Is is 11-7 already sown up? Has Karl Rove handed his Republicans victory on a silver platter and we don't know it yet?
If the Democrats regain control of the either the House or Senate, then the war with Iran cannot proceed. The Republicans are working overtime to pass all the totalitarian legislation they can now. Should the unthinkable happen (to the neocons) on 11-7, Bushco will still be able sidestep Congress and the courts.
I don't know what is really going on. I do know that the first casualty of war is the truth. Is our military really that bad off? Because our enemies read the same press we do. Propaganda fills the airwaves and pervades the Internet.
Do not ascribe to a conspiracy what can be ascribed to incompetence. Conspiracy theories abound. Some conspiracies are real, but for every 10 conspiracy theories, there might be one real one. How can you tell the difference? I'm not qualified. I've been wrong numerous times.
Has anything stopped or even slowed the march of these people, these theocratic neocons. The abuses of Guantanamo, of Abu Ghraibh, of secret prisons, of torture. None of it has stopped, perhaps marginally slowed down, their advance. Nothing. Not even the natural disasters of Katrina and Rita have derailed them. They are relentless. They are like the Terminator. To paraphrase:
"Listen. And understand. That neocons are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."
They are filled with a terrible resolve. A resolve that unless stopped will turn America away from the dream upon which it was founded, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's already turning. Can we stop it? We can't go back to what it was. We can only go forward to find a new American identity. A dream that cuts across all social classes, all races, all religions. One that makes the dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone possible not just the top 5%.
All who oppose the neocons need a plan B come 11-7. They need to be prepared for an election disaster. To the neocons we are unhinged moonbats. We are like a noisy dog behind a chain link fence. An annoyance but not a hindrance.
Should the unthinkable happen to the neocons and the Democrats regain control of the House and Senate, they have a long road ahead of them. They have a huge mess to clean up. One that will take far longer to deal with than it took to create. They will still have to deal with terrorism, the monstrous Federal debt accrued, the mass migration of "illegals" into America, our dependence on foreign oil and dirty coal, the erosion of our civil liberties. It is overwhelming to say the least.
We cannot demonize our enemies the way they do. Then we'd be no better than them. They have a human face. They are our political opponents. We still have to deal with them. You can have compassion for a mad dog even if it is incapable of understanding what is wrong with it. You still have to deal with it.
Update [2006-9-21 13:12:28 by londubh]: - I changed the title from "Will 11-7 be the Democrat's 9-11?" to something more meaningful. I was trying to convey that not regaining control of Congress to restore the balance of powers on 11-7 could be a disaster. Of 9-11 proportions? Probably not, but bad nonetheless. I'd prefer to leave it up for comments no matter how harsh they are.