Bush's third term? You're living it

[go west young man]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KI03Df02.html

It sounds like the plot for the latest summer horror movie. Imagine, for a moment, that George W Bush had been allowed a third term as president, had run and had won or stolen it, and that we were all now living (and dying) through it. With the Democrats in control of Congress but Bush still in the Oval Office, the media would certainly be talking endlessly about a mandate for bipartisanship and the importance of taking into account the concerns of Republicans. Can't you just picture it?

There's Dubya now, still rewriting laws via signing statements. Still creating and destroying laws with executive orders. And still violating laws at his whim. Imagine Bush continuing his policy of extraordinary rendition, sending prisoners off to other countries with grim interrogation reputations to be held and tortured.

[Apollo11]

1. Let's wait and see what Obama has to say on Wednesday

A lot of this anti-Obama commentary is generated by writers with pages to fill and blogs to update.

After 2 years of "Obama is the messiah" it was inevitable that the backlash would come at some point.

[rfranklin]

2. Sorry, actions speak louder than words....

And, so far, there has been little to disspell the points that this writer makes.

[WVRICK13]

3. Amazed, Confused and Flabbergasted

is the only way I can describe how I feel about American politics. Maybe I should add scared shitless. No matter who is on power we are not seeing real change and the Republicans are still framing the issues and running the show. I sit because they are a majority? Or are we totally fucked? I wish I was old enough to retire and get the fuck out of here. Things are scary. I love the President but it appears he can do nothing to change our path.