There's been a lot of diaries lately on Daily Kos talking about the idea that Bush and Cheney will cancel the 2008 elections and declare themselves dictators. And I'm getting sick of them: sick of the paranoia. sick of the defeatism. sick of the stupidity.
So enough already!
The Bush administration isn't a bunch of cat-stroking evil masterminds. They're an unruly mob of lowlifes and thieves who've holed up in the White House, hoping to dodge the sheriffs until the clock runs out. Their day is past, their plans are ruined, and there's nothing left for them now but hiding their crimes.
Maybe they'll be impeached next year, maybe they'll just be spit on as they slink out of office. I have no doubt they'll manage to fuck up something. (At the least, they'll probably steal all the staplers on the way out.) But they're in no position to cancel elections or install themselves as dictators. Bush can sign as many bullshit orders as he likes, but it's not going to change the facts on the ground. This country is a lot bigger than its federal government, and I'll be eating ice cream in hell before these cretins pull off a coup.
So enough talk about Blackwater mercenaries in black helicopters. Life is interesting enough already. We don't need to scare ourselves for entertainment.
Let's get back to being reality-based.