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Conservative critics of President Bush launch website
Author Michael Parenti on "Superpatriotism, Real Patriotism
and the Importance of Being Number One"
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Bush has come under renewed criticism for his close ties
to a new corporation poised to take advantage of lucrative
business opportunities in Iraq. According to the company's
website, "New Bridge Strategies, LLC, is a unique company
that was created specifically with the aim of assisting clients
to evaluate and take advantage of business opportunities in
the Middle East following the conclusion of the U.S.-led war
in Iraq. Its activities will seek to expedite the creation
of free and fair markets and new economic growth in Iraq,
consistent with the policies of the Bush Administration. The
opportunities evolving in Iraq today are of such an unprecedented
nature and scope that no other existing firm has the necessary
skills and experience to be effective both in the United States
and on the ground in Iraq.
Of particular concern to some critics of the administration
is the fact that the Chairman and Director of New Bridge is
Joe Allbaugh, President Bush's longtime right-hand-man and--
until about six months ago-- the head of FEMA, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. Before that, Allbaugh served
as Bush's Chief of Staff when he was governor of Texas, and
he was campaign manager for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.
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Conservative critics of President Bush launch website
Increasingly, criticism of the Bush administration and specifically
its policies in Iraq is coming from people outside of traditional
Democratic and peace activist circles. Recent polls have indicated
that the President's overall approval rating has dropped to
its lowest point since the terrorist attacks of September
11th-two years ago. A USA Today/ CNN/ Gallup poll taken earlier
this month shows that barely more than half of Americans approve
of Bush's on-the-job rating, and if the election were held
today, he would hold only a 4-point lead over a yet-to-be-named
Democratic rival.
Of particular concern to Republican strategists is the growing
disenchantment with Bush, even among much of his usual, conservative
base of support. According to a recent survey of American
voters, nearly a quarter of self-described conservatives nationwide
gave a thumbs-down to the President. One such critic has even
created a website -
www.conservativesagainstbush.com to "propound the
conservative principals this administration has forsaken."
Tape: Daniel Cragg is the creator of the website www.conservativesagainstbush.com
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Author Michael Parenti on "Superpatriotism,
Real Patriotism and the Importance of Being Number One"
Today is the one-year anniversary of Pacifica's Peacewatch,
and we're spending all this week delving into our archives
and re-airing our favorite and most memorable segments. Today
we present Michael Parenti, speaking about "Superpatriotism,
Real Patriotism and the Importance of Being Number One."
Parenti's books include Democracy For the Few, Against Empire
and Dirty Truths.
Tape: Michael Parenti is the author of many books about
politics, the media and foreign policy. His speech was delivered
in Boulder, Colorado in 1988 and was produced by People's
Video Audio.
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