Let me be the first to say it: 2005 sucked. Bring on 2006!

[Plaid Adder]

From the January inauguration to the NSA spygate revelations this month, 2005 was a friggin' nightmare. Not that Fitzmas didn't lift my spirits, but let's face it: if we can't actually get these bastards out of office, chortling over their fuck-ups is not going to help us survive the hell into which they are dragging us.

I want 2006 to be the year we take back Congress and impeach the fucker. My resolution is to do my best to make it happen. I think it's within our reach. It @#$! well better be.

Ring in the new, cause the old is REAL OLD,

The Plaid Adder

[DemExpat]

1. I agree.....it sucked.

Personally it was OK, politically - worldwide IMO - :thumbsdown:

Bring in 2006 and let's hope for a change in tide.

DemEx

[tatertop]

6. 'Make the Vote Count' would be an excellent way to start '06

Even on a forum such as this it seems a lot of people
fail to understand that our votes do not count.
Perhaps we could become the 'loud little bunch.'

[tatertop]

2. Let's make sure our vote counts

This DU forum could be a great force
in making that come about. I truly believe this.

[racaulk]

3. Very well said as always, Plaid Adder!

Impeachment in 2006!:popcorn:

[Flabbergasted]

4. We'd need the house just to start the process

That would put us in 2007. Granted the process took a short time span (6 months). He'd still be in office 18 more months atleast.

Its almost better to just allow the GOP and Bush administration to impeach themself. There will be many more heads rolling in the next four years. Hopefully the public will wake up in the meantime and elect a good president in 2008.

I'd definately support impeachement though. What do you plan on doing.

[Imagine My Surprise]

5. 2005 sucked donkey dicks on a GOOD day

[unblock]

7. actually, i think 2005 was great!

2004 sucked because the election was a SERIOUS disaster (even though i maintain that america voted for kerry)

2005 saw shrub become a near-instananeous lame duck, many banana republican scandals unfolding, democrats exerting some semblance of power, and prospects for 2006 and 2008 have seriously improved.

all in all, things are looking much better than i feared 1 year ago....

[rockymountaindem]

8. I agree with you.

I began the year fearing Bush and his "political capital". I'm glad to see that turned out to be a paper tiger.

[CottonBear]

9. Well stated. I, too, am ready to leave 2005 far, far behind.

I hope that we Democrats take back the House in 2006.

[onehandle]

10. Amen! nt

[applegrove]

11. The truth hurts.

[Cleita]

12. Yes, it was bad for me on a personal level as well

as a national one. Buh bye 2005. May you never darken my doorstep again.

[Nutmegger]

13. Amen!

Let's get these Bush Inc bastards!!!

[OneBlueSky]

14. if you thought 2005 was bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet . . .

start with Iran's announced intention to activate their oil bourse (exchange) in March, and the inevitable US reaction . . . add in the fight over Bush's SCOTUS nominee, the upcoming fixed fall elections, the housing bubble that bursts, the final death of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and the high liklihood of another staged terrorist attack -- it ain't gonna be fun . . .

[FreedomAngel82]

15. I hope so

This year has been very depressing. :( :grouphug:

[XOKCowboy]

16. Personally and politically....

2005 really blew for me. I look forward to a much better 2006. A DeLay indictment would sure ring in the New Year well wouldn't it?

[liberalla]

17. Make mine a Rove indictment !

"A DeLay indictment would sure ring in the New Year well wouldn't it?"

Yes sir!!! Add a Rove and I'll be dancing for days!

[skipos]

18. VA, CA and NJ didn't suck in 05.nt

[Contrary1]

19. It sucked for me and the ones I care about on a personal level too...

so as my very good Aussie friend (who also had a crappy 2005) says, "I'll be glad to piss away this year".

[petgoat]

20. 2006 is the year of 9/11 truth. We'll have five-year retrospectives

in September.

Building up, we should publicize every 9/11 anniversary.

For instance, we've already had the five-year anniversary of Sandy Berger's
11/7/00 request that the Pentagon undertake commando raids against the al
Qaeda training camps. (The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs thought it was a bad idea, so the Clinton lame ducks dropped the
plan.)

In January we'll have anniversaries of Bush's order that the FBI drop
investigations of suspected terrorist financiers, and of Richard Clarke's
preentation to Condi of his plan to attack al Qaeda through military action and
interference with its financing.

If the American people are given the truth about 9/11, by September they will be
demanding that Bush resign.

[City Lights]

21. Totally sucked!

2005 can't end quickly enough for me. I'm not usually a New Year's lover, but I'll never be so eager to ring in a new year as I will this year. Good riddance to 2005, bring on 2006!

[Gregorian]

22. 2005 is broken.

Jack it up and put a new year under it.

2006 could not possibly be any worse. I am not affraid to say that.

Let's roll BABY!

[teknomanzer]

23. Yes 2005 sucked, but it was also a year of revelation...

In the sense that the curtain was finally pulled back and the awful truth of this administration was revealed to all Americans (even though most of us evil DUers knew what was back there already.) What was revealed... The disaster in Iraq and the lies that got us there, Federal ineptitude in response to Katrina, The outing of Valerie Plame, Republican corruption, Executive abuse of power and the creation of the surveillance state.

At this point any person who supports Bush is anti-democracy and by extension Anti-American.

2006 has the possibility of being a fantastic year for all of us, but only if we get off our duffs and fight the inevitable battle to rid ourselves of these corporate war profiteers who are draining the treasury into their own pockets. I for one pledge to get of my ass and contribute in some way this year to make it a better year for all of us.

[bloom]

24. Those are good points n/t