主题：【原创】三声叹息 -- 写在小布什再次当选 -- 萨苏

骂他的人多得是，可是闹的人总是动静很大，沉默的总是大多数。我始终报这样的观点。

宗教因素全面介入政治领域，政教分离的原则慢慢被破坏。这次选举及可想而知的小布什下届任期内，这个趋势在加强而且还会加强下去。

树立一个全球性的“邪教”角色，虽然能够团结自己一方，却从长远处把美国推进到以色列的角色中去。

投票前一个星期，我回校跟找导师见了一面。老先生正在办公室里写论文，拿出一分触目惊心的统计图表来给我看：过去二十年来，只有TOP5的美国白人男性的收入是增加的，其它都是下降的（更遑论其它族群了）。然后讲起来选举，我说看来布什赢定了，你是怎么看的？他说是的，美国的民主正受到越来越多的限制，我的许多朋友准备移民加拿大了。（这两天看到新闻，说是美国人移民加拿大的兴趣大增）

导师问我，你是如何觉得布什会赢的？我说我对美国的政治实在只知道皮毛，不过看完民主党提名大会就觉得克里会输。为什么？看看克里夫人的演讲吧，一出来就大谈自己，千呼万唤才提到丈夫的名字，即使在美国那也很忌讳。那一口口音实在让我这个中国人吃力。我就凭这。辩论我看了，凭心而论，克里略强。而且我偏向于克里赢，总是为他高兴。不过，我最终还是希望布什赢。为什么？因为我hate美国，所以希望美国有一个傻瓜总统。

就跟台湾选举一样，你希望什么，就得不到什么。中国的崛起之路实在艰辛。做好准备吧，放弃一切幻想。

Card Remains Bush's Chief, W.House Changes to Come

Mon Nov 8, 2004 01:24 PM ET

By Adam Entous

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the urging of President Bush, White House chief of staff Andrew Card will remain in the job and is expected to play a key role in shaping Bush's Cabinet for a second term, the White House said on Monday.

Bush has told aides he wants a "smooth" transition and officials said that they expected any major personnel changes would be made gradually, ensuring a measure of stability as Bush heads into second and final term.

While Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, two leading administration faces in the Iraq war, had been widely expected to leave in Bush's second term, officials said they might stay in their posts at least temporarily.

The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, lying critically ill in a French military hospital, could offer Powell the rare opportunity to jump-start peace talks with Israel and bolster his image after the Iraq war, one official said.

In another key post, Justice Department sources have said privately for weeks that Attorney General John Ashcroft is not likely to continue in a second term. But officials say he may be having second thoughts after Tuesday's election victory.

Bush spent the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat considering possible Cabinet changes with Card and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Vice President Dick Cheney also took part in the discussions.

CHANGES 'IN DUE COURSE'

Bush's first major decision was to ask Card to remain chief of staff. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said "Andy Card was honored to accept" the offer.

There had been speculation that Card would leave the post after Bush's re-election victory. White House budget chief Josh Bolten and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, Bush's best friend, were seen as possible successors.

McClellan said other personnel "announcements will be made in due course." Officials overseeing the process have been "tasked with making sure that we do this in a way that is smooth as we enter a second term," McClellan added.

"It's been a natural time for when you look at ways to build your team for the second term and that's what we're in the process of doing," McClellan said.

Over the weekend, officials announced that Robert Blackwill, the administration's lead official on Iraq policy, would leave, taking him out of the running as a possible successor to Rice.

That could clear the way for Rice's low-key deputy, Stephen Hadley, to take over as national security adviser if Rice decides to move to Defense or State, or return to California.

In addition to existing Cabinet positions, officials said the White House is looking at possible candidates for a new role as national intelligence director. Congress has yet to approve the new intelligence position, proposed by the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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