I originally posted this on my old blog, back on Nov. 9, 2005, and thought it was worth saving into the new blog. Here goes...

Let's see if I was right...
This past November, after the Shrub got re-appointed, I posted this...

"To all my Republican friends and family- We'll see who was right, when George screws up again. Who's he going to blame it on then? When your state and local taxes go up to offset the federal tax cuts, when your kids get drafted, when he starts a war with Iran or North Korea, when he runs the deficit up another trillion, when gas costs $2.50 or more, when any of that happens, then maybe you'll realize that I was right way back then."

I'm getting worried, the administration has been mentioning places like Iran and Syria more these days, perhaps laying the groundwork for pre-emptive attacks, just like they did in Iraq. The deficit is up, too, from $668.1 billion, to a projection for this year of $780 billion. Yet, he still insists on making his tax cuts permanent, even in wartime! Gas was up to around $3.25 or so, and is back down around $2.65 now. No draft yet, between the stop-loss program and recruiting in poor areas, I guess they're keeping it going so far. An amazing amount of Army officers is choosing not to re-up, so they're increasing incentives for them to stay in. I guess the crappy medical system and low pay isn't enough incentive to stay in and get your self shot or blown up. W is watching his poll numbers slide, from around 50% in Nov. 2004, to an abysmal 35% currently. People are catching on, George! If you STILL support this asshole, you're probably like those kids who put their fingers in their ears and chant, "I can't hear you! Lalalalala..."

I'm predicting that things will start to get lonely around the White House. Rove will get indicted, too, and when the Traitorgate investigation starts sniffing around Cheney, he'll resign for "health reasons." (It's not Plame-gate, exposing a CIA operative makes you a traitor! Call it what it is!) The House will swing back to the Dems in 2006, and then watch that lying sack of shit get impeached for REAL lies that got over 2035 killed so far, not for lying about getting oral sex. BTW, stop blaming things on Clinton, your boy has been in there 5 1/2 years now. He's either had his chance to fix things (a BETTER chance, actually, he has a majority in both houses of Congress!), or he's fucked it up royally on his own. Tune in next year to see how right I was...