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In other words, the GOP is going down. The upcoming election is just one battle, and will be either a “Their Finest Hour” or “End of the Beginning” moment. Either way, the GOP corporatacracy will fail.
Even if Boosh does pull out this election, the country is still going to be 50/50. If he does pull it out, it is because they were able to perpetuate the big lie of GOP economic/foreign policy for a little longer. Most of the people I know who support the GOP do so because of their supposed superiority in economic policy and national defense. With the economic and military disasters that are going to occur within the first couple of years into the next term, the Potemkin Village built by the GOP will collapse, and so will the GOP majority in politics. I do not think Boosh will even last the full second term (ala Nixon).
The GOP has successfully delayed the day of reckoning until after the election by diverting any concerns people may have to 9/11 and the ‘war on terra’. Also, although many on this board see the coming storm, a critical mass of sheeple buy into the ‘turning the corner’ mantra. Also, a vast majority of the country has no investment (relatives) in the branches of the military currently in harms way.
Regarding the draft, and expanding the ‘war on terra’, I think they are going to try. Problem is, we are going to run out of money before they can go very far. I feel we are going to have a fall similar to the (former) Soviet Union. As for our democracy, I still have hope. If a partially democratic Russia could emerge from the ruins of the Soviet Union, I feel that our democracy, after a thorough house cleaning, will emerge stronger than before.
Let’s face it, considering the compliant (and possibly complicit) media and unprecedented use (for a democracy) of physiological warfare, the fact that they can only manage to get 50% of the 50% who vote underscores their weak position.
Sure, things could go terribly wrong, and we could end up with a corpo-facist state. However, I think the probability of this disaster happening is low, like getting taken out by a tidal wave or an asteroid a couple of weeks after Kerry is elected.
We are in for some hard times, primarily due to GOP policies, irregardless of Kerry being elected. So, the question becomes, how to ride out the next 10 years? For myself, I plan to live in a ‘low orbital state’. That is, living simply and saving everything I can. A move to a hard ‘blue’ area is a possibility to make things more bearable. Also, these are the areas the recovery will emerge from.
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