Certainly for Bush. We now have 4 more years of this guy, except now the gloves are off. He’s no longer beholden to the people for re-election, but with a return to the private sector looming large on the horizon, he is as much as ever a slave to the special interests who put him where he is today.
Here are my predictions for the next 4 years, and I hope to God I am wrong about every one:
1. Our air, water and food will become increasingly contaminated, with devastating health consequences in the coming decades.
2. The income gap will continue to widen, jobs will continue to be outsourced, and class conflict will become more pronounced.
3. The conflict in Iraq will increase in intensity as the Arab world begins to rally around the Iraqi insurgents. More Americans will die in Iraq than died in 9/11.
4. As Bush & Co. continue to funnel resources into “taking the fight to the enemy”, our domestic security will get even worse, leaving us exposed to another terrorist attack.
5. Bush & Co. will threaten military action against a third country, probably Syria, possibly Iran. This will further galvanize the Arab world against the U.S.
6. There will be an attempt to detonate a nuclear device in either Israel or the United States.
7. The Democrats in Congress will be even bigger pussies than they were after 9/11 and George W. Bush will appoint at least 2 ultra-conservative judges to the Supreme Court. Separation of Church and State and Separation of Powers will no longer function as they once did in our democracy.
8. The internet will become the primary source for news—an increasing amount of TV coverage will be coverage of what the “internets” are saying—and this will result in an electorate even more polarized and misinformed than they are now.
9. We will lose England’s support in the Coalition of the Willing.
10. No matter what happens, George W. Bush will not admit , take the blame for, or attempt to correct mistakes.
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