In light of the rumored surge, one wonders, what does it take for the administration to listen to the voices of the People?
In February and March, 2003, the U.S. and much of the world spoke, with millions marching in the streets of cities the globe over, against the scourge of war. The Bush regime ignored them. No — “ignored” isn’t right. President Bush belittled the protests as ‘a focus group.’ As journalism professor Robert Jensen notes in his book, The Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (San Francisco: City Lights Publ., 2004) Bush’s response to the “single largest public political demonstration in history”, was unbelievable: “When asked a few days later about the size of the protest, he said: ‘First of all, you know, size of protest, it’s like deciding, well, I’m going to decide policy based on a focus group. The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security — in this case, the security of the people.’ “A focus group? Perhaps the leader of the free world was not aware that a focus group is a small number of people who are brought together (and typically paid) to
Related Questions
- In light of the rumored surge, one wonders, what does it take for the administration to listen to the voices of the People?
- Why has the international response been so poor in light of the great response of the American people during the Tsunami?
- Because he opposed the will of the majority of the American people?
