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Thursday, November 04, 2004

Smack, Crack, Bushwhacked

I just hope that in four years time, I will look back at W's second term and find my current fears to have been exaggerated. Time will tell.

But right now, it seems to me that Bush, strengthened by a popular majority and a firm Republican hold on the Senate, could become even more radical than he has been so far. Nevermind his talk about bridging the divide, or unifying America - this man is about to create a lasting legacy. And I fear that the next four years might bring about changes, both in America and, naturally, the entire world, that will shape the nature of international politics for much of my lifetime.

Who knows. To repeat the first sentence, just to make this post look a bit more optimistic: Maybe - just maybe - in January 2009, when it's all over, and America has a new President (and a new Vice President?), we will all look back and say that one sentence that I love so much: It could have been worse.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tolle Aussichten wenn du mich fragst! In dem Fall bleibt uns nichts Anderes übrig als die nächsten vier Jahre auszuharren und dann kräftig die Daumen zu drücken für ein Team, das das WEISSE Haus mal gehörig aufmöbeln wird...
Und übrigens, diesen einen Satz, den Du so liebst, spricht man mit Vorteil mit ungarischem Akzent aus: "Es hätte auch schlimmer kommen kennen..."
(-->Insider, bei Unklarheiten wende Dich ungeniert an Landau, Englisch1/4)

Judge Jonathan said...

"Es hätte auch schlimmer kommen kennen..."

Darauf habe ich gewartet! :)