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Well, I got to thinking about it, and the more I do, the more and more I like the idea of a Buchanan/Chomsky ticket in 2012. I have decided to do a timeline based on it. I will try to balance it being entertaining and realistic, all comments are welcome, well here it goes.

January 21, 2009 Barack Obama is sworn in as President of the United States, and Joe Biden as Vice President of the United States. Within Obama's hope lined speech was this nugget "we will make the United States a force for hope, change, and goodness in the world again", nobody really gave it much thought, but it was this phrase that would shape the future of the United States.

March 19, 2009 President Obama has finalized the deal to get the remaining U.S. forces out of Iraq, though small residual forces and permanent bases for the U.S. are left much to the ire of many on the left, and Paleo-right. Famed intellectual Noam Chomsky had this to say "I believe Obama is finally showing his true colors, when he talked about change, and hope, what he really was talking about was the change of the corporate paymasters in Washington, and their hope that U.S. imperialism will continue."
Pat Buchanan also wayed in, being one of the most vocal critics of the residual forces on the right along with congressmen Ron Paul-TX(R), and B.J. Lawson-NC(R). He was quoted as saying "The Republic is reaching its end, it is only a short road to the doomed hubris and exccess of the Roman Empire of old. It is time for all true patriots to stand up, and be counted and call for America to 'come home'."

November 4, 2010 the GOP scores an unprecedented come from behind takeover of the House of Representatives. Many Washington pundits have argued it is because of President Obama's botched mission to Darfur, which ended in 500 American soldiers dead, and his call to send forces to "stabalize Pakistan" after its recent govermental meltdown in the wake of its military coup against the former democratic Pakistani government. The GOP now uses the same rhetoric that the Dems used in the wake of President Bush's invasion of Iraq, at least their candidates did. The GOP leadership had enthusiastically backed the call to arms against Pakistan, but now they are in the awkward position of having an anti-war surge in their own party.
The House leadership elections are coming, and time will tell wether GOP establishment choice Rob Portman is made Speaker of the House or the "Maverick" libertarian Congressman from Texas Ron Paul.

So what do you guys think, should I go on?
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