The Bush dynasty has ended.

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It is obvious to all but the most bloated of minds that support Bush that the Iraq war has been his complete undoing. I've spoken with with two republicans tonight who have said just that.

Sadly we have known the outcome of this for quite some time. When this site first started up I posted an essay predicting the obvious uniting of many against Bush.

Although one person derided it as overflowing with generalities, I'm sure he sees how right I was after the entire world protested Bush's invasion. The Democratic Party has never been more unified-a point made both by Jimmy Carter and General Wesley Clark on separate occassions while the Republicans are being driven towards a large split. The religious left has become more galvinized after Bush declared that among other things Christians and Muslims worship the same god to make a case for invasion while on another occasion he ignored pleas from his congregation to meet with him over his decsion to invade-probably because Bush wouldn't waste his time with anyone who wouldn't give him their blessing. The Log Cabin Republicans are actively campaigning against Bush due to his carrying on about a so-called constitutional marriage amendment allowing marriage only between a man and woman. The families of the 911 victims are angry with Bush over his stonewalling the investigation for the last four years.

The Terror pResident as I have come to call him has tried to make a campaign out of his greatest liability: the war on terror. His advisors consist of someone whose background deals with cold-war strategies frozen over during the era of the Soviet Union. Another is one whose expertiese in politics has nothing to do with policy but everything to do with presentation. Bush himself doesn't have any sort of coherent foreign policy and likely still can't name the capitals of three different countries if he were to be asked without having a microphone in his ear.

There is absolutely no doubt now that Kerry will be the 43rd President of the United States. He is quite conservative I must admit but I also must admit that "Anybody But Bush" has (to my surprise) become as solid a campaign slogan as any have in U.S. history.

So now what? Now that democrats are poised to make strong gains in Washington D.C. it is time to look at what's next. The media will be a strong point of contention and I do believe that there will be struggles ahead to see who will control the airwaves. It will be hard and volatile to sustain but the democrats are certain to gain influence. Gore's tv network and Air America are steps in the right direction but there is perhaps the most important piece of the communications puzzle that's being overlooked: the internet.

We live in a wired world. Despite the overwhelming influence of corporate interests in broadcasting, liberal ideals have actually flourished. One need look no further than here to see just how true that is. There is the reading and dissemination of information that typified the newspaper reader but now there is the ability to also research the claims made in the newspapers and refute them (DU'ers have been successful many times in changing the focus of a news story because of this).

There is also dialog. Freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom to assemble have been practiced in ways undreamed of by constitutional scholars even 10 years ago thanks to the internet.

While liberals are seen as being fragmented and generally scattered about, the reality is that there is the welcoming of diversity and tolerance that allows for broader, more prepared perspectives to understand this world. Yes there is fighting but there is also the humanity that lies underneath.

So now comes time to look forward, not only to welcome the changes for a brighter future but also the inevitable evolution of technology and its enhancement of liberal, more humane philosophies.