Almost Four Hellish Years of Bush - Can you Imagine Four More?

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It's a terrible thought. I really hope Kerry can pull this off. We need a leader in the WH that can atleast attempt to make things right again. I want someone that will actually go after the REAL terrorists -- those that attacked this nation on 9/11. I understand that there will always be those that wish to harm the US, and kill Americans, irrespective of whether a democrat or republican is in office.

However, I want someone that actually understands these threats realistically, rather than just taking advantage of them for political expediancy and fitting them with their own preconcieved prejudices. I want someone that pursues a policy of justice and fairness when dealing with the world, rather than pursuing goals that only help a few very powerful people. I want someone that doesn't have a apocoleptical, messiahnical, world view.

I want one that will pursue policies domestically that don't favor those with wealth and power.

I want CHANGE!

Musings about a second Bush term typically assume another four years of the same right-wing policies we've had to date. But it'd likely be far worse. So far, the Bush administration has had to govern with the expectation of facing American voters again in 2004. But suppose George W. Bush wins a second term. The constraint of a re-election contest will be gone. Knowing that voters can no longer turn them out, and that this will be their last shot at remaking America, the radical conservatives will be unleashed.

A friend who specializes in foreign policy and hobnobs with subcabinet officials in the Defense and State departments told me that the only thing that's stopped the Bushies from storming into Iran and North Korea is the upcoming election. If Bush is re-elected, " Cheney and Rumsfeld are out of the box," he said. "They'll take Bush's re-election as a mandate to wage the 'war on terror' everywhere and anywhere."

The second term's defense team will be even harder line than the current one. Colin Powell will go. Condoleezza Rice will take over at the State Department. Rumsfeld will consolidate power as the president's national-security adviser. Paul Wolfowitz will run the Defense Department.

Domestic policy will swing further right. A re-election would strengthen the White House's hand on issues that even many congressional Republicans have a hard time accepting, such as the assault on civil liberties. Bush will seek to push "Patriot II" through Congress, giving the Justice Department and the FBI powers to inspect mail, eavesdrop on phone conversations and e-mail, and examine personal medical records, insurance claims, and bank accounts.

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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0407-12.htm

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Does it matter which fundamentalist religion? Women will again be reduced to Chattel.
We will have no rights over our bodies. I shudder to think of all the other liberties I take for granted as an American woman that will be denied me if this happens. Equal pay, property ownership, a drivers license, proper medical care... Where will it stop.

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that is EXACTLY what will happen. :puke:

I doubt our Country could even survive another four years of this madness, especially with chimp no longer concerned with returning to office. It is too awful to even allow my imagination to go there.

I can't imagine. That's the worst nightmare I've had in a looooong time.

then attack the NATO countries. They are bent on world domination.