Reply #46: Heretical views follow... [View All]

[sendero]

... I've been thinking more and more about the coming election, and 2008. I'm at peace with whatever happens. Why? Because things are so far gone at this point, if we had Dem control of the senate, house and executive - we could not fix them in any reasonable timeframe, say 4-8 years (election cycles).

I'm becoming more and more of the opinion that we'd be better off letting the Republicans have it long enough that by the time they're really done, in say 2012, they will be out of power for decades the damage will be so apparent and there being nobody to blame.

If we get control now, there is nothing we can really do to quickly undo the damage and the Republicans will successfully blame us for most of it because, well, Americans are just not that tuned in to reality.

It's possible that the economy will already be sucking so much wind in 2008 that Americans will have turned around, but the timing is iffy. It might take another year or two for the full disaster of Republican policies to be evident.


So - I'm happy if Dems win, but if they don't it's merely political capital in the bank. We WILL get to spend it someday, and it is earning interest every month.