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> You wake up. You glance at the paper as you drink your coffee. There's > the photograph from last > night. George Bush claiming victory. The unelected 43rd President is now > a legitimately elected > one. Both the House and Senate remain in Republican hands. > > You skip the article on Bush's victory dance and Kerry's concession. You > go right to the analysis > pieces. The Iraq policy will stay the same. America is in it for the > long-haul. Bush will be > moving Paul Wolfowitz to head the Defense Department. Rumsfeld is moving > to State. Bush is expected > to increase American pressure on Iran and Syria. Pre-emptive war is > possible. South Korea is bracing > for an attack from the north, now that the administration is ruling out > diplomacy as a means of > getting the north to abandon its nuclear weapon plans. > > The domestic news is that the new Congress can be expected to cut taxes > further in the next two > years. Bush is also planning to roll back a host of environmental > regulations by executive order > before Christmas. The upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court will give the > President a 5-4 majority > to overturn Roe v. Wade as well as other decisions relating to gay rights, > the right to die and the > right to prescribe certain opiate painkillers in the last stages of cancer > and AIDS. Stem cell > research will be terminated. OSHA may be abolished. > > The deficit is now expected to continue to rise steeply and more jobs will > be lost. With Bush the > first President re-elected despite net job loss, the issues of > unemployment and outsourcing will no > longer will be viewed as significant. The President is expected to create > a blue-ribbon commission > of corporate executives to come up with an alternative to Medicare and > Medicaid that would be less > expensive but more profitable. Another commission will pursue social > security privatization. > > But the main story is Iraq. Bush's Iraq strategy has been endorsed by a > clear majority of voters > which means he has his mandate for more pre-emptive strikes against our > "enemies." He is expected > to add three more nations to the Axis of Evil in his January State of the > Union. > > There is only one article relating to politics. It states that exit polls > yesterday showed that > Governor Jeb Bush is heavily favored for the 2008 Republican nomination. > Democrats favor John > Edwards or Hillary Clinton but the exit poll shows Bush easily defeating > either one. > > AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS: NOVEMBER 3, 2004. > > OR......... > >
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