McCain et al WANT TO LOSE! (Oh shit, NOW WHAT?!)
That's right. The fix is in. The neofascists have done enough damage to the US/world, they have accumulated enough resources, everything is in place for a DEPRESSION that will make the '20s/'30s look like the good old days. The Dems will get blamed for gas/food shartages in the US, Americans will be at each others' throats just to survive, and the neofascists will remind us of those good old Bush days (like you hear bullshit about the good old days of Clinton ... NONSENSE! I was there!) and we get a world fascist authoritarian state.
That's what's comin' kids. I said it first, here at ET. I hope I'm wrong; saying "I told you so" in three years (probably not possible; the internet will be co-opted for the cause; communications will be MUCH more restricted) won't feel good (with MY mouth, I'll already be hauled away).
Hopefully metavision will post a 4 and that's it. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Having Obama a week into his presidency do a surprise TV presentation where he said that the Reps have robbed everyone blind and concealed the fact. the economies screwed, and due to their torturing foreign nationals theres a shortage goodwill left to help the USA out of its current financial predicament. then roll out a New New Deal to deal with the problem. Place the blame early and with a big boot before the Media gets to do it to him might just be the best plan. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.