Come - make your predictions here!

[The Heretic]

Since the GB (especially them Demos) seems obsessed with the elections, I think it would be a good idea to have a thread where the obsessed make their predictions about the political future of the USA. In 2 years we can come back and see how totally incorrect or prescient everybody was.

My predictions?

1) Repubs will take this as some kind of mandate (they already are) and will try to somehow resurrect the "Contract with America". At first they will have some momentum but they will eventually lose steam just like they did before, and it won't come to much.

2) Demos will grieve and moan over their loses, make dire predictions about how the Repubs will ruin us and that we are all doomed. Eventually they will get back into the fray and the status quo will resume: As the economy continues to stumble they will blame it on the Repubs, even though the government has little influence on the economy. If the economy recovers, and it will eventually, they will take credit for it, just as will the Repubs, even though neither had much to do with it.

3) Bush will continue to push his "anti-terrorist" legislation and we will continue to lose some of our rights to the misguided concept of valuing security over freedom.

4) Few things will change drastically as the doomsayers predict. Some things for the better, somethings for the worse, pretty much as it has before.

 

[The Heretic]

BTW - the reason I made it multiple choice was so you could vote for a range of choices encompassing the spectrum of what you think might happen. You are of course encouraged to make specific predictions in posts, but I would discourage turning this into a debate thread. Just make your predictions and let other's make theirs without clogging it up with debate.

In 2 years we can come back and see how right we were.

 

[bknight2602]

You forgot the "other" which I would have voted for!

I predict tht the sun will rise in the east tomorrow!

 

[Guest]

You forgot the "other" which I would have voted for!

I predict tht the sun will rise in the east tomorrow!

No, it won't in England. It'll be raining all day long.

 

[The Heretic]

You forgot the "other" which I would have voted for!

I predict tht the sun will rise in the east tomorrow!

The sun? What's that??

Do you mean that strange yellow orb in the sky? I saw that last year for about 5 minutes. I thought it was a blimp or something. I live in the Pacific NorthWet and we rarely see anything in the sky except clouds. If we look up we drown - even when inside.

 

[teddybear4play]

I think anyone who thinks the world will go to hell in a handbasket is severely overblown, just as the ultraconservatives who said so when Clinton was in office turned out to be wrong as well.

Nobody has the kind of political savvy to make that much of an upheaval in American society in two years — not without a serious backlash.

TB4p

 

[peachykeen]

My choice - "yeah, um, I think I'm just gonna stay over here across the pond and watch for a while" didn't seem to be available.

 

[Shiner]

No, it won't in England. It'll be raining all day long.

Rained so fucking hard today I had to strap floats to my cat.

 

[The Heretic]

Assuming people are voting what they truly feel and not for giggle's sake (big assumption I know) - the poll seems to show some polarity (well okay, three poles).

 

[J.B.]

we're going to hell.

 

[The Heretic]

we're going to hell.

And your point is? What does this have to do with the elections?

 

[J.B.]

It's the car that's driving us there.

 

[A Desert Rose]

It's scary....

Most people are voting like me.

 

[modest mouse]

Another difficult time for those who function outside of the two-party system but inside the Govt structure.

 

[The Heretic]

It's the car that's driving us there.

I know - my attempt at humor was meant to infer that we were already going to hell for other reasons; such as being perverts and posting on Lit., etc.

 

[J.B.]

nahhh. that wont make you go to hell.

 

[ksmybuttons]

The sun? What's that??

Do you mean that strange yellow orb in the sky? I saw that last year for about 5 minutes. I thought it was a blimp or something. I live in the Pacific NorthWet and we rarely see anything in the sky except clouds. If we look up we drown - even when inside.

Living in the Pac NW, west of the Cascades, I dispute that statement. We didn't have much rain this summer, and in fact, have less rain in the summer than many east coast states. East of the Cascades it is very dry in the summer. I remember very few rain days as a child. Snow days, yes. Rain, no. Giving us a bad reputation...Oh, I guess you can keep it up.

Now back to topic. Inertia. I am thankful for government inertia in situations like this.

I still don't know if our governor will be republican or democrat. Too close to call.

I am not overly concerned about having voted in a republican senator. I was quite concerned when he first took office because he was sooooo conservative, but has now proven to be a moderate. He has good morals and that is more important than his party affilitation. Of course, we spawned Mark Hatfield who was a republican and acted much more democratic...on the other side of the coin, Bob Packwood was ours, too...

2 years until the next election...not that long in the scheme of things.

 

[The Heretic]

Living in the Pac NW, west of the Cascades, I dispute that statement. We didn't have much rain this summer, and in fact, have less rain in the summer than many east coast states. East of the Cascades it is very dry in the summer. I remember very few rain days as a child. Snow days, yes. Rain, no. Giving us a bad reputation...Oh, I guess you can keep it up.

KMB you live here in the NorthWet?? Kewl!

Oops! Sorry! I shouldn't have shouted that.

Yeah - I was just being facetious; that's me, just call me "The Facetious Facist".

It has been fairly dry this year, but being the NorthWet it can catch up in a real hurry if it wants to. All in all I prefer the sun, but it has been kind of cold (when the sun was out). That is our choice here; cold and dry or wet, cloudy and not quite so cold.

 

[ksmybuttons]

KMB you live here in the NorthWet?? Kewl!

Oops! Sorry! I shouldn't have shouted that.

You can shout it, I am not secretive.

 

[hogjack]

Insanity and chaos will reign supreme!

Hedonism will rise as the national past-time.

The price of bananas will remain relatively stable.

 

[JazzManJim]

I actually have a chance now of seeing more of the money I earn arrive in my paycheck. Well, that and there's a chance I will get more than a 1% return on my social security "investment".

 

[The Heretic]

Re: Insanity and chaos will reign supreme!

Hedonism will rise as the national past-time.

The price of bananas will remain relatively stable.

Okay, we'll hold you to that. If in two years you are wrong expect to be banned from Lit.

 

[The Heretic]

You can shout it, I am not secretive.

KMB LIVES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWET!!

 

[ksmybuttons]

It is official! We have a new governor and he is a democrat. Imagine that.

Increases in taxes all went down as did the possibility of having to pay more money. The states is definately in an economic down turn without a break in sight, so I think people were just saying, we can't afford it.

Thanks to republicans, any budgetary surplus has to go back to the people so we get these measly little returns some years. So, now when times are lean, so very lean, there is nothing to draw on. I don't run my home finances like that.

 

[teddybear4play]

Thanks to republicans, any budgetary surplus has to go back to the people so we get these measly little returns some years. So, now when times are lean, so very lean, there is nothing to draw on. I don't run my home finances like that.

Well, good, then the government can do what any of us would do in lean times — figure out a way to get by on less.

TB4p