Neocon Democracy

The New York Times reported 1/23/06 that the "U.S. Spent $1.9 Million to Aid Fatah in Palestinian Elections." Clearly, the version of democracy which the neocons want to spread around the world is the type we have here, where their money rules. U.S. politicians prostitute themselves to special interests, such as Abramoff and AIPAC (see blog entry "Why Iraq? Part 7" 1/21/06), in order the raise the obscene amounts of cash necessary to pay for the exorbitant but requisite TV ads. At one time the idea was floated around that since by rights the public should own the airwaves anyway, free TV and radio time should be available for candidates. That idea was soundly squelched by the status quo. On the bright side, it is refreshing to see that elsewhere in the world, as in Palestine and Iraq, there is immunity to neocon dollars.