Okay, a slight exagerration....
However, I do see this as the decline of a civilization. With Europe and a smattering of first world nations such as Canada decriminalizing pot, expanding the definition of marriage, and supporting progressive science, and with China, India and other ambitious nations catching up, four years of all this will find America ten years or more behind by the time the Bush administration finally has to walk away after a war-weary public finally dismisses them in 2008, psychologically scarred and too intellectually bankrupt to do think their way out.
BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE....
The Bush administration will be overconfident, and if they're going to make any sloppy mistakes, inadvertently expose themselves, now's the time to catch 'em. Analysis of voters throughout the election confirmed that there was a stark division between those with post-secondary education and without. Speeches and policies will even be more strongly geared to the oblivious and stupid.
With perseverance, someone smart can catch them at something everyone will notice. I know there are smartapples out there who will unhappily say that the lies of Bush and the thinking parts of his team have already been discovered, published and cross-referenced. However, what's been missing is the soundbite, the watergate, the big slip before the eyes of the world that outrages liberals and bible-thumpers alike. For this is needed Woodward and Bernstein, Kenneth Star, whatever works.
It can be done. The feeding frenzy over a blowjob that dogged Clinton to the end of his presidency can find its analogue in the Amercian lexicon. The best part of it is that if Bush is every cornered on anything good he will not nearly have the panache to recover the way Clinton had - he'll sputter and rage and roll his eyes. It's a better time to root around for humiliating truths than ever before. We can get him.
The other heartening thought is that Kerry nearly overturned the most highly-funded spin machine in human history by uniting its opponents. Let's not quibble over a few percentage points - a hair shy of half of this year's voting public united against Bush, and they're still around, and just getting warmed up - the best part is a lot of them are young. We could have four years that will put the sixties to shame. Hippies, shmippies - shit will go down to make Timothy Leary Blush, that will make Abbie Hoffman look like Ben Stein.
THE PARTY STARTS NOW.
LET'S GET BUSY.
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LET'S GET BUSY.
John Barlow wrote:
i'm calling it a draw
so once the key republicans are prosecuted for their crimes it'll be a democrat majority
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