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Originally posted by Spanky
I wish some of these conspriacies were true. It would show that someone really knew what was going on. The problem is that everyone is winging it. No one really knows what they are doing. I was pretty high up in the Bush campaign and had some friends that were pretty high up in the Gore campaign. I thought nothing could be more disorganized and screwed up than the Bush campaign until I talked to my friend at the Gore campaign. I went to Florida right after the election and that was beyond unbelievable. It was a like a kids soccer game, where every kid surrounds the ball. It was total chaos. Anything could have happened in Florida, and what did was way beyond anyones control.

I have a bunch of friends that work at the White House and many left because of the chaos and lack of direction. But the permanent staff at the White House has told them that things are unbelievably focused and organized compared to Clinton's tenure.

I was not involved in the Bush campaign in 2004, but my friend was with Bush when he was about to concede to Kerry when the exit polls made it clear there was going to be a Kerry landslide.

The people in Washington are too busy putting out fires, and dealing with the next ten minutes, to have any time to worry about long term conspiracies.

Anyone of these successful conspiracies would show that people have been able to put together all the crazy variables of national politics and exert some plan that was executed and actually went according to plan. Unfortunately, now one can account for one tenth of the variables, no one really knows what is going to happen next, and no one is in control.

Eighty percent of what happens in national politics is unpredictable, so conspiracies just aren't feasible. Unfortunately what you see is what you get - and it ain't pretty.

You are no fun. Can't you just play along a little?