Not only will the Revolution not be Televised, It won’t even be discussed…

Let’s start with the facts, as Joe Friday might say.

In November 2, 2004, President Bush won re-election with a popular vote of 62,040,606 to 59,028,109 for his nearest challenger. He won 286 to 252 electoral votes. Thirty one states went to President Bush.

While it was not the landslide victory President Reagan won in 1984 (by a margin of 58% to 48%, with Vice President Mondale winning only his home state of Minnesota in the Electoral College), interestingly enough, Reagan received only 54,455,472, meaning 8 million more U.S. citizens voted for President Bush.

Even more interesting is that the 62 million and 52% thresholds were never achieved by the last 2 term President Bill Clinton (he received 49% of the vote, 45 million votes but did end up with a much more robust 379 electoral votes).

On October 09, 2004, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was re-elected to a historic fourth term. Howard is a staunch U.S. ally, and supports the war on terror and the invasion in Iraq.

On April 23, 2005 Silvio Berlusconi retained his role as Prime Minister of Italy. Loses to the opposition forced Berlusconi to form a new coalition with many of the same allies, but with some changes in the ministers and in the programs. Berlusconi is a staunch U.S. ally, and supports the war on terror and the invasion in Iraq. With the fourth largest contingent of troops, Italy plans to withdraw its presence in Iraq by the end of 2006.

On May 6, 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a historic third term in government for the Labour Party in the U.K. general election. Blair is a staunch U.S. ally, and supports the war on terror and the invasion in Iraq.

On November 22, 2005, Conservative Angela Merkel was elected as the first Female Chancellor of Germany. Merkel defeated Gerhard Schröder who did not support the U.S. led war in Iraq. Many early assessments believe she may be Germany's answer to Margaret Thatcher. Chancellor Merkel has actively sought to improve her country's relations with President Bush and the U.S., immediately finding common ground with efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program.

On January 24, 2006, Conservative Stephen Harper defeated Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and pledged to quickly carry out his campaign promises to cut taxes, get tough on crime and repair strained ties with Washington after his party won national elections and ended 13 years of Liberal Party rule in Canada. Prime Minister Paul Martin did not support the U.S. led war in Iraq.

The first round of voting in the French election will not be held until April 22, 2007, with a second round (if necessary, which usually is the case) on May 6, 2007. It was rumored that President Jacques Chirac considered running for a third term. However, such a hypothesis seems increasingly remote, due to a series of political and personal setbacks to Chirac’s increasingly unpopular administration; the defeat of the proposed European Constitution he strongly supported, a 2005 health incident underlining Chirac's age; and, finally, the higher popularity of Conservative candidates.

So what am I missing? With the exception of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose countrymen decided to oust him after an election eve terror attack, I am at a lose to see how support for the U.S., support for the War in Iraq, support of Conservative ideas are the liability the mainstream media has made them out to be.

There may yet be a day of reckoning in November of 2006 for conservative candidates in the U.S. The media will televise that revolution. The term self fulfilling prophecy leaps to mind when I hear about the idea of the Democrats retaking government. The media wants it, they, shape the opinion, the people follow their lead, and Democrats win. However I take solace in two quotes from polar opposites ideologically:

Justice Antonin Scalia said " American people love democracy and the American people are not fools."

Contrast that to at a town hall meeting January 14, 2006, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said, “We were told you can't beat something with nothing.' And we said, 'yes we can.’ And we did!”

I am waiting for my 2006 Democratic Congressional bumper sticker “Had Enough of Something? Try Nothing. DNC 2006” Maybe they can recruit Robert DeNiro to recreate his Al Capone tirade from “The Untouchables,” “We’ve you got nothing! Were here 'cause we've got nothing. We've got nothing in court, we don't got the bookkeeper, we've got nothing! Nothing! And if we were men we would’ve done it now. We don't got a thing, you punks!”