W's era described in a single phrase or sentence in 2050 A.D,

[Swede]

Fin de sicle?

[DebJ]

1. catastrophic success

[teach1st]

2. Triumph of the mediocre despots

[SharonAnn]

3. The Dark Years, The Dark Ages,

As I think Hunter S. Thompson said

"Big dark coming soon".

[gospelized]

4. i like the idea

of his name having a * next to it in history books, indicating that he wasn't a real president.

[TwilightZone]

5. One word...

Corruption. I believe that Bush's tenure will go down in history as one of the most corrupt.

Once Kerry is President, I expect that we'll slowly but surely learn more about how corrupt this administration really is/was.

The unfortunate thing is that Bush will likely pardon all of those involved before he leaves. Preemptive pardons for all.

[antigone382]

10. Welcome to DU, TwilightZone

Very astute observation for a first post; I think you'll like it here.

:hi:

[TwilightZone]

16. Thanks, glad to be here.

Should be an interesting month! Hard to believe that the election is that close....

[punpirate]

13. I said something similar...

... yesterday, but I didn't word it as well as might have liked. Pardons can be given by a president for presumptive criminal acts up to the end of the president's term, but cannot apply to future criminal behavior.

So, yes, there will be many pardons for what occurred during Bush's term (and before, certainly), but they can have no effect on what these bastards will do later.

But, without question, historians will come to see this administration as one of the most corrupt since McKinley's, and easily, one of the most driven by right-wing ideology. It won't come out immediately, but it will come out, eventually.

Cheers, and welcome aboard.

[TwilightZone]

17. Prior criminal behavior is the key for the current administration

Particularly in Cheney's case. He has a lot that he'll need to be pardoned for.

I agree that history will see this administration as extremist, particularly in light of the closeness - and controversy - of the 2000 election. I expect that many historical texts will include something similar to, "Despite losing the popular vote, Bush pursued a partisan conservative agenda as though he had received a mandate."

Though, in reality, Bush does believe that he did receive a mandate. Not from the people, but from God himself.

Perhaps history will also see Bush as delusional. We do already! :)

Thanks for the welcome.

[kayell]

15. But...Can a illegal pResident actually perform and effective pardon?

[DRoseDARs]

6. Weapons of Mass Deception. eom

.

[Mojambo]

7. Embarrassing n/t

[stellanoir]

8. bad intel=sheer stupidity

[proud patriot]

9. The bush years of Deception

[dumpster_baby]

11. propaganda-driven neofascist corporatism n/t

[goodboy]

12. Worst four years ever...nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. "The Decline and Fall of the American Empire" (n/t)

[aeolian]

18. FUBAR

Or, if for some reason the Italians have taken over: "Fubarissimo."

[Redleg]

19. Clusterfuck.

EOM

[FizzFuzz]

20. Un-American (n/t)

[zbdent]

21. A momentary lapse of reason

followed by the new age of enlightenment . . .

[Nimrod]

22. It's a bad, bad, bad, bad President

:)

[TahitiNut]

23. Idolatry of Ignorance

[FizzFuzz]

24. ooh yes, very apt n/t

[hatrack]

25. Into The Abyss nt

.

[FizzFuzz]

26. how about mass psychosis? n/t

[not systems]

27. The myopic era.

[xcmt]

28. A thought.

"The Bush presidency can be characterized as the era in American politics where the boundaries between authority and criminality were found to be porous."

[anelson]

29. The Age of Fear and Anti-intellectualism or simply....

The Age of Bush.

[mmonk]

30. The Fall of America

[K-W]

31. Backlash against liberal reforms.

I think that about sums it up.

[morgan2]

32. the rise of american facism

[sweetheart]

33. buildup to world war 4 and the fall of the first american republic. n/t

.

[SoCalDem]

34. The Reign of "Terra"

:)

[annabanana]

35. What 2050?

If we don't get him out NOW, there won't BE one.

[Jacobin]

36. Return of Caligula

[Cleita]

37. I think it will be "The Twilight" of America as a super power.

Bush has exposed all our vulnerabilities to the world. They now know most of our weaknesses.

[Mrs_Beastman]

38. fascist nepotism

[autorank]

39. "America descended into a period of mass clinical dissociation as a...

result of the 9/11 trauma but quickly bounced back better than ever following the election of John F. Kerry as President (now regarded as one of the two or three best American Presidents)."

[Dems Will Win]

40. Dystopia

[FizzFuzz]

41. cool!

:thumbsup:

[Ron Green]

42. The extreme swing of the pendulum in the direction of Neo-conservative

empire building, followed by a return to world leadership by example rather than by force.