:Looks like their "mandate" is up. They have a two term president and they still can't get anything accomplished. Not only do they have a two term president they have a majority in congress and they still can not get anything accomplished. The goals they have set are unattainable and will not come without cost. One of the worst things any leader can do is to over estimate exactly how much power they have. I think we all know that 51% is not a mandate.
They have a quagmire in Iraq, they are losing troops and there are not any so called 'patriots' lining up at the recruiting stations trying to fill the needs of the military. These people preach war, but they don't want to practice it. God forbid they have to get their lazy asses up and actually join the military, or send their kids to the military. Only works when it is someone else's kids doing the fighting. Selfishness is one of their hallmarks.
And we thought that there was too much bickering in the Democratic Party! These people can't even decide who is leading their party. Is it the corporate attack dogs or is it the zealots on the pulpits? Who knows, they don't even know. On one hand we have Laura Bush making jokes about George beating off horses, and the other we have Dr. James Dobson having convulsions because two women want to get married and be treated like any other married couple. Polar opposites? I'd say so. Did someone get played in 2000 and 2004? I'd say yes, and wager a guess that it wasn't me!
On one side you have a group of people who will screw over anyone for the almighty dollar on the other hand we have a group of people that wants women to have long hair and long dresses. Nuts to that! That is the problem with greedy self-righteous people though, they don't even trust themselves. And that my friend is a very good thing. A very good thing indeed.
They have lost their credibility and they have lost the trust of the American people. They have closed door "Town Hall" meetings which exclude anyone who may ask something that mildly resembles a question. People see this and people see through this.
The shrills are losing viewers, and people are starting to turn away from their hate speeches. People are starting to see through statements like "Liberals would not have fought WWII" and "Liberals Support Osama Bin Laden", and people don't like what they see on the other side. They see liars who have only manipulated their fears and played them so as to buy their books. The likes of Coulter, Hannity and Limbaugh are laughing all the way to the bank. Now, only now are these people finally starting to see that people like O'Reilly, are not "looking out for you", they are only looking out for their pocketbooks. This is what happens when you have a party that is based off of greed, money and power.
The president has the lowest ratings of any second term President. Remember the whole "mandate" thing from above? Yeah, well it doesn't exist now, and it didn't exist on November 3rd 2004. President Bush scraped by the skin of his teeth, just like he has done all of this life.
They have milked all the money that they can. They have taken a record surplus and turned it into a record deficit. Now they want to mess with my social security, I don't even think so. No way.
The machine that we have all worried about is starting to rust. That is a good thing; give us a chance to repair what they have already destroyed, before they completely destroy everything. They worked hard to get the machine in place; I will give them that, good thing for us they didn't know what to do with the helm once they had their grubby little fingers on it.
Now we just have to wait out the storm, because I see some sunlight in the forecast for 2006 and beyond!