Posted on 11/19/2004 5:09:33 PM PST by Kitten Festival
The extended post-election public despair of disappointed Democrats has been nearly as remarkable as the Republican victory, its supposed proximate cause. Therapists, anxious to keep their couches warm, have rushed in to make up a self-serving syndrome for their clients to overcome, Post Election Selection Trauma.
A nice bit of marketing, that. Most important is the acronym PEST. Turn the electoral mandate of George W. Bush into a public affliction, with overtones of vermin as the root cause. Throw in a hot button word like selection to get to the right four letters, dredging up memories of the 2000 Florida recount and Supreme Court ruling, even at the cost of a silly redundancy like election selection.
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PEST was just the word for their new syndrome. It sums up their whole existence as well. Only Democrats are such poor losers that they have to concoct a syndrome to excuse their behavior.
Heh, heh, heh
Have heard that New Zealand has done an about face on it's political policies. That they have actually turned away from socialism, reduced the size of government, and actually cut taxes.
Again? That Nationals did that in the mid-latter 90s, then the electorate turned them out of office.
> PEST was just the word for their new syndrome.
Clinical name:
electile disfunction
At least they're trying. Sure is a pretty country to waste on socialism.
We had the same problem in the '90's. Rush Limbaugh was my treatment.
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