Bush Declares "Mission Accomplished" in 2006 House, Senate Midterm Elections

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By Ion Zwitter, Avant News Editor
San Diego, November 9, 2006

Following the resounding defeat of Republican candidates in the 2006 midterm elections, President Bush hailed his party's victory during an epic speech this morning. Speaking before a cheering crowd of US Marines on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Millard Fillmore, anchored a few feet off the coast of San Diego, the president congratulated his party's political troops for a "catastrophic success". -snip-

"In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world," President Bush said. "Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment — yet it is you, the members of the United States voting public, who achieved it. Your courage — your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other — made this day possible. Because of you, our nation is more secure. Because of you, the tyrant has fallen, and America is free." -snip-

With the Congress now firmly in Democratic hands, pundits expect a return to real congressional oversight, a duty of Congress that was neglected or ignored completely throughout the years of Republican domination during the Bush administration. Some Washington insiders also predict a possible spate of congressional investigations into the Bush administration's handling of Iraq, Afghanistan, energy policy and numerous other issues, potentially followed by high-level indictments. -snip-

Vice President Dick Cheney, however, remained cautiously optimistic despite the resounding defeat for the GOP, joining Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in blaming the recent losses on the activities of a few democratic "deadenders".
"The level of activity that we see today from a political standpoint, I think, will clearly decline," Vice President Cheney said, speaking from an undisclosed location where he is expected to remain until 2009 or his death, whichever comes first. "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." -snip-

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