Originally posted by weedwhacker
Majic, is being left-wing a bad thing? Is being right-wing a bad thing?
Is the NLG, in your opinion, a bad thing?
No, no and no.
People are entitled to think what they want and choose whatever political paths they want, and I certainly don't think that's at issue here.
Nor am I defending the Bush administration's apparent difficulties with some aspects of constitutional governance. They deserve to be called into question and addressed.
I just don't think a statement like this from a group like this is all that surprising or eventful.
Looking through their positions on various other issues, I find myself agreeing with some of them -- notably their opposition to torture, which has a strong moral foundation I happen to share.
But it also becomes rather obvious what the NLG is about, which is promoting a political agenda that is shared by countless other groups opposed to the Bush administration, and which all work together in various ways.
Without at least something to suggest a less partisan stance, a statement like this carries little weight.
Left-wingers have been calling for Bush to be impeached since Day One (e.g., the "stolen election"). If folks want to get all riled up about the NLG doing the same, good for them.
I'm just somewhat skeptical about it, have seen the same old thing for decades and am doubtful that this will have any significance in the end.
Americans will have a chance to vote someone else into office next year. Then, depending on who is elected, left- and right-wing political groups can pick up their protestations where they left off while the Powers That Be run the show anyway.
And the sun will still rise and set like it always has.
