potemkin
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The US isn't going to fall over today because Kerry conceded. There is no need to commit suicide.
The US isn't going to be a cornucopia because Kerry conceded and Bush is the winner. There is no need to plan for anything other that life as usual.
OBL isn't going to nuke the US. The risk is the same which ever party is in power. He hates the US and the position it takes with regard to Israel. No party can risk the political heat for ditching Israel no matter how much smack they talk.
The House and Senate are still relatively close in numbers. No one has a supermajority to get things done without at least the tacit approval of the other side of the aisle. If Kerry would have won the other side didn't have enough to override a veto without gaining the other party's support for a 2/3 override.
We still have the Civil Service which still runs the day to day operations of the government. Parties can come and go but the Civil Serice workers are still there. Remember your Civics? This was why it was formed to get away from the spoils systems everytime the Presidency changed hands.
The US Supreme Court is still fairly balanced. Conservatives say it is stacked with Liberals and Liberals say it is too conservative. Seems to me with these complaints from both sides it is at the level that is appropriate. Decisions over the last few years has swung from one "side" to the other "side".
The US didn't end up Papist when Kennedy won, we didn't have a nuclear war when Nixon won, we didn't become Communist when Carter won, we didn't militarize space when Reagan won, again no nuclear war when Bush I took office, no socialized medicine when Clinton won, and there was no Cicil War II over Florida voting when Bush II won.
The countries around the world have been disappointed whenever we have elected a President. Others in the world will dislike the United States no matter which side gets elected. They dislike the Nation and use the man in the office of President as the excuse.
If we picked out president based on the wants and polls from other countries would we even be a viable country?
Like I said, take a breath, life goes on.
No matter who is in power we need to watch them like a hawk because, after all, they are politicians.
The US isn't going to be a cornucopia because Kerry conceded and Bush is the winner. There is no need to plan for anything other that life as usual.
OBL isn't going to nuke the US. The risk is the same which ever party is in power. He hates the US and the position it takes with regard to Israel. No party can risk the political heat for ditching Israel no matter how much smack they talk.
The House and Senate are still relatively close in numbers. No one has a supermajority to get things done without at least the tacit approval of the other side of the aisle. If Kerry would have won the other side didn't have enough to override a veto without gaining the other party's support for a 2/3 override.
We still have the Civil Service which still runs the day to day operations of the government. Parties can come and go but the Civil Serice workers are still there. Remember your Civics? This was why it was formed to get away from the spoils systems everytime the Presidency changed hands.
The US Supreme Court is still fairly balanced. Conservatives say it is stacked with Liberals and Liberals say it is too conservative. Seems to me with these complaints from both sides it is at the level that is appropriate. Decisions over the last few years has swung from one "side" to the other "side".
The US didn't end up Papist when Kennedy won, we didn't have a nuclear war when Nixon won, we didn't become Communist when Carter won, we didn't militarize space when Reagan won, again no nuclear war when Bush I took office, no socialized medicine when Clinton won, and there was no Cicil War II over Florida voting when Bush II won.
The countries around the world have been disappointed whenever we have elected a President. Others in the world will dislike the United States no matter which side gets elected. They dislike the Nation and use the man in the office of President as the excuse.
If we picked out president based on the wants and polls from other countries would we even be a viable country?
Like I said, take a breath, life goes on.
No matter who is in power we need to watch them like a hawk because, after all, they are politicians.