Tomorrow will be the big referendum on how the country feels about our govermnment, or lack of it. Because it is such a catastophe, because it is entirely the result of the ideologic hubris of the Bush administration, I will NOT refrain from saying-"I told you so". Right from the race for the Republican presidential nomination I figured Bush was hand picked by the big money interests and this turned me off from him. Then the campaign his people ran, under the direction of Karl Rove, and the way they slimed Sen. John McCain in S. Carolina I was even more disgusted with them. There has been one thing after another that has confirmed my distrust in the Bushies.

One of my main concerns is the devastation they have visted on the environment. The cynical disregard for water and air quality all in the name of protecting the bottom line for large corporations. Bush has proven his allegiance to big money. The total disregard for energy conservation, actually encouraging profligate oil consumption by not increasing gas mileage requirements. His recent discovery that "we are addicted to oil" is laughable if it weren't so pathetic.

The real tragedy of 9/11 is the role it allowed Bush to assume as a "war President". Naturally the country rallied around the flag under such an onslaught. Then he betrayed the trust of our nation by embarking on his ideologic mission of toppling Hussein on the pretext that Iraq posed a threat to us. All this is now unravelling as more and more facts surface to expose the fiction spun by the Administration to convince the country to go to war.

So tomorrow the people will voice their disaproval and disappointment with those who led us into such a costly debacle. It will take much time, if ever, for the U.S. to regain the trust of the world and our good name. Bush has much to answer for. If they had just asked me six years ago all this could have been avoided.

Now if they want my advice, and probably no one does, I say let the Democrats have a go at it the next two years and while they are doing their own screw-up the Republican moderates can get their house in order so's to be ready for the mext presidential election in 08. Unfortunatly John McCain is so enamored of retaining Bush's "base" that he may just lose the Independents who can't stand the religous right. John better start saying some "moderate" things and distancing himself from the Bush agenda or I won't accept responsibility for the outcome. Just remember--"I told you so".