A few months ago, in a fit of paranoia, I wrote a little fantasy, in which the Resident, after severe losses in the November elections, created a terrorist incident and then called on the lame duck Congress to let him suspend habeas corpus and declare anyone an enemy of the state.
Turns out I wasn't paranoid enough. Facing the loss of Congress, Republicans (aided by a few shameful Democrats) handed the rummy roving Dick and Bush Traveling Dictatorship all the weapons they need to annihilate American democracy.
Now, while a Democratic majority in Congress is a necessary condition for the restoration of liberty in America, it is not sufficient. What will a Democratic Congress do, and how will Bush respond?
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