Date: November 12, 2006 9:30:39 AM PST
Subject: Fwd: Opposing View of Post-Election 2006
The Democrats didn’t win anything; that’s hogwash. Bush was buried
beneath an avalanche of bad news which was timed to begin with the
release of Bob Woodward's book "State of Denial," followed by the
National Intelligence Estimate (N.I.E.), Lancet's Iraqi casualty report,
the Mark Foley page fiasco, and a barrage of ethics scandals, corruption
investigations, and intensified coverage of the war. It was a
carefully-coordinated coup intended to install "adults" (like Robert
Gates) in positions of power, change the policy in Iraq, and remove
Rumsfeld and Cheney from office.
It's quite illuminating to observe what lesson (if any) the Republican Party learned from the midterm "tsunami" of voter disapproval (significantly spearheaded by disgrunted Republican voters voting for the opposition party in protest). Rove, sensibly, blamed his Party's losses on the blatant selfishness displayed by corrupt GOP congressmen, but those corrupt GOP congressmen blamed the President for sabotaging the GOP's miniscule "majority" margin by dismissing Rumsfeld after instead of before the election -- thereby revealing that they're convinced their unethical or illegal behavior doesn't even matter, their ONLY concern being how cunningly stupid sheeple voters can be herded into voting booths to vote Republican!
Date: November 12, 2006 8:39:37 AM PST
Subject: [Fw: Opposing views of Post-Election 2006]
*The Great Revulsion*
By Paul Krugman
11/10/06
[... ...] Tuesday's election was a truly stunning victory for the Democrats. Candidates planning to caucus with the Democrats took 24 of the 33 Senate seats at stake this year, winning seven million more votes than Republicans. ....
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*Cheney in a Box*
By Mike Whitney
11/10/06
[......]
The Democrats didn’t win anything; that’s all hogwash. Bush was buried beneath an avalanche of bad news which was timed to begin with the release of Bob Woodward's book "State of Denial," followed by the National Intelligence Estimate (N.I.E.), Lancet's Iraqi casualty report, the Mark Foley page fiasco, and a barrage of ethics-scandals, corruption investigations, and intensified coverage of the war. It was a carefully-coordinated coup intended to install "adults" (like Robert Gates) in positions of power, change the policy in Iraq, and remove Rumsfeld and Cheney from office.
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