Step right up, folks. Get your tickets here! The Greatest Show is about to

[AndyA]

begin!

OK, I have a confession to make. I was told to ignore the man behind the curtain, but I didn't. I went back and took a peek. I'm pretty sure you can guess who I saw back there. The puppet master, the big guy behind the curtain was Karl Rove. And laid out before him was his Master Plan, the next chapter of which we are about to see.

This is the chapter leading up to the November mid-term elections. With so much in the GOP going to shit this year, there is a carefully orchestrated scheme in place to offset the damage, protect their interests, and ensure that they hold on to their lead in Congress.

Some things we've all known for a long time. Bush is an idiot. He cannot be depended on to always do the right thing. No matter how they rehearse him, prop him up, drug him, or whatever, he still is an embarrassment. So steps have been taken to counteract the mistakes Bush makes.

Rove is a slick criminal. He knows that bad news is due any moment from Patrick Fitzgerald, and he likely knows who is next on the list to be indicted. He also knows that the SEC investigation of Bill Frist could reveal bad PR before the November elections, a potentially damaging event for the GOP. DeLay's trial won't happen until after the November elections, how lucky is that? But with so many other underhanded, illegal acts under their belt, it's anyone's guess which dirty deed will be revealed for public scrutiny next.

So, Rove has orchestrated a series of "feel good" events, along with renewed emphasis on some old issues, to entertain the American people through the summer and into the fall election. Capturing terrorists is just one of the "feel good" events, and the Gay Discrimination Amendment (aka Marriage Amendment) is one of the old issues that will not be allowed to die, as it's just too stimulating to the GOP's Satan worshiping "Christian" :eyes: base.

Yes indeed, folks, you can be sure that it will be an interesting couple of months ahead of us. Where the ball drops, nobody knows, but one thing is for sure: it will be a fight the whole way to see if the carefully orchestrated "feel good" and old issues the GOP has created garner more attention than the GOP scandals revealed and the real issues do.

Stock up on popcorn, and fasten your seat belts!

:popcorn:

[TomInTib]

1. I'm in.

This is gonna be good.

Like an old Vaudevillian dancing on marbles.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. And don't forget to add the E S&S tabulators that can't count votes!

[fasttense]

3. I want to see them spin our 1929 economic plunge.

The republicans have been feeding us 1900s economic policy. Now we have moved past the roaring twenties and are moving into 1929. Let's just hope Greenspan's replacement really knows what he is talking about. His theory is that the great depression could have been avoided by.... printing more money. I hope it works, because if it doesn't, the only people who are going to have enough to eat are those recently created multi-billionaires.