U.S. Election Mode
Bush Sr. talking after the fall of the Berlin Wall, of NATO success stories in the Balkans and South America, and the end to the Cold War. Of world peace and freedom; peace and freedom which did not come (he goes on to say) from limp-wristed democrats who argued diplomacy over amassing of military force, diplomacy above missiles. He says:
You know, their behavior reminds me of the old con man’s advice to the new kid. He said, “Son, if you’re being run out of town, just get out in front and make it look like a parade.”
- George H. W. Bush [1992]
Make it look like a parade! On the one thousandth, nine hundred and eighty eighth day since Mission Accomplished in Iraq. Parades, bandwagons, merry-go-rounds. Welcome to Election ‘08. Where Bush has learned to shut the hell up.
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it may simply make no sense... i was young!
I can see the moon from my house. Does that mean I am qualified to be an astronaut?
There has never been a scarier time to live in this country. If McCain is elected that crazy conservative christian will be literally a heartbeat away from the presidency. And that heartbeat is a former cancer patient who realistically can’t be expected to live that much longer.
Ohio though is one of the most important state for the candidates to win. And right now Obama is leading. Though on the bright side I hear it is pretty easy to become a Canadian citizen. So we have a plan B (unlike Bristol).