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If all goes well, Bush will be defeated in November, there won’t be a postponement of elections (no longer a tinfoil hat idea, since the Great Heroes Ashcroft and Ridge were looking into how to do just that recently) and we will have a transition to an administration that doesn’t believe it has an inherent superiority and the right to go worldwide to kill people and take stuff. Is the battle over at this point? Not even close. We’ve still got substantial issues to deal with. Not just trying to implement our ideals of fairness and equality for everyone; we will unfortunately have the same battle we’ve had all along. The NeoCon administration may be ousted in November, but the NeoCon power structure won’t even be phased. Freepers are still going to be around, and likely will get more shrill. Here’s the reason why: Following 9/11, Bush*, in his “with us or against us” speech (and other speeches too) implied that in effect, 9/11 gave the US the right to do anything to anyone at any time, so long as it addresses terrorism. Bush*s real policy is that the rules don’t apply to the US. We have the 9/11 trump card, and we can do whatever we want, no real reasons necessary. Those of us that stood up and questioned why we were attacking a country that clearly wasn’t a threat were resoundingly clubbed with the 9/11 card repeatedly. We could see where the policy was going to lead, but many Americans couldn’t and still can’t. The reason so many still cling to the 9/11 card is that it is so ego-satisfying on a base level. It’s exhilarating to see yourself and your country as superior to everyone else, and the logical extension of the “We’re the US and we went through 9/11, so we can do whatever we want” is that our rules, our wants, our way, is the only thing that matters. It’s so ego-stroking it’s almost godlike. And it’s afflicted 40% of the population Try to picture someone who always gets what they want. The word that likely comes to mind is “spoiled”, isn’t it? This is what we have to fight: the freepers have a spoiled mentality. Since they have that mentality, the only thing that truly matters to them is that they get what they want. They truly believe they are entitled to have Bush* become President, because they support him and it’s what they want. This is why, whenever someone gets in an argument with a freeper, they eventually fall back to talking about 9/11-it’s their validation that the US was wronged, and is entitled to do anything now. Bush* is the face that they put on that belief. Are they going to simply go away if Bush* is ousted? Get serious. We will be hearing how Kerry is a traitor to the US for not killing everyone on Earth in revenge for 9/11 for the next 4 years, and afterwards if he’s re-elected. They made Clinton’s presidency, the most economically successful administration in 40 years, a continuing harassment. It doesn’t matter how Kerry’s presidency works out, they’ll do the same to him. If you think the “Clinton Chronicles” was over the top, just wait… I support Kerry for President. I intend to fight for him. But we’ve got a long road ahead of us before we can get the US back on track, and it only begins with getting Bush* out of the White House. It doesn’t stop there-it starts there.
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