As predicted by French demographer and political prognasticator Emmanuel Todd, the American Empire will shortly follow that of the Soviet Union's demise as we play out the coming destruction of the Republican apparatus in a dying spasm of electoral defeats and criminal investigations. The GOP will soon join the KGB on the ashcan of history.
The inner corruption and culture of arrogant ignorance has provided the spectacle of a rotting corpse heading to a political convention to nominate a man they do not want and probably will not support. McCain is starting to look dumber than Boris Yeltsin in the final days. He's self-indicted himself as a collossal dumbass with this transparent selction of a woman to attract Hillary supporters; as if women who've fought for liberal ideals all their lives would support McCain because he has a woman Veep candidate? Instead, he's alienated his fundamentalist base and probably scared off the Pappy Bush clan who must think he's nuts.
Facing this farce, the GOP would be better off to cancel due to Gustav and reschedule for the Minneapolis Airport public restroom, large enough to hold all the Repugs that will actually want to attend this circus Monday. Can you picture the congratulate Bush-Cheney spins and the panning of an audience where every next person is about to be indicted off of Jack Abramoff's testimony? This is nothing but comic relief and each night's recap on The Daily Show will be "priceless!"
Liberation is near!