Natural Resources Defense Council's take on the Bush election:

[theoceansnerves]

(compare this to the NWF response that was posted in another thread)

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November 3, 2004

Dear Friends,

"What's going to happen if President Bush is reelected?"

That's a question I heard a lot last month. My answer was simple: we'll be shell-shocked for a day, and then NRDC will come out fighting for the environment like there's no tomorrow.

Well, the shock has set in. We've spent the better part of four years publicizing and challenging the president's assault on our environment. As a tax-deductible organization, NRDC could not oppose or support a candidate for president. But a lot of hopes were pinned on the ballot box as the fastest way to terminate the Bush administration's anti-environment policies.

Those hopes were dashed on Election Day. The president has prevailed, despite his horrific environmental record, which remains at odds with the views of the overwhelming majority of Americans.

It was only the threat of the ballot box -- of answering to the American people -- that caused the Bush administration to backburner many of its most destructive plans. The White House has already signaled that the attacks of the past four years are but the leading edge of a much broader assault that will come in a second term.

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http://nrdc.org/about/03novja.asp