Posted on 12/27/2004 7:46:38 PM PST by RWR8189
Boston Red Sox fans celebrated a World Series victory for the first time in 86 years. Weekly Reader grade school students can celebrate being better pollsters than Zogby, Fox and CBS: in October, as in 11 of the previous 12 elections, they correctly picked the winner of the presidential campaign. And SpaceShipOne became the first private craft ever to reach space--71 miles above the earth. So 2004 was a very good year in America.
It was a good year too in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Iraq. On the other hand, it was a very bad year for the United Nations, Russia, establishment American media and the liberal Democratic Party.
In October 10 million Afghans participated in the first election in the history of their nation. America made it possible by defeating al Qaeda and destroying the Taliban. Freedom and democracy came to a brutally victimized Afghan people.
Next month, Iraq will hold a similarly defining election. Despite the Baathist and Islamist terrorists who car
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Its a gloatfest!
That's right, they beat L.A. in the finals. Anyone but the Lakers...!
Been there done that and it didn't work
President Bush, re-elected; wider Republican majorities in the Congress; Tom Daschle, defeated; successful elections in Afghanistan; the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq; the killing/capture of a lot of terrorists...What a great year!
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