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redsoxliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 05:03 PM
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november 3
> 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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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 05:06 PM
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1. please tell me I'm dreaming
This cannot happen! I know I'm doing everything in my power to prevent it.

People need to wake up now before it's too late!
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 05:15 PM
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2. You left out the constitutional amendment assuring that...
...marriage is between a man and a woman and that the prison capacity in the country will be tripled and that the official religion of the United States will be Christian, that all public schools will be vouchered out of existence and that English will be the only recognized language in the U.S. OR.....

November 3, 2004 George W. Bush placed under house arrest for high crimes and misdemeanors while serving as president.
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haydukelives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 05:24 PM
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3. OR:
John Kerry wins and the world is saved.
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