21 more days until "our long national nightmare is over."

[Cyrano]

When Nixon left Washington, his congressionally approved heir, Gerald Ford, said, "Our long national nightmare is over."

This time around, given that some of the worst tyrants in history still control the American levers of power, I intend to go on holding my breath for the next 21 days.

Nixon managed to "rehabilitate" his image, as much as was possible for a prick of his magnitude. Some even called him a "statesman." Of course, those who called him that are the same whores who think that Bush/Cheney are "statesmen."

I personally don't think that Bush, Cheney, or any of their henchmen will ever be prosecuted for the countless crimes they've committed against humanity, the American people and our Constitution.

But even though Bush may pardon himself and everyone in sight, there are civilized countries on this planet that will not recognize such a pardon. There are countries they will enter at their own risk. There really are countries that will arrest them as war criminals.

Too bad our country isn't one of them.

[bdamomma]

1. yea, our nightmare is over? this bush regime nightmare should

begin with them being held responsible for their deadly acts, how many people have died because of them??? and we the people, are waiting for some other country to take some sort of action, Cheney is laughing his a$$ off at how he succeeded screwing and raping the country and us for his own selfish greed.

[Cyrano]

2. If Bush issues a blanket pardon, there is not one single thing we can do.

Unless, of course, we too think the Constitution is just "a piece of paper."

We are handcuffed by the laws that (most of us) take seriously.

If Bush/Cheney and the rest of them are to be held accountable, it will be up to some other country, or an international court (the Hague) to do so.

[Rebubula]

3. Punishment

That will never come.

I am just thankful that they will be out of power for at least 8 years.

I live just outside of DC and plan to stay home on Inauguration day. DC will be a glorious madhouse, but I am too old and have done the Inauguration thing many times. I will, however, be drinking champagne all day long.

[Cyrano]

5. Yes, it will be a remarkably wonderful day.

I often wonder what most northerners felt when Lincoln issued a blanket clemency to the South. More Americans had died in the Civil War than any war in history right up until the present.

Most Southerners probably hated his guts even after John Wilkes Booth murdered him.

Yet today, even though millions of Southerners voted for Obama, the BIG SOUTHERN PRICK, Mitch McConnell and his ilk, will do everything possible to keep Obama from moving the United States into the 21st century.

[Fireweed247]

4. we still have fake Democrats to deal with

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have been supporting the corporate empire every step of the way. We've got Joe "Bankruptcy bill" Biden and Obama's plan to keep Gates on and allow them to change the name of combat troops to support troops and keep them there indefinately. Yes GO TO SLEEP-that's exactly what they want.

[Cyrano]

6. Okay, MaryL, if you want a "perfect" world, go vote for Palin or some other Thug.

The Democrats aren't perfect or close to it. But no Democratic president would have desecrated American values and our Constitution to the degree we have seen in the past eight years.

Want perfection? Go watch "The Wizard of Oz." Want reality and at least some semblance of fairness? Then put up with less-than-perfect Democrats.

[Fireweed247]

7. I'm not looking for perfection, just expecting them to uphold their oath of office

They all took an oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution...patriot act, illegal wiretapping...not to mention enabling and sometimes pushing the looting of the nation(see bailout)

I expect our public servants to work for the public not the corporations, is that asking for perfection?

I am particularly pissed off that over one million innocent people have been killed in Iraq and Bush and Cheney are going around patting themselves on the back for a job well done and this is only possible because the Democrats have enabled their lying rhetoric.

[Cyrano]

8. I couldn't agree with you more. And our alternative, at present, is ... ?

[Fireweed247]

9. There is no good alternative

We just need to stay awake and demand our Representatives start respecting our Constitution. It seems to me the place to start would be the idea that Congress thinks they actually made illegal wiretapping legal retroactively...it doesn't work that way. The Constitution declares it illegal, it's illegal. Now either they fix that or we throw them in prison. This is OUR country not their country.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. But we'll live with the nightmare of "signing statements"

last minute gifts to his buddies and contributors, dispensations to allow continued pollution, etc. His legacy will haunt for a while.

Not to mention this little war thing that he started. We'll live with that nightmare for years.

[Hubert Flottz]

11. "our long national nightmare is over."

We wish...

We will be finding out about the government boobie traps the bush gang has set for years, IMHO.