A sign of things to come
Obviously I'm in a fairly despondent frame of mind right now, and the front page doublespeak from the Republican Party isn't doing much to soothe my seething mind:
That's the first headline from Reuters. Here's the one just two lines below it:
In other words, more of the same from the man who promised four years ago he was a "uniter, not a divider," and then proceeded to enact policies that were outrageous to a tiny fraction shy of half the population of this country. Four more years, indeed... four more years of Bush saying one thing while his administration and the Republicans on Capitol Hill do the other.
And the American people actually voted for this man. I feel sick, and we haven't even begun the second four years of the Bush Dynasty.
Bush Wins Re-Election, Reaches Out to Foes - 27 minutes ago
President Bush won re-election to a second four-year term over Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday and promised deeply divided Americans he would earn their support and trust.
That's the first headline from Reuters. Here's the one just two lines below it:
Republican Congress Set to Push Bush Agenda - 3 hours ago
Republicans, having expanded their control of Congress, were positioned on Wednesday to provide greater help to President Bush to push a stepped-up conservative agenda in his second term.
In other words, more of the same from the man who promised four years ago he was a "uniter, not a divider," and then proceeded to enact policies that were outrageous to a tiny fraction shy of half the population of this country. Four more years, indeed... four more years of Bush saying one thing while his administration and the Republicans on Capitol Hill do the other.
And the American people actually voted for this man. I feel sick, and we haven't even begun the second four years of the Bush Dynasty.
posted by Bob at
3:14 PM
2 Comments:
Is it really as bad as all that? Is God not in control?
-elle
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Anonymous, at 9:47 PM
Of course you're right... God is in control, and he always is. I don't know if that means he appoined GWB to be his man of the hour to shepherd his people as a faithful leader, to scourge them as a loathesome tyrant, or something in between those two extremes, though. I imagine that God's people felt fear and distress as they were repeatedly invaded and carried off into slavery... yet all of this was God's will, too.
"Thy will be done," our confirmation lesson today, is one hella scary thing, when you think about it too hard. Perhaps that's why Jesus was sweating those blood drops that night.
But, as I said, you're right, Elle. I don't mean to say he can't achieve his goals through a second GWB administration. But that doesn't help the dread I feel right now.
We'll maybe have to carry this on in e-mail. ;)
-B.
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Bob, at 11:17 PM
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