On 7 Feb 2004 08:39:51 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Dale Scroggins
says...

Both the Republicans and Democrats should be careful what they wish for
this election cycle. While the economy will most likely improve enough
this summer to help Bush's reelection chances, we could witness some
truly interesting times within the next decade.

How 'bout this for a possibility: Bush is reelected by a narrow margin,
has a truly disastrous second term on many fronts, resulting in the
near-destruction of the Republican party for a generation.

Interesting. I always wondered if the contest between gore and
GWB was broked in the back room. Ie, the democrats said, 'no
thanks, we don't want this one. You folks go on up ahead and
take the point.'

I think if I knew that your theory was correct, I would vote for
bush in november.

Jim

Chuckle..the political pendulum has been swinging to the Right for
about 8 yrs. It has been Left for about 40 or so..

The Republican party is stronger today than it has been in over 40
yrs, and there is no danger of it crashing down anytime soon. Its
replacement someday in the future will be a more libertarian one.

The Democratic party on the other hand..is in shambles. The rats are
deserting the sinking ship and the far left wing extremists that have
decided to go down with the ship are alienating even the few folks
that might have considered trying to bail the bilge.

9 candidates for president? And each and everyone trying to cut the
throat of the other guy.. indeed..there is some party cohesiveness?
Notice that only the extreme Lefties are given DNC support? Edwards
and Lieberman were too moderate and look what happened to them..hung
out to dry.

Frankly.. the Dems are now a party of leftwing extremists..their
membership simply has either not gotten the hint yet, or are trying to
ignore it out of party loyalty. Shrug.

The country as a whole is far more conservative now than it was even
10 yrs ago. Hell thats one of the reasons Bush is getting so much
flack from most everyone, as he is not the Conservative he campaigned
to be. Bush is a moderate, and is pandering to both the moderates and
the mainstream Dems. This is the one reason a hell of a lot of us on
the Right are not happy campers with him. He is too moderate. The
Lefties would hate his guts, no matter what, even if he sung the
Internatiale and changed his stripes to Socialist, so their opinions
are of no value.

This will indeed be an interesting year.

Gunner

"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas