Jarrett