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November 9, 2006
Country makes sense
Wel the election is over that the biggest winner IMHO was common sense. I'm absolutely amazed that after billiions of dollars of marketing and spin, the center of the US figured out what was going on.
Of course, the left and right haven't changed. 9 out of 10 democrats voted democratic and 9 out of 10 republicans still believe firmly in Bush, the war and that we are just not working hard enough to prevail. but, the great center figured a few things out. Some of us have been worried (me among them) that we were headed for a 1984 Orwellian democracy where yes meant no and no meant yes and freedom meant imprisionment.
While I'm sure historians will write lots and lots in the future about these last six years, for me it has been truly remarkable to see the free flow of information actually work. In the end, it wasn't the legislature nor the judiciary that stood in the way of the "executive presidency" but the 4th estate, the free press and most importantly, the Internet had a huge impact.
In the end, US politics IMHO will again end in a muddle and that is just fine with me. As for what to do with Iraq and so forth, the die is cast, just taking over a country doesn't work. It didn't with Vietnam and it certainly doesn't in Iraq (or Afghanistan) for that matter. I only hope that not too many more servicemen and women will die (and be maimed) before they are back home.
Posted by rich at November 9, 2006 6:48 PM
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