Either Way We Win...

This bit of wit and Wisdom is from my younger brother David out in So-Cal...

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We Win

Tomorrow is it. America will go to the polls, hold their noses and cast
their vote as to who will be the next president of the United States.
The great thing about this country is that we eventually will know who
the winner is without the muss and fuss of troops in the streets and
press releases from unknown locations. That's great, seeing as we've
already have plenty of that during the previous four years. If we're
lucky, we may even know who the winner is at the end of tomorrow night. But with the election so close and such anxiety in the air, I've come to what I think is an important conclusion regarding the prospects of John Kerry to overthrow the current occupant of the White House.

That conclusion is that we've won, regardless of the final tally.

If Kerry wins, well, that opinion is quite obvious. But if Bush manages
to win this, it doesn't really matter. OK, it does matter, considering
the track record he's already working with. But if the cards and the
courts and such do go his way, what's going to happen is that he will
find a way to implode during his second term. It's almost clockwork
that second presidential terms go worse than the first, whether because of bad policy decisions or scandal. Even Clinton had to deal with Monicagate. And when that happens, a reenergized Democratic Party - and maybe some pissed-off moderates within the GOP - will be ready in '08 to really take America back.

This is not meant to be a doom-and-gloom prediction that Bush will win
on Tuesday, 'cause I have a feeling there will be some surprises
tomorrow night. But if it goes Bush's way, it's far from the end of the
world. Rather, it may be the beginning. I've never seen the Democrats
as galvanized as now. Moderate Republicans and even some traditional conservatives are grumping over the moves of this president - Pat Buchanan's American Conservative magazine even endorsed Kerry (though it really was far more of an anti-Bush diatribe). And the passions aroused by this election and the last one won't easily go away if W. is victorious.

This is a great nation, full of successes of the past and promise for
the future. I told friends in 2000 that the U.S. is too strong for one
man to destroy it in just four years, and I think I've been proven
right. We're battered, bruised and annoyed, but we're still standing.
Hopefully our long national nightmare will be over after tomorrow. But
if it's not, stay tough. There will be a reckoning for George Bush one
way or another - and when it happens, get some good seats in the front
row, 'cause it will be one hell of a ride.


I'm Dave Waldon, and I approved this e-mail.

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David Waldon is a freelance entertainment journalist and critic.
He is also a regular contributing writer for the magazine 'Glued'