The oracle, the font of wisdom and virtue, The Onion, published this story at the time of Bush's inauguration: "Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over." They must have been eating Frank Herbert's "Dune" spice to see the future, because they wrote:

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.

OK, maybe that was easy to predict. They also wrote:

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.

According to the Onion, Rush Limbaugh said:

"Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

Let us remember when we had the chance to avoid all that, and not feel fear about our less-favorite Democratic candidate. I call everyone that refuses to vote for Hillary, or Barack, fatuous idiots for placing some dreamer's version of principle over good sense.

Hello, Democrat Party. I hear CNN reporters using the construction, even people on Air America, referring to a "Democrat candidate" or similar. Ted Danson, supporting Clinton, used the term on Stephanie Miller's show.

I used to be a Democratic voter.

I'm annoyed that the Democratic Party has not fought to stay that. Did they agree? Or did they hope it would go away like Kerry hoped about the Swift-Boaters?

Since I am becoming a Democrat voter I am going to start always referring to Republic candidates and voters. If I'm going to sound like a bureaucrat they're going to remind people of the limits on democracy inherent in their policies.