I predict this, my friends:
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People will realize that there is no balance in a repub. controlled senate, congress, and presidency, so I predict that the republican majority in the legislative branch will be very short.
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If 1) happens, I see a coup in trying to Dubbya impeached.
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The Dems will come up with a new battle plan and will start backing one candidate for president and start it up early.
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If 1) happens, a filibuster will happen for every single Supreme Court justice nomination will occur.
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At least one new Supreme Court justice will be appointed by this time.
Please note that I am not going to publicly announce my party affiliation, nor am I endorsing any particular party.
Laundry list (gathered from some so-called “fringe” groups):
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Abu Garib
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Halliburton’s involvement, as more will come to the surface as time rolls along (esp. if a power shift comes in Washington, again)
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Other things having to do with the war on terrorism.
I saw a little more mainstream editorial on this. I fail to remember where, but you could look it up, as it was only published within the last couple of weeks. I apologize for not knowing the website address or the author’s name, but did read it when it came across my desk.
Why I say 2006? This is only IF a shift in legislative power happens. There are not enough votes in the Senate to do it, right now.
What do I always say? The Dems want their pound of flesh for:
a) Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
b) The Florida debacle (in which the President is STILL blamed).
c) Loss of power
I predict this, my friends:
- People will realize that there is no balance in a repub. controlled senate, congress, and presidency, so I predict that the republican majority in the legislative branch will be very short.
We need this. I didn’t think Kerry would be a fantastic leader, but he would have brought some balance. We’re sliding too far to the right.
In 1988, I was a Republican. I haven’t changed that much, and now I’m considered by most to be a looney leftist liberal. The Republican party has moved further and further to the right, such that moderates are now practically liberal by Republican standards. The current Republican party is not the Republican party of my father, nor even that of Ronald Reagan. Those two new Republican senators really scare me…
Balance is needed…
Search for “Impeach George W. Bush” and you will read what is just on the outside of the mainstream.
Do I want it in particular? Not really. I did not vote for either party, as my beliefs are just a bit outside of what the two parties can offer myself.
I am not saying these things to pick a fight, Brian286. Provoke discussion, yes. But let’s not get personal, okay?
What happened in '94? A Democratic choke-hold on the congress and the presidency was broken by the “conservative referendum”. That was a very good thing, even though it made some of my friends cringe.
The voters will see the need for balance, and I think the first couple months of the new Congress will make people re-think their voting decisions.
I have a feeling that there will be a witch hunt for the moderate-leaning republicans.
What burns my craw is that we’ve been force-fed the myth that the direction the R is going is TRUE conservatism. Spending like a drunken sailor and having less to pay for the spending is NOT the conservatism that I grew up with.
I say witch hunt because of the far-right guys like Limbaugh say that you cannot be a moderate, you are only a conservative or a liberal. He also says that liberal hate America, which I find this thought process filtering down through to normal people is QUITE disturbing.
NO, hate and payback DON’T get us anywhere, and I would rather NOT see any of it.
But if the opportunity does open itself up, I do see revenge on the horizon. A LOT of people feel wronged. I am not at liberty to say whether or not I can justify their feelings. And I CERTAINLY will not endorse any of it.