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Gratuitous politics
Jan. 13th, 2005 12:34 pmIt's 2005. We're going to have an election at some point reasonably soon. And Blair's going to win, isn't he?
So what are you going to do about it? When Bush was re-elected we made "Jesusland" jokes, mocked middle America and hoped that Dubya had another pretzel accident before he could do yet more damage...
But Kerry still got 48% of the vote. And pretty much every American LJer I know made posts urging people to vote 'cos otherwise they'd have no right to bitch if the wrong candidate got elected.
Now it's our turn. Blair will almost certainly be re-elected - the opposition is in a poor state to fight an election.
If he's elected with another vast majority and silence/apathy from all of us, then when the rest of the world starts mocking us mercilessly they'll be more than entitled.
Blair, of course, will take another healthy win as evidence that he's Doing The Right Things, and will then carry on doing more of them.
At least if he scrapes in with a small majority the opposition will be able to restrain him a little - and his own party may start more actively pressuring him to step down within the next two or three years, well before the next election.
Which works for me.
So what are you going to do about it? When Bush was re-elected we made "Jesusland" jokes, mocked middle America and hoped that Dubya had another pretzel accident before he could do yet more damage...
But Kerry still got 48% of the vote. And pretty much every American LJer I know made posts urging people to vote 'cos otherwise they'd have no right to bitch if the wrong candidate got elected.
Now it's our turn. Blair will almost certainly be re-elected - the opposition is in a poor state to fight an election.
If he's elected with another vast majority and silence/apathy from all of us, then when the rest of the world starts mocking us mercilessly they'll be more than entitled.
Blair, of course, will take another healthy win as evidence that he's Doing The Right Things, and will then carry on doing more of them.
At least if he scrapes in with a small majority the opposition will be able to restrain him a little - and his own party may start more actively pressuring him to step down within the next two or three years, well before the next election.
Which works for me.
