Apocalyptic articles like these only continue to be published because people read them; they rarely reflect anything real except a linear projection of current

Apocalyptic articles like these only continue to be published because people read them; they rarely reflect anything real except a linear projection of current trends. Take, for example, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/poll/2008/nov/06/uselections2008-republicans http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/poll/2008... http://www.noozhawk.com/mark_shields/article/1109_mark_shields_the_republican_party_is_dead/ http://www.noozhawk.com/mark_shields/article/1109_mark_shiel... These predictions have clearly proven false; they are mere protractions of two recent events glued together.