Kuyacaca manje ukuthi ukhetho lukamongameli luzosondela kakhulu. Kuningi okungenzeka kube ngcono futhi kube kubi phakathi kwamanje nasekhaya futhi, ikakhulukazi, e-Iraq; kangangokuthi akukho ukubikezela okuqinile okungenziwa. Kodwa lokhu kungashiwo: Uma ukhetho beluzobanjwa namuhla, uBush ubeyolunqoba ngesilinganiso esincane; kodwa ukuthi ukube uNader ubengagijimi, umphumela ubuzovuna uKerry. Kulezi zikhathi ezizama imiphefumulo yethu, lokho kufanele kusenze sonke sicabange kabili ngaphambi kokugxuma.
Abaningi phakathi kwalabo abasele phakathi bazothuthumela ngokukhethwa kabusha kukaBush futhi bathi โnoma ubani ngaphandle kukaBushโ; kodwa isibalo esibalulekile sabanye sithi akusho ukuthi, phela, uKerry mubi njengoBush - ngisho, ngomqondo othile, kubi kakhulu: UBush okungenani ukholelwa kulokho akushoyo; U-Kerry waffles cishe kuyo yonke into; UGore noClinton baphinda futhi.
Izingxabano ezinjalo sezivele zithukuthele phakathi kwama-lib/left, futhi zizojula futhi zisabalala njengoba uNovemba esondela. Okuningi kokungavumelani kuzoba phakathi kwalabo, kuze kube muva nje, bebengabambisene futhi bevame ukusebenza ndawonye. Nasi isikhundla sami.
Anginikeli muntu ekugxekeni uKerry: Naphezu kwanoma yini angayisho mayelana "nemisebenzi," "ukunakekelwa kwezempilo," nokunye okunjalo, ungumuntu oyinhloko, uClinton, ohlale ebheke ophikweni oluqinile lweDemocratic Party ngokuma kwakhe. Kodwa akufanele siqagele; umlando wakhe omude eSigele kube ngewomkhulumeli omkhulu, engakaze aphikisane ngisho neSigele ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo eziyisisekelo, nganoma yiliphi igama.
Ubelokhu emubi kakhulu kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle; unesithakazelo esikhulu ekuboniseni ukuthi uvotele impi kunokuphikisana nayo; ukubiyela ngale ndlela nalokhuya mayelana ne-UN noma amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-87 emzamweni wokwanelisa "izinhlangothi zombili" futhi, njengoGore, ukuhlukanisa zombili kule nqubo. Kepha ukusebenza kwakhe okuyichilo kakhulu - nokunyanyisayo - kube yilokho okuphathelene neVietnam.
Akagcinanga ngokuvolontiya kulokho okwabonwa njengempi engcolile abaningi bethu, kodwa wanamathela isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukwazi ukuthi kwakungenakunqotshwa ngaphandle kwama-nukes. KULUNGILE; kungenzeka. Kodwa manje? Manje uthi uyaxolisa ngokuthi njenge-Vietnam Vets Against the war uthe thina (naye) senze unya lapho. Qaphela ukuthi akashongo ukuthi asizenzanga - lokho kubhalwe ngobuningi - uthe uyaxolisa ngokuthi usho njalo. Kungani? Qagela.
Ngakho-ke, ukwenza kube lula kakhulu kodwa hhayi kakhulu: usabela kakhulu kubathandi bempi kunabazonda impi; ukubeka ngendlela ehlukile, njengoClinton noGore, ucabanga ukuthi angabathatha kalula abazonda impi kanye nokuthambile komphakathi. Unephutha; yingakho ngibhala lokhu.
Ngakho-ke kufanele sivotele uNader, noma cha? Cha. Naphezu kwalokhu kugxeka okungenhla, nokunye okufanayo okunganezelwa kalula, ngiqinile enkolelweni yokuthi bonke abafuna umhlaba onengqondo, ohloniphekile nonokuthula kufanele bavotele uKerry. Futhi hhayi kuphela ngoba engonobubi obuncane, futhi akanendi kangako kunoBush (njengoba ubani ongeyena?).
Cha, kunokuthile okukhulu okusengozini โkuneminyaka emine ezayo.โ Sesibonile ukuthi iqembu lezigelekeqe likaBush lizokwenzani ngisho nangemva kokhetho lapho lalahlekelwa khona abantu abaningi - futhi mhlawumbe, ngevoti lokhetho. Uma uBush ewina, lokho kuzosetshenziswa njengegunya lama-neocons, preempters, amaKristu ashiseka ngokweqile, kanye nomfelandawonye omelene namalungelo omphakathi ukunikeza incazelo entsha egameni elithi โrun amok.โ Bengenalutho futhi kungekho muntu ongabavimba - ngaphakathi noma ngaphandle kweCongress noma eNkantolo Ephakeme.
Ukuholwa yiqembu okuzikhukhumeza kwalo kuqinisekisa ukungazi kwabo ngamaqiniso kwamanye amazwe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yizitha zesikhathi esisodwa noma ezikhethiwe; iqembu elizibophezele ngokugcwele ekhaya ekwenzeni abacebile bacebe njengoba abanye beyikhokhela ngezindlela ezincane nezinkulu. Njengoba bephethe, futhi abathengelwe futhi bakhokhela uKhongolose kanye neNkantolo Ephakeme ephaketheni labo, i-USA izongena enkathini yayo eyingozi kakhulu eyake yaba khona - eyingozi kithi, izitha zethu ezimisiwe, kanye noMama Wemvelo.
Lesi akusona isikhathi sokuvota kweqembu lesithathu okhethweni lukamongameli. Leso sikhathi sizofika/sizo/kufanele sifike uma labo abasele esikhungweni sebehlanganise isenzo sabo emazingeni endawo nawesifunda njengabantu nanjengabahola amaholo, bedlulela ngale kwemiboniso yezikhawu ukuze bakhe umnyakazo,
I-USA ihlukile ngokuthi ayilokothi ibe nokunyenyeza nje kwenhlangano enjalo, esebenzela ubumbano oludingekayo ukuze kulwelwe futhi kunqobe lonke uhla lwezinqubomgomo zenhlalo ezidingeka kabi; inhlangano ezokwazi, njengengxenye yesithathu, ukuthola abantu abathembekile ezikhundleni kanye nezinqubomgomo zisebenze kulawo mazinga; akwazi ukwenza inqubekelaphambili yonke indawo kodwa e-White House. Khona-ke, futhi ngemva kwalokho, singacabanga ngokujulile ngokugxila okhethweni lukamongameli.
Isikhathi eside kakhulu sizivumele ukuthi singene emdlalweni wepolitiki wokukhetha phakathi kwe-Tweedledee ne-Tweedledum emazingeni endawo nawesifunda futhi, ngokungenakugwenywa, nasezingeni likazwelonke. Siye sacwiliswa, noma sahlala sivilapha, emphakathini obolile futhi oyingozi odinga ukuthi sibe yilokho nje ukuze sanelise izinkanuko zalabo abaphethe manje - futhi sibe njalo nakakhulu.
Angikhulumi njengomuntu ophikisana naye njalo wezinkampani zangaphandle. Njengoba abambalwa kakhulu benu eningase nikhumbule, ngo-1968 ngangingabaza ongabaza ka-Eldridge Cleaver ethikithini Lokuthula Nenkululeko eSifundazweni SaseNew York. Amahlaya aphansi aphenduka i-farce lapho u-Cleaver egcinwa esikhundleni sokuvota ngoba "wayemncane kakhulu"; ukuthi naye weqile izwe ababengalazi. Futhi ngo-1948 ngangikade ngingumgqugquzeli oyinhloko womkhankaso we-Wallace IPP eBerkeley futhi ngaphinde ngaphatha umkhankaso wokushaya umthetho wesifunda wokhetho lweqembu lesithathu.
Kufanele kucace ukuthi angimelene nabantu besithathu; empeleni, angiboni enye indlela yokuba sidlulele entandweni yeningi yangempela. Ngimelene nezinkampani zangaphandle zokuzenzisa umthelela wazo oyinhloko okhethweni lukazwelonke uwukudlala uSanta Claus ngendlela embi kabi kabili.
Kulokho okube yimpilo ende ekhulwini leminyaka lezinhlekelele ezijulile kakhulu ezake zaba khona emlandweni, inkathi yamanje ngokubona kwami โโiyingozi kakhulu, esongela kakhulu kunazo zonke. Ekhaya ukuba buthaka noma ukucekelwa phansi kwezinqubomgomo zenhlalakahle nezomnotho ezihlala zinganele kwezempilo, imfundo, imisebenzi, amaholo, izindlu, inhlalakahle, inkululeko yomphakathi, kanye nemvelo kuzothatha umzamo omkhulu futhi omude ukuhlehlisa.
Ukuze kube nokuhlehla okunjalo kufanele kube nomnyakazo kazwelonke. Umnyakazo onjalo cishe ngeke ukwazi ukuwakha uma, njengoba, futhi lapho sidlulela phambili kwesokudla, siqhubeke siye kulokho uBertram Gross akubona kusengaphambili ngokuthi "i-fascism enobungani" ngo-1980.
Lesi akusona isikhathi sokukhipha ubunde bethu. Isikhathi esiningi kakhulu sokulondoloza lokho u-Howard Zinn asanda kukubona โnjengomphethoโ esingabambelela kuwo futhi sikhuphukele kulokho esikudingayo nesikufunayo. Lolo hlangothi oluzoqedwa umbuso wesibili kaBush II.