Why four more years is eight too many
Salon is running an interesting look at what we can expect if Bush is reelected:
And you thought his first term was a nightmare
President Bush’s plans for a second term threaten a devastating series of far-reaching challenges to the viability of the Democratic Party itself. Under Bush’s slogan of an “ownership society,” the Republicans intend a long-term effort, using changes in Medicare, Social Security and taxes to pit better-off and worse-off Democrats against each other, offering all-but-irresistible incentives for some to desert the others—and any progressive national coalition.
Why am I not surprised? Could it have something to do with the fact that Bush has spent most of his presidency deliberately making wedge issues out of situations that he could just as easily have used to gain sweeping bipartisan support? Could it have anything to do with the fact that he goes out of his way to attack even people who support him, but simply belong to the wrong party? Could it even have something to do with the fact that he drives away people within his own party who do not totally submit to his view of how things should be?
On the other hand, I can’t help but feel sometimes that if the Democratic party loses this election, it really does deserve to be destroyed. Letting two qualified candidates fall to someone with a record as lousy as Bush’s is pretty pathetic.
