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Bret Cahill <
BretC...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > > It makes it look like the GOP is desperate.
> >
> > Did the Democrats "look" desperate during the Dubya's presidency?
>
> Was there ever anything more to BushCo than a motley coalition of
> three unlikely interests that only had only had one thing,
> desperation, in common?
>
> 1. the jingoistic media desperate because of the internet trying to
> relive the military glory of WWII. They were _hoping_ "9/11 changed
> EEEEEEVERything."
What most of "they" were hoping had changed in "everything" was the end
of division and a return to the shared sacred narrative of America.
That wasn't gonna happen: those days are long gone. So it was, indeed,
silly to think 9/11 could end problematic divisions in American society.
The doers and leaders will continue to share the sacred narrative among
themselves, of course...Ever increasingly inside gated communities.
Where crime is low, people stay married for life, and everyone works.
>
> 2. GOP "market" economists desperate from the high tax Clinton
> economic boom as well as The Question, and,
The Question is just your way of being an intellectual coward.
However, if you're trying to claim we're drifting away from capitalism
and liberty with a will, under Republican governments and Democrat
governments, alike...well I certainly agree with you.
>
> 3. last and least, the neocons desperate about Muslim oil wealth
> being able to buy any Russian thermo nuke scientist
So desperate were they, they forgot to lift a finger to secure or
control the "Muslim oil wealth."
>
> Why do you think the Dems never ran anyone in 2004? Jingoism is the
> last refuge of a dying political party.
Itąs been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on
this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to
America.
[...]
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and
responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and
look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if
this financial crisis taught us anything, itąs that we cannot have a
thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers in this country, we
rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and
pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
[...]
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our
time to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for
our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to
reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that
out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we
are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we canąt,
we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a
people:
Yes We Can.
Jingoism is the last refuge of a dying political party, but in the case
of the Democrats, it seems to be the FIRST refuge...and, perhaps, only
refuge.
>
> BushCo was doing a better job at taking out the GOP than any Democrat.
>
> As Pelosi keeps saying, "BushCo is the gift that keeps on giving."
"After the Democrats lost in 2004, Ms. Pelosi talked to consultants
about how the party could win, rather than resigning itself to minority
status. Their suggestion, her advisers said, was to 'take down' the
president."
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