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Magnanimous Defeat

November 6th, 2004 · 1 Comment · News and Politics

A must read essay by John Perry Barlow describes a lot of what I’m feeling now. A few days later, it still hurts. Knowing that most of the country hates me and doesn’t believe I deserve the same rights they do just plain sucks.

Here’s a reason to look forward to 2008. During this term, some of Bush’s debt will come due and he’ll have a hard time repaying it. The situation in Iraq will continue to deteriorate. He’ll struggle to clean up his own messes and he wouldn’t be able to blame it on Clinton or the Democrats. By 2008 the country will be looking for a change. We need to start planning for 2008 now.

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  • 1 /dev/random » Blog Archive » Silver lining // Aug 24, 2005 at 9:43 pm

    [...] TPMCafe points out a good thing about Bush getting re-elected (exactly as I predicted in this entry on Nov. 6): The situation in Iraq will continue to deteriorate. He’ll struggle to clean up his own messes and he wouldn’t be able to blame it on Clinton or the Democrats. By 2008 the country will be looking for a change. [...]