Common Dreams: Recount Countdown

[Raster]

by Juan Gonzalez

Congress will close the books on the bitterly fought November presidential election this Thursday, when the House and Senate meet in a joint session to officially ratify George W. Bush's Electoral College victory.

Such certification is almost always a routine process. To most Americans, it merely reaffirms the obvious about a contest that's already history.

Bush haters should get over it and move on, they say.

But a persistent and significant group of voters is not moving anywhere, not until some straight answers are forthcoming.

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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0104-37.htm

Like the codependent victim, we continue to take cruel and undeserved abuse. Instead of kicking the bastard out, we fall for "...sorry, next time will be different", a story we've definitely heard before.

Don't you think this story is getting a bit old?

[DCdem87]

1. Of course it is....

WE NEED NEW POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON WHO WILL GIVE THESE HORRIBLE REPUGS WHAT THEY DESERVE. Until we do, nothing will change.

[Pam-Moby]

2. Thanks for the post-depressing n/t