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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:28 AM
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From The Nation, Katrina Vander Huevell
Be Careful What You Pray For
04/27/2005 @ 11:08am
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I don't claim to be as good at interpreting the apocalyptic signs of Revelations as the Christian right or the entertainment executives at NBC, but there are portents that The Lord is getting tired of the people who keep using his name in vain. I'll report, you decide:

I. Tom DeLay's sleazy lobbyist pal and tourism operator, Jack Abramoff, is making plea-bargain-sounding remarks that DeLay knew about everything.

II. Dick Cheney's choice for UN ambassador, John Bolton, whose temper is only matched by his moustache, has been left hanging in the wind by the conscience of Republican George Voinovich, an event as miraculous as the parting of the Red Sea.

III. Bill Frist, Harvard MD turned born-again creationist, lost control of his Republican caucus during the Bolton hearing and seems unlikely to regain it for the filibuster nuclear option, making his born-again presidential campaign conversion seem as foolish as it is transparent.

IV. George Bush's umpteenth push for Social Security privatization was undermined by the worst stock market drop since 9/11. Then, his Earth Day speech was scuttled by a freak hailstorm.

Is this the end of days for the Republican majority? I leave that to a higher power to decide. But they should be careful what they pray for.




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There is just something beautiful about watching the cabal self-destruct....:)







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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:30 AM
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1. Here, here!
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:35 AM
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2. OMG
let this be true.

I'm just hesitant to get too terribly excited having spent this last 4 plus years thinking on innumerable occasions. . ."oh this will surely be they're undoing," to no avail whatsoever.

But it would appear that the bogus veneer of austerity and righteousness may well just be starting to crack.

I truly hope it is so.
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november3rd Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:35 AM
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3. She has a nice way of putting ideas together
She managed to put all of the big four under one umbrella and still get them soaking wet!
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 12:30 PM
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6. LOL... I love the way you described that!...
:7
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:36 AM
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4. Katrina.
--IMM:bounce:
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 10:37 AM
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5. This is encouraging.
I live for the day when it all comes crashing down around them.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 08:16 PM
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8. I hope you live far beyond that...I expect it VERY soon....
:D
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-05 01:02 PM
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7. very nice
"making his born-again presidential campaign conversion seem as foolish as it is transparent" :rofl:
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