Eh
Posted by David on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 7:10 AM.
Well, fuck.
Still. We've been through worse as a planet. We'll get through this.
If you consider that the current political spectrum, from center to right with no mention of left, is the result of 20 years of work by the neocons to pull the country to the right -- with footsoldiers like Rush and Ann scaring the country like Mr. and Mrs. Sprat incarnated as sheepdogs moving a herd -- then getting nearly 50% is actually a pretty significant success.
Not, of course, quite the success we had hoped for.
I don't quite know what comes next. But once the shock wears off, and the planning begins, I think shrub is going to find the 50 million people who voted against him a bit of a distraction.
BlueNiner, on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 9:18 AM:
Just don't buy into the reconcilliation retoric this time. I'm already appaled at how many honest citizens have simply forgotten what happened last time when they bought into it. People... you're not dealing with rational people no matter how much you want to be. Yes we need to 'suck it up' and move on, but that shouldn't for a moment mean 'endorsement' or 'support'. You've got to stand up for Truth regardless of what fox news is telling you. Bigotry only happens when good people stand by and do nothing.
Robert Jahrling, on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 11:27 AM:
I don't think he'll find us a distraction at all. I think we'll continue to be as irrelevant to him as we are now. As long as he continues to pander to fear and bigotry, and as long as that is successful, truth essentially has no meaning to this administration. "We're an empire. We create our own reality."
heather, on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 1:12 PM:
Especially since, as Debra pointed out in her email, he's only going to be reaching out to the people who share his goals (and ignoring the rest of us).
Sigh. I wish I could have voted. I feel kinda lame bitching about what's happened when I don't even actually get to vote.
Sarah, on Friday, November 5, 2004 at 7:01 AM:
I have often thought that, since the leader of the U.S. is usually touted as the leader of the free world, that the REST of the free world (especially those of us who share your border) should have some say in who that leader should be. Paul Wells had a nice little diatribe about that in this week`s issue of MacLean`s.
Laura, on Friday, November 5, 2004 at 10:47 PM:
No - he's just going to ignore us just as much if not more so as he did in 2000 ("I have a mandate". What the f--).
A friend sent me the following link. Check out the "Concession" speech section down the page: http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/2004_11.html.
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.