November 4, 2004, 9:30 PM –

Back to the fun.

I guess they thought it was safe to hold a press conference. After all, they actually won the election this time. The President was his old self. After four years, he still doesn’t perform well at press conferences. I guess this will be the last one for a long time, maybe the last of his Presidency. I should have taped it.

I don’t know what he said, although I heard something about reforming the tax code and social security. You know what that means. Anyway, he said he earned a lot of political capital and wants to spend it as quickly as possible. It was so American. It comes in easy and goes out just as easy.

The President has said that he is willing to work together with everyone who agrees with him. A bold move. Up to now, he didn’t want to work with anyone; in fact, he didn’t want to work at all. As he points out, it’s hard work.

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The Democrats are really going through the mean reds. Maybe they should all have a cup of coffee in front of Tiffany’s. They don’t know if they want to be more conservative or more liberal or who knows what. It just doesn’t seem possible for them to elect a President from anywhere but the South. Problem is that their best candidate may be Hillary Clinton, who currently resides in New York. What is a Democrat to do?

On the other hand, the Republicans are feeling so much in charge that they do not what to do first. Of course, the last time that happened, Gingrich and company fumbled somewhere on their own 40 yard line. Where is that old contract with American, anyway? Maybe someone had the sense to scan a copy.

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Of course, Ann Coulter is still not happy. Can you imagine? An editor of the University of Michigan Law Review and a graduate of Cornell before that, Ms. Coulter’s contributions to the world include the book “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.” Has anyone checked to see if she actually attended those institutions?

Ms. Coulter thinks the Republicans could have done better. She has written, “If Rove is "the architect" -- as Bush called him in his acceptance speech -- then he is the architect of high TV ratings, not a Republican victory. By keeping the race so tight, Rove ensured that a race that should have been a runaway Bush victory would not be over until the wee hours of the morning.” Ms. Coulter likes her sleep.

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In the meantime, the war in Iraq grinds on. Free of the constraints of the election, it will be interesting to see if the President turns up the heat. Remember Nixon when he was trying to leave Vietnam with honor? The bombing got kind of loud. I wouldn’t look for a condo in Iraq anytime soon.

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