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John Cole does the heart some good:

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AMERICAblog reminisces about an ONION article regarding Inauguration day, 2001.

Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that “our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.”

Bush: “together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us.”

“My fellow Americans,” Bush said, “at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us.”

Bush swore to do “everything in [his] power” to undo the damage wrought by Clinton’s two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

Video: Saturday Niight Live Weekend Update Thursday, Crazy McCain Lady 10/16/08

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Video: John McCain and Barack Obama at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner tonight. Pretty funny.

Video: John McCain at Alfred E. Smith dinner
Politics aside, McCain was pretty funny.

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Frighteningly, absurdly appropriate. From Ezra Klein, via Mustang Bobby at Shakesville.

(Cross-posted at Vagabond Scholar)

Some people are still sincerely struggling over their choice for president, and there are some voters who haven’t had the time before now to look carefully into the candidates on the major issues. Okay. (I would think most people at least would have a take on Iraq and the economy, and know the candidates’ positions on Iraq, but okay.) Engaged but undecided voters are one thing, but proudly or lazily ignorant voters are another matter. These days, it’s possible to catch up on the debates online. Anyone can read the candidates’ websites for key policies. The media’s actually been doing some fact-checking, and good blogs certainly do so. Obviously the hard-core yellow dog voters are going to vote for their party regardless, and added to that, the authoritarians of movement conservatism aren’t big on the whole ‘merit and competency’ thing. But I know I speak for many when I say I’m really sick of worshipping the “undecided voter.” Yes, it is a key voting block. But good grief, why is this choice so agonizing? There’s this guy named Bush who’s been in the White House for almost eight entire years, his party’s been in power for most of that time, and it’s hard to miss that their reign has been kinda a disaster – actually, multiple disasters. One of the candidates, McCain, has voted the Bush line over 90% of the time and has nearly identical policies on major issues. Fer gawdssake, is it this really so goddam hard?
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Video: Alan Kalter gives his VP debate wrap up on David Letterman

Screen grab from MSNBC.com:

Bush Economy
Well, DUH!

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