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Wumingren Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 11:18 AM

I've been cynical for a long, long time. My skepticism regarding Democrats' intentions gave way to cynicism with the complicity of the RINOs, who seem ever willing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. With the appointment of Boehner as Speaker of the House, I moved beyond cynicism. If there is a progression from faith to skepticism to cynicism, I have reached a point beyond cynicism. We need a new term for it. I won't call it despair, as I will not go down without a fight. It is more of an activation to oppose government in other than traditional ways. I will not go out with in silence or with a mere whimper. I will go out with a shout of defiance.

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Oh, We Forgot to Tell You ...

The second-term curse goes like this: A president (e.g., Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, etc.) wins re-election, but then his presidency implodes over the next four years -- mired in scandals or disasters such as Watergate, Iran-Contra, Monica Lewinsky, the Iraqi insurgency and Hurricane Katrina.

Apparently, like tragic Greek heroes, administrations grow arrogant after their re-election wins. They believe that they are invincible and that heir public approval is permanent rather than fickle.

The result is that Nemesis zeroes in on their fatal conceit and with a boom corrects their hubris. Or is the...

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