by Carolina
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002 at 5:59 PM
If you haven't cheked out Williams River Pitts ' Nov. 8 posting "Worse Days" on > Truthout.com, please do so. Also consider this :
> 1. An international crisis rallies public opinion around a President who won a razor thin, highly disputed election.
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> 2. The military-industrial complex campaigns for a war against a far-off foreign country which it contends constitutes a threat to US.
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> 3.Reversing tradition in off year elections, the party out of power looses seats in Congress, and its former Vice President looses an election in his home state.
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> 4. The President's brother wins a highly contested election, signaling a possible political dynasty after the President's lilkely re-election in 2 > years.
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> What is 1, 2, 3, 4 ?
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> 1- Sept. 11, George Bush in '00,
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> 2 - Iraq,
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> 3 - '02 Congressional election & Walter Mondale loses in Minnesota,
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> 4- Jeb Bush wins in Fla?
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> Right??
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> No. !! Its' 40 years ago :
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> 1 - Cuban Missile Crisis '62, JFK election in '60,
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> 2 - Vietnam,
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> 3 - '62 Congressional election & Richard Nixon loses governor's race in Calif.,
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> 4. Edward Kennedy wins Senate seat in Mass.
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> So JFK was re-elected in '64 & the Kennedy dynasty continued? No -of course, it didn't. Why?? Something to think about - the incredible
reversal of fortune in 40 years.
Original: Reversal of Fortune