Happy Days Are Here Again-A Perfect Storm Is Brewing

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Rising Unemployment

Mushrooming Defecits

Foreign Policy Debacles


I'm already dreaming about what Democratic control of all three branches of government will be like.

Happy days are here again...

[JHB]

1. Just remember all the slop we have to shovel through...

...before we get to the "happy days".

[demnan]

2. Well we have to make sure the vote is legitimate

and we have to convince the rest of the country first, but it's a start.

[ClintonTyree]

3. I wouldn't wish............

the pain and suffering from Bush's policies on anyone. I REALLY, REALLY wish Bush was a good president and that had good policies and that everything was warm and fuzzy. However, you are correct. The Moron in Chief has to go. Our first MBA President was been an abject failure, and the people of the ENTIRE world are paying the price for his idiocy.

[stopbush]

15. "Our first MBA President was been an abject failure"

They should have told us that MBA stood for Major Bullshit Artist.

[ConLaw]

4. if dems count on bush to fail, they will always lose

People don't like when dems hope for the country to suffer. And no, Bush doesn't have to fail for the dems to succeed.

Rising Unemployment

Unemployment is still historically low. it would have to exceed 10% for it to even become an issue. That, however, isn't going to happen.

Mushrooming Defecits

Walter Mondale thought the exact same thing. He campaigned on this partly, and lost 49 states. This issue doesn't matter when you don't answer the question, "so what?" And this issue really doesn't matter when people are more worried about a nuke going off in Chicago.

Foreign Policy Debacles

Just like Enron right? The most the dems will ever get out of this is being able to argue that you cannot trust this man to wage war. Given that is something, but crying "NO WMD" will result in defeat. And none of these will be enough if the dems don't come forth with their own alternative on national security.

[oneighty]

5. We will

as a nation ALWAYS be subject to a nuclear munitions

going off someplace or another in the USofA as long

as cargo ships enter US ports and unload cargo unexamined.

But it takes money for a meaningful search of incoming containers.

By cutting taxes there is no money available for that important task.

Pre-emptive strikes against countries that might have a "Nuclear Program"

is not a defense.

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Papa Bush Lost And Unemployment Was 7..2%

Bush inherited the greatest economy in the history of the republic(low unemployment, a budget surplus, a rising stock market) and he drove it into a ditch. Unemployment doesn't have to hit 10% for it to undo Bush.

I can't imagine what a 10% unemployment rate would feel like. A rate we have only seen once in the last fifty years

Walter Mondale lost forty nine states because he was a poor candidate who was running against a popular incumbent in a time of an improving economy. A brief history- Reagan inherited a lousy economy from Carter that got worse under his presidency but than was turning around by the time the election came. As Geraldine Ferraro said "Jesus Christ couldn't have beat Reagan in 84".

Foreign policy debacles- Bush has already lost fifteen points as a result of the "illusory Iraqi nuclear threat" brouhaha. I can't wait to see the fallout when the Blair government in the UK falls as a result of Blair joining in on Bush's Amazing Misadventure.

The only point I agree with you on is we need a candidate that is credible as a commander in chief.

As another great Democrat, Vince Lombardy said, "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" and the "Perfect Storm" is the luck we need.

[librechik]

14. Democrats hope that Republicans will wake up and notice the suffering

of everybody else besides them THAT ALREADY EXISTS!--that's what we hope for. People who say that we're "hoping for failure" when we point out problems are just trying to stab the messenger in the back.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. The world is paying a stiff price...

for one man's incompitence. That's right 5,999,999,999,999 people are suffering due to the actions of 1 person!!!
A HORRIBLE INJUSTICE!!!

:mad:

[scrutineer]

8. Huh?

That news is awful! Why are you happy about it? People are hurting out here in the real world.

I don’t view politics as a game where I’m HAPPY because “MY SIDE” won.

I want good policies enacted, and that’s why I oppose Repuglicans.

If Repug policies EVER worked, I’d support those policies. Unfortunately, their policies NEVER work. NEVER. It’s almost as if they’re actually TRYING to get it all wrong all the time.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. The public is waking up

I'm unhappy with the way things have been going but I am happy that it looks like people may be starting to wake up to it.

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It Was Bush's Ill Conceived Policies That Created The Aforementioned Mess

I'm not happy there's a mess but I am happy the mess will result in something better.

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I Am Happy That Events

have demonstrated the inefficacy of Republican policies. I'm sorry that I can't repeal the laws of cause and effect.

[Solomon]

16. Sorry Pete. I agree with both of you.

On the one hand, I don't think the poster meant it the way you are saying it. On the other hand, I'm sure the poster would have used a better choice of words, if he/she'd known that some people would interpret it that way.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. I'm Not Happy People Are Hurting

but I am happy that the events I discussed might lead to Bush's defeat. Period.

BTW, you think the Republicans wanted Clinton's presidency to succede.