MY 2013 PREDICTIONS (FOR WHATEVER IT’S WORTH)
Posted on: December 29, 2012
It’s that time on the calendar to begin to look forward to a better year than the one that has passed but I’ve got to admit, I’m “not feeling it”. My inner cynic finds this almost an impossibility.
Congress cannot get its act together to even come close to serving the American public but instead are engaged in another “fiscal battle game of chicken” where a few moronic holdouts would rather watch the nation fall into the abyss before they would even consider raising tax rates on the very rich.
But in the “spirit” of the season, I have managed to come up with a few “predictions” of my own. Feel free to agree or disagree as yours are as good as mine as we sit and wait for the sound of us plunging off the cliff and further into despair:
1. John Boehner will be re-elected into the role of Speaker of the House not because he has done such a great job, or that his popularity has risen to new heights, but because the congressional GOP is looking at even worse candidates seeking that title and even they are not crazy enough to consider “Speaker Cantor” as a substitute.
2. The Tea Party as we know will begin to lose its clout. Should we actually find ourselves going over the “fiscal cliff” they will begin to feel the backlash their obstructionism has produced. Watch for those who originally backed this movement to put a lot of sunshine between them and their own ambitions if I read this one correctly.
3. Barack Obama will finally reveal his admiration for Richard Nixon which will put to rest all those rumors referring to him as a DINO thus validating what some of us have suspected all along.
4. Hillary Clinton will write another book thus paving the way for her run in 2016.
5. Chris Christie will either go on a serious diet or undergo lapband surgery in preparation for his announcement to do the same.
6. Climate change will continue to wreak havoc across the globe showing us that it may be too late to correct our past indifference to the warnings that went unabated.
7. The effort to ban assault weapons will eventually subside – as it always does – until the next tragedy when lip service will be paid but will eventually subside until the next tragedy.
8. Scott Brown will announce his intentions to run again for the Senate. He may very well win.
9. Michele Bachmann will announce her plans to run for the Senate. No, she hasn’t gone away.
10. The Kardashians will continue to make millions based on nothing more than having their pictures taken. Talent not a requirement.
11. Donald Trump will never STFU as long as Fox News allows him a forum to spew his crapola.
12. In the meantime, Fox will drop Sarah Palin from its lineup in hopes of raising its IQ with other “deep thinkers” like Michele Malkin and Ann Coulter.
13. The Supreme Court will rule against same sex marriage. I can feel this one in my bones.
14. The Boston Red Sox will have a better season but I’m not holding my breath.
15. Lindsay Lohan will face arrest for something.
My prediction is that very little will change in 2013. It will stand as a replay of the past 4 years where politics trumps the common good with each side vying to maintain power at the expense of the rest of us.
For the most part we will have to wait until the midterm elections in 2014 to see any change so for now it may be best to just sit back and prepare for a repeat of all we have come to despise when the word “leadership” is tossed out there like a chew toy.
The same old playbook sung to the strains of “Auld Lang Syne”.
Bottoms up!
7 Responses to "MY 2013 PREDICTIONS (FOR WHATEVER IT’S WORTH)"
December 29, 2012 at 8:51 am
Mary Luke, the first time I saw him referred to as a “DINO” was during the 2008 campaign and it was madamab who made the connection on another blog.
He praised Reagan in an interview which is a “no no” for those of us who have been with madamab as he is one of her least favorite presidents of all time.
I kind of shrugged it off then but since his election we have seen more and more of his willingness to embrace proposals close to the heart of the GOP, especially when it comes to standing firm on upholding the policies of the New Deal. He caves much too easily.
His willingness to “turn the page” that let so many of these thieves and warriors get off scot free was the first time I gave full consideration to that proposition. Think of how different the past 4 years would have been if some of these criminals had to face up to their transgressions of war mongering as they personally benefited from doing business with Bechtel and Halliburton.
A principled Democrat would tell the GOP fanatics to “piss off” not one who is agreeable to “doing business” with the other side whose intent is to privatize every social program to satisfy the yearnings of Wall Street.
Forcing the middle and lower class to “share” the pain as a conciliation to the GOP is not a true Democrat in any sense of the word.
December 29, 2012 at 10:25 am
Pat, your Prescience is to be admired – all truly will occur although I’m not so sure about Boner. Like Mary Luke (BBS) if Obama actually came out as a Nixonite, that would be better – after all Nixon was more progressive (albeit paranoid) than most of the democrats of this era.
December 29, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Pat I’m with you on #8 as well. Ed Markey is no match for Scott Brown in the important areas, like playing to the media. Heck, Brown’s married to the media. I think a certain portion of the Massachusetts population just likes the idea of having one republican around. After all, they elected Romney. And speaking of media, they are so out of touch that they are already extolling Markey as the savior of MA from the evil republicans. Not so fast.
December 29, 2012 at 5:25 pm
(After all, if we’re voting media savvy and looks, Ben Affleck would have been more likely to defeat Scott Brown!)
December 29, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Tsk, tsk BBS, what would your daughter say if she looked at this comment? Mind you Ben Affleck is very nice to look at, so I think it is a very cogent comment in this age of the Kardawhatevers. So much for good governance – pick the pretty one?
December 29, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Oops just reread the comment and it came off as a subtle attack on BBS. Mea Culpa – I would never attack Mary Luke or any other regular. Must be all that wine I imbibed tonight (just woke up) Please forgive me – I’m not normally that agressive.
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December 29, 2012 at 8:32 am
Pat i would love it if #3 actually came true!