An interesting little tidbit I heard on the radio today: Apparently millions of Iranis were dancing in the streets celebrating GWB's reelection. Now that would be a real coup if Iran were to shake off its radicalist government.
Can you point me to an online report of that event? This is the first i've heard of such a thing. In fact all the reports that I've read across numerous online news media reported no response whatsoever to the re-election of Bush. Perhaps i'm just not reading the write news sites?
Another interesting post election quirk. When a Democrat is elected to the Presidency, there is seldom an outcry for healing and consideration of the other party and seldom a discussion of "mandate", but just let a Republican get in office and there is an immediate demand for the President to reach out to heal the divide and a question about his "mandate." As far as I'm concerned, the President (Democrat or Republican) has only one mandate: to implement his campaign pledges, and it looks like that's exactly what GWB intends to do.
Yea, and that's exactly what those of us who voted against him fear the most. And quite honestly i wasn't clear what Bush's campaign pledges were until he gave the victory speech earlier this week.
Much as I would like to see the bitter vitriolic die down, I doubt that it will happen.
I'm hoping in about 4 years.
It will be interesting to see what becomes of the Democratic Party in the next four years. We have witnessed two attempts in a row to sell an Eastern, ultra-liberal (bordering on European socialist), elitist product to the electorate, and in both cases the product failed to sell (leaving aside the Florida situation where no rational discussion is possible). In both cases, the people in the middle have sent increasing numbers of Republicans to the Legislature. When will the Democrats come up with candidates that have any consideration for the people in the middle? We have just witnessed the fact that billions of dollars and questionable support by major news media cannot sell "I hate GWB" to the people in the middle. The tired old Democratic rhetoric: GWB will ruin Grandma's social security, enslave the blacks, etc., etc. is just that: tired old rhetoric.
To you, perhaps. Here's a fun nugget of data: http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php
I commend Zell Miller for his contributions to the campaign. He didn't support GWB because he is a Republican, but because he sincerely believes that the Democratic Party has abandoned the principles that once made it a great party.
Ya know, Collins, I would have been truly awestruck if you didn't commend the Emporer^H^H^Zell Miller. That guy fell off the truck a long time ago. I could start espousing the principles of the Repbulican party while calling myself a Democrat for the same effect.
Beginning in the 2000 election and continuing much stronger in the 2004 election, the internet has altered the political spectrum in favor of better and more instantaneous access to the news. Prior to the appearance of the political blogs, Dan Rather would have been able to sell his forged document to an unsuspecting public, and the distorted view of the problem of missing explosives at the weapons cache would have been taken at face value.
Ahh, that felt good. End of ramblings.
Glad you feel better. Karl Rove would be proud.
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