Election '08

A friend suggests that the current economic crisis will be a blip, if calm prevails. But I don't think calm is going to prevail. McCain-Palin have all but announced that they're going to start a phony attack campaign against Obama, to try to distract everyone from the disasters looming (economy, terororism, and war on the two fronts, Iraq and Afghanistan). And I would not be at all surprised in the next few weeks if Bush didn't suddenly perceive a "new" threat from Iran or North Korea and make an aggressive move to open up a new front somewhere, in expectation of scaring people into voting for McCain as a "better wartime president" (not much evidence for that, but people will believe any goddam thing). It's a dark time for the country.