{"id":180,"date":"2003-10-05T08:01:43","date_gmt":"2003-10-05T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=180"},"modified":"2003-10-05T08:01:43","modified_gmt":"2003-10-05T12:01:43","slug":"a-call-the-bushies-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"A Call the Bushies Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think Nader<\/a> is right to some degree. The American people underestimate their power to influence their representatives in D.C. and at the very least should exercise their right to become involved and voice their opinions.<\/p>\n

But I think Nader is being a bit naive on the degree that voice influenced the speed in which the ‘no call’ effort was embraced by the Bushies. There are plenty of issues that have stirred an outpouring of dissent and those opinion makers are still struggling to be ‘heard’ by the Bush administration.<\/p>\n

The ‘No Call’ initiative serves the Bush administration well. They can be perceived as doing something for the ‘little people’ when in reality the move is serving one of the biggest businesses around, the RNC. I read the other day a lot of their new donations are being solicited over the phone. It seems to me the public would be much more receptive to those phone calls now that George has put the kibosh to the others besides freeing the lines for them.<\/p>\n

Update: It also frees those lines<\/a> for military recruiters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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