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...took a while--twelve years actually--but we're finally going to have a Democrat in the White House come January. It's about time. Us college-age types have lived through the reign of only one other Democratic president, and childhood memories of his hapless administration are faint. Since Carter's well-meaning but incompetent four years, Republicans have achieved the inconceivable goal of both ruining America and convincing American voters that things are peachy. They've done all this, of course, with political masterminds like Roger Ailes and Jim Baker, campaigns that divide America by race, sex, religion...
...think so," he said. "I think now wewill move into the reign of Jesus. People will goto heaven from every group on the face of earth...
America's shoudl be too, both in the figurative and the literal sense. The last time Republicans controlled the White House for four straight terms was from 1920 to 1932. That reign ended after Hoover stewarded the country into its worst depression ever. The worst since then, of course, is the current recession, which has hit during Bush's watch...
...Although stocks reacted favorably last week in response to reports of higher corporate earnings, fewer jobless claims and signs of a rebound in housing, analysts say the market is looking forward to a change in the White House. Not so the bond market, which has enjoyed a 12-year reign of sliding interest rates and tamed inflation...
...turning the sea to acid. Clouds of soot from incinerated forests darkened the sky, hiding the sun for months. Worldwide, the temperature dropped precipitously, killing off most of the plants and animals that had survived the initial cataclysm. Though some species would linger on for millenniums, the reign of the great reptiles was finally over...