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• Friday, March 2, 2007 11:44 AM

  coming back ...

  The conservative movement is pretty good at that.

  Let's see:

  - Conservative movement takes off as backlash to Vietnam antiwar movement

  - Nixon is forced to step down when his authoritarian tactics come to light

  - The more moderate Gerald Ford is president

  - Jimmy Carter, possibly the most liberal president is elected. His presidency is torn to pieces by both the Republicans and Democrats (many of whom became neoconservatives.)

  -Reagan is elected, and we have the most hawkish administration in US history. The administration rolls back civil liberties. The administration is tainted by the scandal of illegally funding a covert war, but Reagan is not impeached

  - The Vice President, the more moderate Bush (41) becomes president

  - Clinton, more liberal than Bush, but more centrist than Carter is elected

  -presidency goes ok, country is better off economically than it was during Reagan era (which is why Bush lost in the first place, because of the squeeze on the middle class) but Clinton is impeached ... because he lied in a civil deposition ... about oral sex

  -Bush (43) is elected, the most hawkish administration in US history. The Bush administration rolls back civil liberties. The people involved with Iran-Contra are back ... even at least one individual who had been found criminal for his involvement (but was pardoned by Bush 41).

  - Bush 43 is unpopular. Its likely that a Democrat will be elected in '08. Hillary Clinton is one of the forerunners....

  You know, those that don't learn from their mistakes and what not...

  —m.b.f.
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