He mea hopohopo ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka nui o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e uwē ana e kiʻi i ka palapala inoa a Bush ma kā lākou mau kope o kāna Mokuʻāina ʻo Union—ʻaʻole no ka mea he haʻiʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni i hana ʻino i kēia ʻāina, ʻaʻole no ka mea. pono e hāʻawi iā ia i nā palapala hoʻopiʻi. Akā, ʻo koʻu hopohopo e ala mai ka maʻamau a Bush i ulu ai ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana i kekahi palapala. ʻO ka maʻamau, hoʻi ʻo ia i ka home, kamaʻilio me kāna mau loio, a hoʻopuka i kahi "'ōlelo hoʻopaʻa inoa" i ka lā aʻe e hoʻololi nui ana i kāna mea i kau inoa ai. ʻOi aku ka ʻino o kēlā ʻōlelo, ʻoi aku ka ʻino.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mokuʻāina o kā mākou hui ka mea ʻole, a ʻaʻohe mea a Bush e ʻōlelo ai no ia mea. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e holomua ana kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi ʻia e ka pane Demokarata a Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. Akā, ʻo ka hapa nui, i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka pelekikena i kāna ʻōlelo kikoʻī, ua noi ʻo ia i nā hana hou a ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i nā makahiki pōʻino ʻeono i hala. I ka makahiki ʻehiku o kona noho pelekikena, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e kaulike i ka waihona kālā i ʻelima mau makahiki a e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻaila i loko o 10 mau makahiki. Ua haʻi nui ka Pelekikena i ka "koa", akā, ʻaʻole anei i ʻoi aku ka wiwo ʻole i ka ʻae ʻana i nā ʻōlelo like ʻole i nā makahiki ʻeono i hala aku nei ua ukali ʻia e nā hana i lawe iā mākou i kahi ʻaoʻao, a ʻaʻole anei. ʻoi aku ka wiwo ʻole e kau i nā pahuhopu no nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana?
I ka hapa nui o ka haʻiʻōlelo, ua pale ka pelekikena i nā kikoʻī. ʻAʻole maopopo loa kāna ʻōlelo a ʻo kāna hoʻololi ʻana i ke kumuhana no laila ua kokoke ʻo ia i ka papa inoa o nā pilikia ma mua o ke kūkākūkā ʻana. Ua paʻi ʻia kekahi mau kikoʻī hou aʻe o kāna mau manaʻo like ʻole ma ka pūnaewele White House, akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohui nui. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana "me ka huhū ʻole a me ke kala ʻole" ua ʻike ʻia e uku ka poʻe malihini i kahi "hoʻopaʻi koʻikoʻi" ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i kamaʻāina.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Bush ma ka hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine ʻana iā Nancy Pelosi no ka lilo ʻana i Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Hale. ʻAʻohe āna mea kūikawā e ʻōlelo ai i ke kanaka nui e noho ana ma ka ʻākau o Pelosi. ʻO ka Hope Peresidena Dick Cheney i loko o ka nūhou ma mua o ia lā i ka wā i ʻōlelo ai ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana o kāna poʻo limahana mua i hana nui ʻo Cheney i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i kahi mea hoʻopiʻi nāna i hōʻike i kekahi o nā wahaheʻe nui i lawe iā mākou i loko o ka nūhou. kaua, he wahaheʻe i hana ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo a Bush State of the Union i ʻehā makahiki i hala. ʻAʻole hiki i ka poʻe hoʻolaha ma NBC ke haʻi i kēlā a i ʻole ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka moʻolelo kaulana ʻo Bush, a ʻoiai ua paʻi ʻia e kā lākou hui, ʻaʻole lākou i hōʻike i ka ʻike ʻana o ka ʻewalu o nā senador mokuʻāina i kēlā lā i hoʻopuka i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e hoʻopiʻi iā Bush. Cheney i ka ʻahaʻōlelo mokuʻāina ma New Mexico. (Hiki i kahi mokuʻāina ke hoʻomaka i ka impeachment ma ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi palapala noi i ka ʻaha kūkā.)
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Bush i kāna ʻōlelo a lele koke e aʻo iā mākou e pili ana i nā "ʻenemi paʻa," ʻaʻole naʻe i wehewehe koke ʻo wai lākou. A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia he pono ke hoʻolilo i kā mākou kālā me ke akamai, hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana a kūpaʻa i kā mākou pūʻali. (Me he mea lā ua pololei nā mea hoʻolaha NBC i kā lākou ʻōlelo ʻana aia mākou i nā loli nui.)
Nā Papahana a me ka wahaheʻe
ʻO ka hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi ke kumuhana mua a Bush i kamaʻilio ai, a ua wehe ʻo ia me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kekahi waiwai i ka uku haʻahaʻa, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e noho maikaʻi ka hoʻokele waiwai "ʻaʻole me ka nui o ke aupuni, akā ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana," ʻo ka manaʻo ʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa. ino ka uku no ka oihana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he wahaheʻe loa kēia, akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻōki i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke ala mai ka hauʻoli ʻana, ʻoiai ua hana lākou i 62 mau manawa i 49 mau minuke, e like me ka NBC.
A laila, manaʻo ʻo Bush e kaulike i ka waihona kālā federal (ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ke keʻena inā ʻaʻole mākou e kiola iā ia ma mua o ka papa kuhikuhi). I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Bush i ka ʻāpana nui loa o ke aupuni o ka hoʻolilo ʻana: ka pūʻali koa a me ke kaua. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻonui nui i ka nui o ka pūʻali koa ma hope o ka haʻiʻōlelo. A ua hōʻemi ʻo Bush i nā ʻauhau no ka poʻe waiwai loa a no nā hui. Pehea ʻo ia e kaulike ai i ke kālā? ʻAe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā hiki iā ia ke neʻe i kēlā ʻaoʻao ma nā ala ʻelua: ʻo ka mua, ma ka ʻoki ʻana i nā papahana pono a me ka lua, ma ka mālama ʻana i nā kālā nui mai nā puke. ʻO ke kaua Iraq, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻohe o nā puke. Ua hoʻolālā mua ʻo Bush i kahi noi hou "pilikia" no ke kālā kālā o Iraq ma 2008— a ʻoiai he kānāwai i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e koi ana ma o 2008 nā kumukūʻai kaua e lilo i ʻāpana o ka waihona kālā maʻamau. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Congressman Jim McGovern, kekahi o nā lālā wiwo ʻole o ka Hale, i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei e koho nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo "ʻaʻole" i nā mea hoʻohui no ke kaua i kēia makahiki a i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, akā ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i kona manaʻo. e hōʻole i ka haʻihaʻi ʻana o ka peresidena i ke kānāwai ma ke noi ʻana i kahi mea hoʻohui 2008.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Bush i kahi wahi e hōʻemi ai ʻo ia i ke kālā: earmarks, kahi mea e hopohopo koke iā ia me ka poʻe Democrats.
ʻO ke kumuhana ʻelua a Bush e pili ana i kāna hoʻopunipuni nui ʻelua o ke ahiahi, he ʻelemakule akā maikaʻi: Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻo Social Security a pono i ke ola. ʻO ke kumuhana ʻekolu, ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauao, lawe mai i ka wahaheʻe helu ʻekolu: ʻo ka No Child Left Behind Act ua hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana o kā mākou mau keiki a ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻokele kūloko o nā kula. ʻO ke kumuhana ʻehā, mālama ola kino, ua hoʻomaka me Bush e hoʻolaha ana ʻo ka ʻinikua olakino pilikino ka ʻōnaehana maikaʻi loa no ka hapa nui o nā poʻe (ʻoiai nā poʻe ʻelemakule, nā keiki kīnā a me nā keiki ʻilihune e uhi ʻia e ke aupuni). ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ʻoe e nānā i kēia ʻāina a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe āpau ʻo ia ka mālama olakino uku hoʻokahi.
Ua noi aku ʻo Bush i kekahi mau mea e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pilikia mālama ola kino ma kēia ʻāina, e hoʻomaka ana me ka ʻoki ʻauhau (ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i ke ʻano o kona kaulike ʻana i ka waihona kālā, a ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia inā e piʻi aʻe nā ʻauhau ʻauhau i kēlā me kēia makahiki me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai pilikino. 'inikua ola kino). Ua papa inoa ʻo Bush i ka hapalua kakini o nā hopena Band-Aid i ka nele o ka uhi olakino. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka mahalo no kēlā me kēia manaʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi "ka ʻenehana maikaʻi." ʻO ia paha ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu i loaʻa ai iā mākou kēia ʻōnaehana mālama olakino paʻakikī a maikaʻi ʻole: No nā laina paʻi lehulehu.
Ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i haʻi mua ai ʻo Bush i nā "mea hoʻoweliweli" i kāna ʻōlelo, a i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hilinaʻi nui ʻo ʻAmelika i ka ʻaila haole āna i hoʻopā ai iā lākou no ka lua o ka manawa. ʻO kāna ʻōlelo pōkole loa o ka hoʻomehana honua (i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "global climate change") ua hoʻopau koke ʻia e kāna ʻōlelo ʻekolu i nā mea hoʻoweliweli. I kēia manawa ua ʻeli ʻo ia i ke kumuhana o 9/11, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia me he mea lā ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēlā mau hoʻouka ʻana mai ia manawa, kahi mea e pili ana i ke kaua ma Iraq a me ke "kaua i ka weliweli." Ua koi ʻo ia e "pono mākou e lawe i ke kaua i ka ʻenemi." ʻAʻole maopopo iā ia pehea e hiki ai iā ia ke maopopo loa i ia mea i ka wā i hoʻomau mau ai ʻo NBC i ka pono o ka poʻe Demokarata e launa pū me nā Repubalika, a ʻaʻole e hakakā me lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bush i ka hōʻaiʻē no ʻehā mau hanana i manaʻo ʻia no ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā ʻAmelika, me nā mea hoʻomake niho hoʻoweliweli weliweli o Pelekane. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia kēia mau ʻōlelo, akā makemake ʻo Bush i kahi mea maikaʻi e ʻōlelo ai ma mua o kona huli ʻana i ke kumuhana o Iraq. Ua paipai ʻo ia iā mākou e makaʻu iā al-Qaida. ʻAʻohe "mea wale nō a mākou e makaʻu ai" ʻōlelo no kēia pelekikena.
ʻIlaka A me ka wahahee nui maoli
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana o Bush mai 9-11 a hiki i Iraq ʻaʻole mamao loa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka poʻe Shia e kūʻē i ka noho ʻana ma Baghdad he ʻāpana o nā pūʻali hewa like me ka "Sunni extremist" al-Qaida. ʻAʻole ʻo Nancy Pelosi a me kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i kū aʻe a hoʻopaʻa i ka hōʻike ʻana ʻaʻole i hoʻouka kaua ʻo Iraqis iā ʻAmelika ma 9/11 a hoʻomaka wale lākou e kūʻē i ka noho ʻana ma hope o ka noho ʻana o ko lākou lāhui.
ʻOiai ua ʻike nui ʻia ke Kaua Iraq e hōʻemi i ka palekana o nā ʻAmelika, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bush e pono mākou e kūkulu i nā demokala ma ka Hikina Waena no ko mākou palekana. Ua hauʻoli nā kānaka a pau. Hauʻoli lākou inā ʻae lākou a ʻaʻole paha, ʻo ia paha ke kōkua iā lākou e pale i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana inā he pololei a ʻaʻole paha kēlā me kēia laina paʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo wahaheʻe ʻo Bush i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua kīwila ma Iraq me ka pahū ʻana o ka Golden Mosque. Ua hoʻololi kēia i nā mea iā mākou, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke waiho i kā mākou mau hoaaloha i ka pilikia. He aha kā mākou? Inā he mau hoaaloha ko mākou ma Iraq, no ke aha lā ʻo Bush e manaʻo ai, e like me kāna hana ma hope, e hoʻouna hou aku i 20,000 ʻAmelika?
ʻO ka hope, no kēia noi, ua kaupalena ʻia ka ʻoliʻoli a ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻo Pelosi. Akā ua hoʻonui ʻo NBC iā Peter Pace no ka lōʻihi, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kū ʻole ʻana o nā Democrats. "Ua kaupaona pono wau a me ko mākou mau luna koa i nā koho," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Bush, me ka manaʻo ʻana i nā pani o nā ʻelele āna i kiola ai no ke kūʻē ʻana i kāna papahana.
ʻAʻole i hiki mai ka wahaheʻe nui maoli o ka pō. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bush inā haʻalele nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika iā Iraq, e piʻi aʻe ka hana ʻino a alakaʻi paha i kahi kaua kūloko - ka pahuhopu o "ka ʻenemi." He wānana ʻano ʻē kēia, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hana ʻino i kēia manawa ke kuhikuhi ʻia nei i ka ʻoihana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bush e lilo ʻo Iraq i kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā mea hoʻoweliweli inā haʻalele nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika.
A laila ua kamaʻilio ʻo Bush i ka lehulehu ʻAmelika ma mua o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a ʻōlelo mai iā mākou, e pili ana i ke koho balota o Nowemapa i hala: "ʻO nā mea āu i koho ai, ʻaʻole ʻoe i koho no ka hāʻule ʻole." ʻAe, e like me ka NBC, ua koho wau no ka hui like ʻana a me ka maikaʻi, a ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ka pau ʻole. No laila, he hewa wale nō paha ʻo Bush. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ko mākou koho ʻana i nā Democrats hou he 30 a ʻaʻole hoʻokahi Repubalika hou, ua koho pololei paha mākou no ka hemahema o Bush.
"Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e kākoʻo i kā mākou pūʻali ma ke kahua a me ka poʻe e hele ana," wahi a Bush, me ka hoʻohilahila ʻana e hoʻohui i ke kākoʻo no kāna hoʻolālā i ka makemake maikaʻi i nā kāne a me nā wahine lawelawe āna e makemake ai e hoʻouna i kēia kaua kūʻokoʻa a me ka pōʻino. me ka hilahila ʻole ʻo kona piʻi ʻana he kuʻikahi i hana ʻia i mua o ka lālā mua o kā mākou aupuni, nona ka mana e pale aku ai.
A laila ua manaʻo ʻo Bush e hoʻohui i nā pūʻali koa 92,000 i ka pūʻali koa a me nā Marines ma mua o ʻelima mau makahiki a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi "poʻe mālama mālama kīwila manawaleʻa," i ʻike ʻia e hoʻonui hou i ka pūʻali koa ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā pūʻali koa ʻole.
Ma mua o kona pau ʻana, ua hoʻoweliweli hewa ʻo Bush iā mākou me nā nukes Iran, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana diplomatically no ka wehe ʻana i nā mea kaua ma Korea a hoʻohālike i kāna mau kulekele e kōkua ana e hōʻemi i ka AIDS ma ʻApelika. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kahi papahana e hakakā ai i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi e hoʻokō paha i ka hopena e like me ka ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻa inoa i hālāwai ʻia e nā manaʻo hakakā AIDS i hala.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo Bush ma ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ʻehā poʻe ma ke anaina ma ke ʻano he mau hiʻohiʻona no mākou a pau: he mea pāʻani basketball i loaʻa ke kālā he nui hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi liʻiliʻi, he wahine ʻoihana i loaʻa kālā nui hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi liʻiliʻi, he kanaka nāna i hoʻopakele i kekahi. i loko o kahi kaʻaahi o New York a me kahi kauka lapaʻau Iraq. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea wale nō o kēia mau koa i hiki i nā kānaka ke hele i waho a e hoʻohālike ai, ʻo ia ke kauka lapaʻau, akā ʻo nā ʻohana o ka Iraqis āna i pepehi ai i kāna hakakā wiwo ʻole i hele mai e haʻi i ko lākou mau manaʻo. A ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā kaikamahine lawelawe ʻole a Bush.
ʻAʻole hoʻi ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia ʻo Iraqi mai ka pane a Webb. ʻOiai ʻo Webb e kālele ana i ke kaua a me kāna mau kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i haʻi i ka 655,000 Iraqis a mākou i pepehi ai. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole lākou helu no kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao ma ka ʻaha kūkā.
Ua kākau ʻia ka pane a Webb ma mua, no ka mea, ua manaʻo ʻo ia he manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo Bush i ka makemake e kūkulu hou iā New Orleans, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo Bush e haʻi iā New Orleans.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻia nā ʻōlelo a Webb ma ke ala pololei, akā ʻaʻole maopopo. Ua noi ʻo ia iā Bush e hoʻopau i ke kaua a manaʻo ʻo ia e hana ʻo Congress inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia. ʻAʻole e hoʻopau ʻo Bush i kēia kaua ke ʻole e koi ʻia e ka ʻaha kūkā e ʻoki i ke kālā, a ʻaʻole paha i kēlā manawa.
ʻO ia ke kumu e hele ai mākou i ka Pōʻaono a hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka Pōʻakahi, e koi i ka ʻaha kūkā e noiʻi i ka hoʻopunipuni a Bush a hoʻopau i kēia kaua ma ke ʻoki ʻana i ke kālā. ʻO kēlā mau ʻanuʻu ʻelua e alakaʻi i kahi hakakā hiki ʻole ke hele ma ka inoa "impeachment." E ʻike: http://www.unitedforpeace.org
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