So Now What...?

[miked10270 0]

The re-election of President Bush may have answered one question, BUT.....

What will Michael Moore do now? He can hardly report on a stolen election any more. He can't bang on about Bush being unwanted, unpopular, unworthy & under the White House Roof can he. Can he?

And what about John Kerry? As he returns to Senatorial obscurity, we have to come to terms with the probability that we'll never know what that thing on his head really was.

And what about the French. They issued a statement saying they'd work closely with whoever is elected to repair the bad relationships recently. Is this a bid for a conditional surrender?

Anyone with answers (or further questions)?

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[pajarito 0]

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What will Michael Moore do now?

He’ll be fine. He’s already leached off the American public enough to last him quite a while.

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And what about John Kerry?

Back to the Senate where he can crawl back under his rock and not accomplish anything worthwhile or productive for the country. Business as usual.

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And what about the French.

Well…..they’re the French. As for “surrender”, it wouldn’t be the first time they threw up their hands and got their asses handed to them.

[peacefuljeffrey 0]

I thought you were asking about, what do we do as a country now that we have the right president.

I say we put Wayne LaPierre on the U.S. Supreme Court! Make a STAUNCH, PRO-INDIVIDUAL GUN RIGHTS SUPREME COURT DECISION, and return to life as normal, with a striking of all the anti-gun laws in the U.S.

But hey, some people call me an extremist.


"Extremism in pursuit of liberty is no vice."

-Jeffrey

-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

[windcatcher 0]

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And what about the French. They issued a statement saying they'd work closely with whoever is elected to repair the bad relationships recently. Is this a bid for a conditional surrender?.

careful now, Frenchy's lurking right around the corner...!

Mother to the cutest little thing in the world...

[unformed 0]

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Back to the Senate where he can crawl back under his rock and not accomplish anything worthwhile or productive for the country. Business as usual.

I agree, and Bush can get back to work taking away what few rights and little privacy we have left.

This ad space for sale.

[SabreDave 0]

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"Extremism in pursuit of liberty is no vice."
-Jeffrey

Interesting quote dude! Bet there are whack of of folks with the same mentality blowing the shit out of your boys in Iraq!!??
Extremism is what it is, poisonous to freethinking!

SabreDave

[miked10270 0]

"I thought you were asking about, what do we do as a country now that we have the right president."

Not neccessarily the right president (Badnarik?), but a president with the mandate NOT only of the electoral colleges, but ALSO of the popular vote and the tacit endorsement of his ex rival!

Incidentally, when was the last time this happened?

Yes. Bush has been endorsed like no other president in modern times. In an election which focussed on his foreign policy performance. Since America is a democracy, it has to be admitted that Bush must be doing something right! So... We'll expect more of the same "homespun" presidency that we've had for the last 4 years, and that'll pave the way for the next Republican President (Jeb Bush, anyone?).

Mike.

PS. AS for Frenchy68 lurking just around the corner... Isn't that what the French usually do?

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[SpeedRacer 1]

I read a column on msnbc saying how its more likely that Bush's second term will be more centrist than his first term. This is the pattern that Reagan followed.
He backed it up by pointing out how Bush has so much tied up in Iraq right now that if he wants to accomplish anything with Iran or North Korea, he will be far more likely to reach out & negotiate with other countries. So probably no more invasions or pre-emptive wars for awhile.

Maybe everyone will calm down a little now.

Speed Racer
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[quade 4]

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In an election which focussed on his foreign policy performance. Since America is a democracy, it has to be admitted that Bush must be doing something right!

Had the campaigns actually been about foreign policy the results may have been different.

I congratulate Rove in his win. He knew what to spin and when to spin it.

As it turns out the things MOST important turned out to be some of the things least talked about; the "moral" issues which resonated with the religious voters of the south and mid-west. One need look no further than the the results of the "marriage" amendments to see what's about to happen in this country.

I am absolutely shocked that the Democrats did not not make a much bigger issue of Supreme court judges and I'm shocked that the youth vote was almost -exactly- the same turnout as always; 17%.

I remain deeply saddened that California was and appears that it will remain the ATM of the national campaigns with no real voice whatsoever. I'm especially pissed that we in California didn't even get a chance to pick the guy we would have wanted to run and that could have possibly won. Instead that choice was given up a scant few days into the primary season.

Something in this process needs to change.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[livendive 8]

With an increased majority in both houses of Congress and no worries about re-election, it seems likely that Bush will move farther away from the "center" rather than closer to it. He's now got another term to "legacy-build", and I expect that the downward spiral our country has taken in the last four years will be increased by an order of magnitude in the next four.

Oh well, this is a democracy and the people have spoken. This election was to our country what thorns are to a rose. I just hope it's neither me nor mine that die as a result.

Of course, it'd be nice if we could also find a way to make only those people who voted for him pay off the additional debts our nation accumulates, but that's just a pipe dream.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[miked10270 0]

"Something in this process has to change."

What has to change?

Bush wins by popular vote. Surely that's a Big Full Stop. More people wanted Bush than wanted Kerry. END!

I must admit that I find the "Electoral College" strange, but on this occasion they have followed the popular vote (I think this is something of a first in modern times).

The "vox populi" has spoken. Bush has a mandate for the next 4 years (and NOT the somewhat "iffy" mandate he had before). If you follow Bush, then get behind him. If you follow Kerry, then he as said he'll support Bush as President. This is now something of a no-choicer.

All the bitching and backbiting and campaigning and democratic process has finally produced the next US President. surely now is te time for the "United" states to live up to it's name.

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[quade 4]

No. You're missing my point.

Nobody in California, even though we have 55 electoral collage votes, had any say whatsoever in -WHO- was running against GWB.

A couple of small states with rediculously early primaries that have about the same population as the -county- I live in decided for the entire Democratic party who was going to run agaisnt GWB.

That needs to change.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[miked10270 0]

So the Democratic Party has to change the way it chooses it's candidates. Perhaps by popular vote of membership to identify the 2 most popular candidates then a second ballot to pick who'll run for President and who'll be VP. But that'll involve a lot more party unity and a lot less deals.

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[tunaplanet 0]

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What will Michael Moore do now?

He's already at work on another movie according to an interview he gave today. He's claiming people were...are you ready for this...can you believe it...disenfranchised. That's right. Who would have thought Moore would play that trump card?

He kept harping on this one sign near a polling station someone put up telling democrats to make sure they remember to vote on the 3rd. This happened to be a dominent black neighborhood. Who knows how many people if any believed it.

Bottom line...I don't give a flying fuck what race you are...if you are stupid enough to believe that you were supposed to vote on the 3rd you don't deserve to vote. Period.

Forty-two