Was it worth enduring the Bush* Cabal if Republicans are marginalized for a decade or two

[Winterblues]

because of this last decade? I mean if Republicans are done with Governing America now for a quarter century would this last eight years have been worth it? I truly hope a spike has been driven through their black hearts because of their colossal incompetence but I'm still not sure it has been worth all the damage they have caused throughout the world.

[Solly Mack]

1. No

[indepat]

8. No, a thousand times no: by 20 years, this nation will not have recovered from the destruction

wrought by junior's irresponsible fiscal, tax, and environmental policies; wars of aggression; malfeasance; misfeasance; nonfeasance; and all the other kinds of feasance committed upon governmental institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law. No, a thousand times no. :P

[Solly Mack]

10. What you said

[Arkansas Granny]

2. No.

[PDJane]

3. No.

But I'm quite sure that Americans would not have awakened to the damage otherwise; the main stream media would have gone on spinning the situation until there was martial law.

[Downtown Hound]

4. For me? Yes.

For all the people that died? I doubt it.

[movonne]

5. No what they did to this country may never be repaired....

[chaplainM]

6. Ask the surviving members of a fallen soldier's family.

Or one of those injured in the September 11th attacks.

[billyoc]

7. No way. A million dead Iraqi's so the Americans can start to get their shit together?

Fuck anybody who says that.

[Turbineguy]

9. No

But I guess it took Bush to get us here.

[BuyingThyme]

11. This is one of them Hitler questions.

Too simple.

[aquart]

12. NO.

[dkofos]

13. Only if he is prosecuted.

[Booster]

14. It wasn't worth it, but I want him prosecuted to the fullest

extent. Losing all those young people erases any good that comes from whatever happens.

[readmoreoften]

15. No. Especially since the Democratic party is continuing many of Bush's ideas.

A push to the right is bad for all.

[damntexdem]

16. No. Consider this: an 8-year hiatus in addressing global climate change.

An economic meltdown that will take years for recovery.

A rapidly-mounting national debt in place of yearly surpluses.

One could go on and on about what has been lost or broken that will take many years to mend, or that never will be.

[tom_paine]

17. NO! 2001-2008 were critical years humanity can NEVER get back.

On many things, but perhaps none more so than the environment.

Plus, here comes the Bush Depression, which will flog us for perhaps as much as the rest of the next decade, if some of the early mathematics holds true. It may not, this being 70 years later.

[Atman]

18. The Bushes and Cheney's USED the Republican party to get exactly what they wanted

We first have to accept that Bush and Cheney are not actually "Republicans." They used the recognized GOP brand name and it's established shelf space to weasel in their own fascist, megalomaniacal, self-serving world-view. No level of criminality bothered them. Classic "Ends justify the means" thinking.

Every DUer should be sent an e-mail reminding them that BushCo had this economic collapse planned from day one! Until people realize that, and the ramifications for each and every one of us, the op's subject isn't really worth discussing. Because they knew what they were doing. It was not a mistake or misjudgment or something nobody saw coming. It was orchestrated, and the people who orchestrated it will ultimately reap gazillions in profit and power.

They couldn't give a fuck what we think of them or what they did. Because to them, we're all -- Republic and Democrat alike 8) - just Cheetoh-eating basement dwellers put on earth to be exploited by the rich and powerful.

So to your question: bloody fucking hell no, it was not worth it. The joy of seeing the Republican party crash and burn will never surmount the sadness of seeing what they did to our country as they kow towed to Bush and Cheney.

.

[rvablue]

19. No. n/t

[spanone]

20. the republics are going nowhere...they will crawl down and infiltrate state, county, city politics

they are going nowhere....

No...it wasn't worth it.

[Control-Z]

21. No.

I don't look at our position now, or for the next decade or two, as a reward, or a prize for enduring eight years of Bush - or even something we had to go through to get where we are today. It was all unnecessary. It was destructive. It was a waste of what could have been 8 productive years.

[applegrove]

22. No. It is never worth it to have your way of life destroyed. All you can do is pick up the pieces

when it is over and try and walk on.

[suede1]

23. No, they have done so much damage.