Swanson -- Let’s Not Let 2026 Elections Turn Out Like 2006 Elections
Let’s Not Let 2026 Elections Turn Out Like 2006 Elections Leave a Comment / November 4, 2026 In 2006, exit polls found ending the war on Iraq (and would have found impeaching Bush if they’d asked) to be the top demand of voters who handed the Congress over to Democrats. The Democrats took control in January 2007 and escalated the war on Iraq and refused to impeach Bush. According to then Congressman and now would-be president Rahm Emanuel, Democrats needed to keep the war going in order to “oppose” it again in 2008. According to the wealthy liberal funders of anything good or decent, 2007 was the moment to drop any efforts other than electing a Democrat to the throne in 2008. The sizeable peace movement of 2002-2006 shriveled away. The military budget soared, the pivot to Asia pivoted, the nuclear weapons bonanza bonanzaed, the drone murder spree sprung, Libya would be attacked, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan kept killing. Now, in 2026, the critical question comes, as always, f...
