Politics Again

It's starting.

Remember how the country was evenly split between the blue states and the red states at the end of the last election?

Bush came in saying he wanted to unite the country. He has done little to ameliorate the situation. In fact, I think we are as divided as ever.

The upcoming campaign is going to be nasty, dirty, and divisive. I am sure the Democrats are preparing some nasty tricks, but the Republicans are getting a head start. They have the cash and the ground is laid out for them. They are going to work the party machine and all their connections, wrap themselves in the flag, and start the unpatriotic (and un-Christian) finger pointing.

Exhibit number one:

CBS is refusing to air an ad by MoveOn, a liberal (or should I say progressive instead of that nasty L word) political organization during the Super Bowl because it is "too controversial" (they are also refusing to air one by PETA, which I know little of). You can take a look at the commercial here. They are, however, allowing the Bush campaign to air their own commercial.

While some MoveOn commercials in the past have been questionable, I see absolutely no problem with this ad other than it is true.

CBS is the same network that gave into Republican pressures not to air a crappy movie about Ronald Reagan.

Government (political) control of the media. Is this yet another slippery slope we are starting to slide down?

Now I am probably preaching to the choir here, but what can we do? Talk about it, vote and make sure other people know about it and vote as well. There is a petition you can sign, but I doubt that will do much good.

For those of you outside the US, just be sure to know that there is a lot of dissent from within this country. The US is not one giant arrogant blob, even if at times it may seem that way.

[Thanks to Kat for the links]