I've been thinking bad, schadenfreude style thoughts . Am I alone here?

[MrScorpio]

What if Bush steals the White House again?

He'll lie and cheat to do it. that's how he did it the last time. And the people ate it up. Even some of the folks who voted for Gore. (How else do you explain previous approval ratings of over 50%?)

I hope he fucks the country so bad, it's teach the rubes a lesson not too put Repug assholes in charge of the country again.

How about if they start up a draft? We need more protests on a few campuses. Usually when there's a ruckus, it's because a team won a meaningless game. I want to see draft cards burning again.

Wreck Medicare and SS. Maybe a few thousand Bushlovin' moms and pops will wake up and start a march on Washington. That'll look good on C-Span.

The economy will continue to dip. More people will lose their jobs, their unemployment insurance will run out. They'll look out TV a see that Bush is telling them that everything is going to be alright. But it won't, of course, unless you're one of his buddies.

Maybe some Deaniac disciples will light a fire under the asses of the rank and file Dems? We need some fresh blood.

Maybe some Repug voter fraud scandals (There'll be some scandals, you can count on it), will put some local or state crooked Repug officials out office and into the pokey? All politics is local right?

Most Americans couldn't give a damn about some disaster, famine or strife overseas, even if we're responsible for it. If it blows back on us, we have a quaint way of blaming someone else. It makes me wonder when the rest of the world is going to stop kissing our asses and make their own way. I wish that a few more people will have the nerve to ignore the 300 pound gorilla in their backyard.

If he makes it back in, there has to be something good come out of. Even if it starts out really bad.

Am I alone here?

[Bunny]

1. I'm despairing now, for many reasons.

My mom, a lifelong Dem, converted to Repub during the Clinton years. She still believes in Duhbya, despite being widowed in the past year, losing half her income, having her prescription benefits screwed up, etc. She thinks GW is better than anyone else out there. How do you respond to that?

[MrScorpio]

4. There has to be a tipping point

A point when people start saying that Nixon is a Crook, Reagan is senile or Bush is incompetent.

The media needs to get involved, of course. They're going to have to turn en masse against the Bushies, because their are people like your mom who are only swayed by a bombardment of negativity from the news media.

Now I had a few bones to pick with Clinton. back in the day, on genuine policy differences, but I couldn't give a flying fuck about his bimbo erruption issues. But due to the media, most other people started focusing on Monica and ignored the boring wonky shit. Why? The media got feisty, of course.

The media got burned again and again by Bush, hopefully they'll start burning him back. After then, maybe folks like your mom will wake up and smell the cafe mocha.

[AlienGirl]

2. Sometimes I want the catharsis of a revolution

Sometimes I want to see that train go off the cliff, see the shit hit the fan because at least it would be better than a long slow descent into suckage.

Tucker

[MrScorpio]

7. Precisely.

Not that I want blood on anyone's hands. But perhaps if the pedulum shifts all the way to the right, when it comes down, it'll cut a pretty good swath.

[Madrone]

10. Not only that,

but I worry that if the Dem candidate is elected he won't be able to undo the damage Bush has done already - and since many (most?) people don't realize just HOW MUCH Bush has fucked everything up so far they will perceive (and the republicans will spin it so) that Dems are incompetant and bad for america because the Dem won't be able to undo the mess in 4 years. Bush will get none of the "credit" for placing the country in such a precarious situation, but the Dem will get blamed for not fixing it in time. The problem is, it will take YEARS to undo the damage Bush has done.

I think that people are starting to catch on, but won't fully grasp what's been going on until after the election. If Bush gets 4 more years, he'll REALLY fuck stuff up, and there's no way in 2008 his incompetance will be able to be blamed on Dems in a way that will stick.

So yeah, to answer the question, you're not the only ones having these thoughts.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I worry about him stealing it again too :(

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. it is a recurring nightmare

that I fear will get worse before it gets better

[MrScorpio]

5. If you haven't, start reading that David Corn book - Read it soon

The Lies of GWB.

I began to think that Bush is a result of what American truly stands for.

If that isn't a sickening thought, I don't know what is.

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. yes

THAT is the nigtmare

[MrScorpio]

9. Corn's point

That I felt from the first couple of chapters, is that Bush's success is due to the fact that he's so crooked and untruthful. The system rewarded him for being so over the top.

That the American people accepts his blatant lies, yet puts him on a pedestal, regardless of the consequences.

What does that say about America as a country?

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

11. Well...think about it.

Theres alot of bloodymindedness out there.

[Deja Q]

12. Well, if it's true that the oil crisis will start 5 years from now...

Prices will be so ridiculous in 2008 that everybody will see * and corporate america for what it is and elect a true liberal to fix things out.

But I'd rather see things change now.

Pity about Kucinich and Dean not winning... I hope Kerry is more liberal than he appears to be...

[Darranar]

13. I certainly hope he doesn't...

if he does...

Expect more violence, destruction, exploitation, imperialism, greed, unilateralism, and injustice. On a larger scale than any Dem.

The whole lot of them sicken me. For just one reason why, look at what they're doing in Haiti right now.

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