Ukwenza iintsomi kwezopolitiko kungena kwi-overdrive rhoqo emva kweminyaka emine. Amaphulo kamongameli alungiswa ikakhulu kumajelo eendaba, uthotho lwezinto ezingapheliyo zithatha umngcipheko ngelixa ingqiqo ihlala ibambekile: Xa amaqhawe engekho, ayayilwa. Xa amabango afanelekileyo engeyonyani, ayakhuselwa.
Abaxhasi abaninzi baye basebenze njengabaxhobisi- bahlale bethe cwaka okanye belinganisa iinkcazo ezigqwethekileyo zomgqatswa wabo ukuze bazame ukuphelisa impikiswano. Intetho ekhawulezayo ithatha indawo yentetho ethe ngqo. Uhlobo 'lwesigqubuthelo somlilo' kuwo wonke amabala edabi eendaba lwenza kube lula kumgqatswa ukuba aqhubeke echitha.
Kukho amakholwa okwenyaniso, ngokuqinisekileyo - abantu abakholelwa kuwo onke amagama aphuma emlonyeni wabo xa, ngokomzekelo, bemi kwi-podium ye-Republic okanye iDemocratic Convention. Nokuba kungakanani na ukunyaniseka kwabo, kuphela ababalaseleyo abaya kwenza njengoko izithethi zincoma ngokungathandabuzekiyo uGeorge W. Bush okanye uJohn Kerry.
Inyani yokuba uBush uhlala ethetha izinto ezingeyonyani kufuneka ibaluleke. Iingxelo zakhe eziphindaphindiweyo malunga nezixhobo zase-Iraq zokutshabalalisa, okanye unxibelelwano phakathi kwe-9 / 11 kunye no-Saddam Hussein (kwakhona wachaswa ngokucacileyo ngoJuni 16 yikomishini esemthethweni ye-9 / 11), ibe ngumsebenzi onobungozi kwi-propaganda ebulalayo. Kodwa abalandeli bakamongameli abanakukwazi ukunyaniseka kobo buxoki ngelixa bethetha neentatheli okanye bevela kunomathotholo nakumabonakude. Endaweni yoko, sifumana i-hooey eninzi kakhulu.
Ngeli xesha, indoda esemgceni wokuba ngumongameli weDemokhrasi ixhasa imfazwe ekhoyo e-Iraq emva kohlaselo olusekwe kugqweso awathi walusasaza ngaphambi kokuba kuqale imfazwe. Kwintetho ngo-Oct. 9, 2002, umzekelo, uJohn Kerry wavumela ukubhabha ngalo mbuzo onobuqhetseba: 'Kutheni uSaddam Hussein ezama ukuphuhlisa izixhobo zenyukliya xa iintlanga ezininzi zingazami nokuzama'? U-Kerry uphinde wazama ukuthethelela isigqibo sakhe sokuvotela isisombululo se-pro-war kunye nengxelo ethi 'ngokobukrelekrele, i-Iraq inezixhobo zekhemikhali kunye nezebhayoloji. 'ubungqina' buya kuhlala buzenza - esidlangalaleni, nangona kunjalo - ukuba akukho nto ingako ingalunganga ngokuma kukaKerry e-Iraq kunye nobuqili ngokubanzi.
Amaqela oyika ukubandakanyeka ekuzibandakanyeni ngokuphandle - ngakumbi ngaphakathi kwindlebe yemithombo yeendaba - kuba boyika ukutyholwa ngokuzinza nje ubuncinci kububi obubini. Kanti ukuphepha inkungu kuthoba intetho yezopolitiko. Kungcono ukuba sidlule kumajelo eendaba anemibala emnyama namhlophe yezopolitiko. Kwimeko yogqatso lukamongameli lwango-2004, zonke iikhetshe zomkhosi azifani. I-Progressive Unity Voter Fund icaphula ngokufanelekileyo iqhula uDan Kaufman: ‘Eyona nto imbi kunobuncinci kububi obubini … bububi obukhulu obubini.’
Iqela lemigulukudu elilawula ubongameli bukaGeorge W. Bush lingaphaya kohlobo lomkhosi olwaphunyezwa ngeminyaka yoo-1980 lulawulo lukaRonald Reagan kunye noBush wokuQala. Kwifilimu entsha yamaxwebhu, ‘Intlekele yokuqweqwedisa,’ uNoam Chomsky ugqabaza athi: ‘Babeliqela elinekratshi, eliyingozi kakhulu lezibalo eziphendulayo. Abangobantu babambelele kwimigaqo.’
Ngokwesiqhelo umdlalo wemithombo yeendaba kukukhetha umgqatswa wakho womongameli emva koko ucule iingoma zomgqatswa. Kodwa kubaxhasi abaqhubela phambili, eyona ndlela ixelayo - kwaye inyanisekile - indlela yokuxhasa uKerry iya kuba kukuvuma ngokuphandle izikhundla zakhe zenkampani kunye nezomkhosi ngelixa ebonisa ukuba, ngokubanzi, uBush umbi kakhulu.
Isikhalo sokoyisa umongameli okhoyo sicace gca kangangokuba umgqatswa wobumongameli uRalph Nader uthi iphulo lakhe kulo nyaka liza kunceda ekugxothweni kwakhe. U-Nader uqhubeka esenza elo bango, elithetha ngolu hlobo ngasekupheleni kuka-Matshi: 'Ndiza kuthatha iivoti ezininzi kude ne-Bush kunokuba i-Kerry.'
Kodwa i-Progressive Unity Voter Fund's 'Musa ukuvotela i-Ralph' isiza sinikezela ngetshathi kunye nedatha yokugcina i-backup evela kwii-polls ezizimeleyo ezifumanekayo (i-37 iyonke) yokulinganisa impembelelo kaNader. Enesihloko esithi 'Ingakanani iNader eNcedisa uBush,' itshati ifakwe ku-www.dontvoteralph.net/pollwatch.htm - kwaye iyayichitha into ethethwa nguNader, ngelixa ibonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba kutheni 'ingqondo kaBush' uKarl Rove kufuneka avuye ukuba uNader ukugqatso. . Umbulelo kaRove ubonakala ngokukodwa kuba uNader uzama ukungena kwivoti kuwo onke amazwe - isipho esikhulu kwitikiti leBush-Cheney kumazwe angaphezu kweshumi elinesibini.
Abaxhasi bakaBush, uKerry kunye noNader bayahluka kwimiba emininzi. Kodwa basoloko befana ngale ntlonipho ilishwa: Bakulungele ukuhambisana nezenzo ezingafanelekanga kunokuba bavume esidlangalaleni ukuba umgqatswa wabo uqhumisa umsi.
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UNorman Solomon ungumbhali-mbhali, kunye noReese Erlich, 'I-Iraq ekujoliswe kuyo: Yintoni iNdaba yeendaba engazange ikuxelele yona.'
