Is everyone happy this morning?

Are you now convinced that the system works?

Even those hackable touch-screen machines from Diebold?

Well, they must work because the Dems won big and the Reps had control of them . . . so obviously we don't need to change anything there . . .which would be too expensive anyway. Right?

And now that the Dems have the house Conyers can start some REAL investigations, with subpoenas and everything . . .Right?

And we can now get our selves out of Iraq, and impeach the despicable asses that made this problem in the first place, and send them off to the Hague for their war crimes trials wrapped in chains, and repeal all the unconstitutional stuff Dubja pushed through. Right?

I don't believe it for a minute, and you shouldn't either.

This "bigwin" was because we were on the edge of actually doing something real and that had become publicly obvious. These election results will calm everyone down while we all congratulate ourselves and then go home toforget about it.

And our Fascist masters will continue along their merry way as always, but perhaps with less exposure than before.

Keep in mind that NOBODY can get elected to anything without corporate money behind them, and that money comes with the expectation of a return. This fact applies to Democrats and Republicans alike.

NOTHING has changed except that the general perception of our very real problems has now been blunted to the point where everyone will (with great relief) go home and forget about the mess yet again without actually doing anything.We certainly won this battle and it did indeed feel good . . . but I fear it is going to cost us the war in the long term. And now it is time for all to loudly proclaim that Cushman is just a crank and can be safely dismissed. It is all so sadly predictable.

William B. Cushman, Ph.D

Not likely Bill, read on............No one but no one is paying attention to this: The Bush Administration has quietly stolen the National Guard away from the states.

Our Long National Nightmare Has Just Begun: Like Cornered Rats, GOP Losers More Dangerous Than Ever


As ugly secrets surface, Bushists will turn desperate. Democracy has failed their grand schemes; token resignations like Rumsfeld's come too little, too late. Only tyranny can save their skins. Will the beleaguered neocons led by Cheney and Bush, cornered like rats, unleash their brand-new police state on their political opponents? Or will they tough it out and suck up the fines and prison sentences to come? The next year or two could go either way.

The nightmare is not over.

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by Ted Rall permalink http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/2816