U.S. Elections: November 7th, 2006

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Re: U.S. Elections: November 7th, 2006

Masses supported the 2003 invasion of eye-rack and look where we are. Then masses voted Bush in 2004 and look where we are. Now, they have voted Dems in control of both the House and the Senate and I wonder if it's the right thing to do.

I'd celebrate when Dems:

  • revoke the Military War Powers Act wihch eliminated Habeus Corups.
  • do away with the President's power to decide what's accetpable torture.
  • Undo Patriot Act.
  • support a Marshall Plan for Pakistan (:D)

With a leader like crazy palosi at the Dem helm, chances of all that happening are pretty slim. Now, if Clinton (Bill) not hillary was calling the shots, I'd say yes we'd get somewhere.

See, people underestimate Bush as a politician. Bush may be arrogant, and narrow-minded but he is a good politician. He'll play palosi like Clinton played Gingrich although Clinton and Gingrich are far smarter than Bush and Palosi.

Having said that, when Gingrich led the Repub victory to the congress he was touting a 'Contract with America'. I recently heard Gingrich talk about a revamped concept of 'spreading the democracy' to the third world. He is a smart guy. What did we hear from Palosi when she was the minority leader? A 'contract with America'? Nooooooo. Nothing. Zip.

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