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at this point that the inertia of the the anti-American forces that run our country (the BFEE, hate radio, Tom Delay, the fundies, cable "news") is so strong that we won't be able to divert its course through normal means (elections and the like). It's going to have to burn itself out. Hopefully the damage to the infrastructure will not be insurmountable, and the rebuilding will be relatively swift. the sad part is that it took 150 years or so to be the best nation ever, which then had a lifspan of 50 years or so, and now the repubs have managed to sink it in one generation. If you don't think these people are evil, just consider this one fact: they have managed to make the electorate believe that the 20th century in America was a FAILURE. It was the greatest 100 years of any civilization EVER, yet we are running AWAY from our record of that 100 years.
FWIW, I don't think it matters that much who wins the WH in November. Shoudl Kerry overcome the media, Rove and Diebold, he will have to try and get something done while battling a hostile congress, scotus, and media, so it will be difficult to even patch the holes * has made. A major success would be just repairing our foreign relationships to where we are not seen as the world's enemy. That step would make the rebuilding of the country alot easier.
I am almost 48 years old, and, frankly, after overcoming VN, gaining civil rights, surviving Nixon, and rebuilding the economy after Reagan, I thought this country could withstand anything. But the Rove/BFEE/Ailes/Clear Channel/Delay/Scalia juggernaut has proven too formidable an opponent. Luckily for us, their corruption and icompetence will being their demise sooner rather than later, and the next american resurrection will be even better. I am just going to watch from a safe distance.
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