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12/20/2004
Richard Vigurie, the Neo-Cons and the Destruction of America
Sam Hamod
12.20.04
Watching Richard Vigurie on NOW, on the night of December 17, 2004, I was
appalled at his glee, his only focus being on winning for the right wing of
the Republican Party and his power to influence its decisions. Not once did he
say anything about “our country,” or “what’s good for America, “ all we saw
and heard was his constant gloating about the victories the far right had won
since he started his direct-mail campaigning in the 70s. He kept saying he was
a “conservative,” but as he and Moyers talked, it became apparent that he, and
others in his camp” were, and are, NIHILISTS who don’t care whether they
destroy our Bill of Rights, our Constitution, our balance of power between the
presidency, the congress and the Supreme Court—so long as they have all the
power. As Vigurie spoke, it became apparent that whatever lies helped his side
win was fine with him—so long as they won!
When asked about ethics and morality, the only morality he seemed to know
about was “victory.” Neither ethics nor morality concerned Vigurie, nor the
lives lost in Iraq. Even when Bill Moyers tried to get him to go to other
matters, Vigurie’s only criteria was “winning,” and he basically said he
didn’t give a damn about how you do it—lies, half-truths and whatever will win
was all fine with him. This was most amply illustrated when it came to the
factual lies pertaining to Saddam Hussein and 9/11. Moyers brought up the fact
that over 40% of the American people, even with all the evidence from the 9/11
Commission and Powell’s statements and other sources, that 40% of the American
people still believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9/11 attacks.
This is because of the continued lying by Bush, Cheney, Rice, Limbaugh,
Hannity, O’Reilly and their ilk. Vigurie just brushed this off as good
politics, nothing to worry about. He thought that was just fine. No moral
compunctions about it, no ethical concerns about the lies being perpetrated by
Bush, Cheney, Hannity, O’Reilly or Limbaugh.
Then, on the matter of the lies told by the “Swift Boat Veterans,” and the
FACT that they never had a shred of evidence to back up their lies attacking
John Kerry’s medals, Vigurie’s basic response was that it worked and his
candidate, Bush, won. This is a far cry from the Republican Party of General
Eisenhower, Russell Kirk and Pat Buchannan. To this day, Buchannan is crying
out against some of the neo-con behavior. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed even he
has toned down in his criticism of Bush and the neo-cons since he’s become
more of a regular on MSNBC, but I’m sure Eisenhower is turning over in his
grave. All true conservatives, not those neo-cons parading falsely as
conservatives, are upset and must now also take a stand against this immoral
Vigurie group of neo-cons and uneducated fundamentalists. The true
conservative does not want our Civil Rights, the justice of our court system
and our very Constitution to be destroyed as the neo-cons and Vigurie are
doing. Vigurie and his type are not protecting America, they are destroying
it. Make no mistake about it, they are concerned about their power, not the
welfare of America or its citizens. In fact, Vigurie kind of laughs at the
general public because he knows that he and his friends in power and in the
media can easily manipulate the American public. Hitler’s Goering and his
propaganda machine had nothing on these guys. But, we must not forget Conde
Rice, who cut her teeth on Vigurie and Limbaugh’s approach, which is to keep
misinforming the public and never admit your lies—after a while, the bigger
the lie, the more the public will believe you.
With men like Vigurie, Cheney, Bush and Rumsfeld in power and influencing our
government’s decisions, I fear that we have come the way of Rome near its
collapse. Near the end of its world leadership, and this is seen in the
writings of Gibbon and other more recent and careful historians, Rome had
become dominated by parties that were more concerned with their victories over
one another than they were in keeping Rome a leader in the world. Ultimately,
when the time of the Huns attack came, the Roman politicians were still
wrangling over partisan issues rather than real security issues. They were so
concerned with their internal fighting, their parties and their own gain, just
as these people are concerned today. You can see that when an attack cat as
ignorant and prejudiced, a woman who screams and falsely labels things, like
Ann Coulter is allowed to have a major voice on TV and radio and in the
newspaper media, you know something is terribly wrong with our society. Just
like the Romans, who did respond to the Huns attack before it was too late,
our political party leaders are repeating the mistake of the Romans while the
world is arming itself against us and our imperial ambitions. We all know how
that came out—with the ultimate fall of Rome and its disgrace.
We are no longer a moral leader, we are now seen as corrupt, undemocratic,
imperialistic and basically ignorant of others in the world. Men like Vigurie
and Bush are part of that same strain of virus—the “me, me, me” and “our
party, our party, our party” syndrome. In the meantime, with such allies as
Frist in the Senate and Hastert in the House, with Tom DeLay getting away
every day with unethical behavior, these men have given up caring about
America and its welfare, and its moral and ethical leadership in the
world—they are so power-mad that they care about nothing else except
themselves and their political party. In the end, this will lead to total
disaster for our nation, either from within or from without (more on this
later in my article).
Unfortunately, too many in the Democratic Party, are the same—you get the same
smell from Joseph Lieberman. Many old line Democrats wonder if he shouldn’t
join Zell Miller and put on a Republican jacket. Lieberman, and many of his
friends in the Senate and the House, in the DNC and the DLC, have shown that
they will rubber stamp almost everything GW Bush wants, rather than standing
up for America’s best interests. Senator Fritz Hollings, who just resigned
from the Senate said it best in his final speech on the Senate floor and on 60
MINUTES, when he said most of his colleagues as lining up at the trough of big
business –rather than taking care of the welfare of our country whether it be
at the levels of pharmaceuticals, health care, environment, foreign relations
or party dominance. He said, you name it and whatever corruption is possible,
our Congress and our president are doing it.
Let’s look at just one major human problem in America—that fact that over 43%
of the American people do not have health insurance. This is the highest
number in the industrialized world—and yet we spend more on it per person than
many others. When one looks at it, it becomes apparent that the power of the
pharmaceutical companies and the alleged “non-profits” has become so rampant
that it is not the money spent on it, it has to do with the corruption of the
structure that does not cover all people under a plan like England, Canada,
Sweden and the rest of those who have governments who still care about their
people (although Tony Blair is doing all he can to copy the GW Bush and
American plan of “let the people be damned, let’s take care of our wealthy
friends.”). This disaster can be laid at the feet of the both the Republicans
and Democrats—both parties emulate
