pherris's Journal: Snake eyes

Well, it looks like bush is on his way back to Washington barring a miracle in Ohio and the RNC picked up three Senate seats (totaling 53) and four House seats (totaling 228 out of 448 or 53%). The US is now 0wn3d by the RNC. They can pass a law without any outside help.

While this will effect almost everything, the SCOTUS' (Supreme Court) make up might be one of the biggest. Chief Justice Rehnquist (currently being successfully treated for thyroid cancer) is 80, John Paul Stevens is 85, Sandra Day O'Connor is 75 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 70. Rehnquist, Stevens and O'Connor are RNC appointees, Ginsburg is a DNC appointee. It's likely atleast one of the first three will leave the bench to take advantage of the current RNC stronghold.

The next four years is going to be like Nixon's second term: pure dirty tricks.

Sigh

[Elpacoloco]

We got owned like my mom's windows box.

I agree

[slothman32]

Well on the plus side is that the country will end up so bad that there will be another civil war. Unless the people are stupid and want to be ruled under an iron fist, like they did under Hitler.
Of course since I brought up Hitler everyone on the right and most on the left will say "Well Bush is not that bad so you must be crazy." I can think they are crazy for "knowing" he isn't or for believing in God without proof. At least Hitler was kind enough to produce a "Mein Kampf" to tell us of his enemies. We d