I’m heartsick. I can’t believe this. How can another four years of that dickhead possibly be justified? Who the…? What the…? How? Why did you jerks let me down? Here I am, defending us to the rest of the frickin’ world, one person at a time, telling every US critic that we’re really not so bad, that I think most folks are basically good, that things are generally getting better, that we’re not as backwards as our President makes us look. But you know what? That’s a big damn lie. The majority of my fellow citizens care more about two gay men setting up house than they do about responsible foreign and economic policy. I’m f**king ashamed.
Whew. That rant’s been building up for about six hours. Only sixteen months til I can get Australian citizenship, huh? And here I was thinking that moving back to the States might be a foreseeable goal. Sorry, Ma. As long as a Bush is in the White House, my mailing address will remain in another hemisphere.
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56 responses to “Sick.”
I really like the line about picking and choosing which parts of the bible you want to believe, seems to me if ya believe you believe it all and if ya dont then ya dont. Funny thing is I dont remember the pastor mentioning that option in church, but then again I suppose he probably voted for Bush anyway. Maybe when you grow up and finally become an adult you will realize that you cant choose what to believe just because it fits your mood for the day, its a clear choice and if ya arent prepared to make it than stop pretending like you care.
I have stumbled on this website by accident, its very nice.
As a Leb/Canadian i do admire people still have clear thinking in America.
The whole world knows americans arent really so bad, its always the people at the “top” that people are always angry about. So the world starts to generalize the actions of a few to all americans, that isnt fair i know.
While the rest of the world is still in shock and disbelief, i am actually scared for the well being of the USA. I believe its gonna be the worst 4 years since the past 20 years.
I just dont get how people can vote concerning gays getting married over, world conflict and detoriating economy.
You’re so right, Anonymous. Truly religious people shouldn’t get to pick and choose what part of the Bible they believe. I assume you eschew the eating of shellfish then, and shall we assume your presence at the next stoning of adulterers?
(That was sarcasm.)
Thanks to Aragorn and everyone who’s contributed to the discussion. Especially Moire, because I think it’s so important to show that it’s okay to change your mind about Bush (or anything political, for that matter). This isn’t picking a football team and then sticking with them. It’s about making rational choices, and in the real world, people change their minds. (That’s why I didn’t get that it was bad that Kerry was a “flip-flopper.” Only fundamentalists and loonies never change their mind as they grow up and experience new things.)
Oh, and wacky Libertarian girl? We need to arrange a time to meet up before Thanksgiving for a real world beer! (See, I have no problems with Christians and Conservatives, because Moire can spell and she’s smart. And she knows where to find all the best Harry Potter slash. I have no political requirements for friendship; only intellectual.)
Heh! Thanks, Kris. I wear my Slash Connoisseur badge with pride. 🙂
Woo! Beer! And OS X software! I’ll send you an email with my contact info.
I think Democrats will be back in 4 years. Bush was an incumbent and I think that worked in his favor in a lot of ways no one is really talking about. I don’t really buy the moral majority thing. It just doesn’t hold water; as we’ve discussed, there is nothing more or less inherently moral about Democrats and Republicans. Those are just two BS parties designed so that politicians can receive bribes more efficiently. The Democrats will regroup and hopefully come out with a real message that will draw people back in. It’s gonna be the Democratic Contract for America and hopefully it will be about real, far-reaching reform. In my fantasy land, Democrat has nothing to do with it–getting rid of parties would be part of the reform. But it would take a major political earthquake to break the parties’ grip on our democracy. Final sidenote, there’s a total other Dan that’s going to be “in the family” so I am changing the name I post with. I usually go by Danny anyways.
I think you were trying to finally close this conversation, Kris, so sorry, but I’ve had a new theory about this whole “moral values” bit.
This morning I was listening to a story on NPR about the rural vote and how that was what swung the election. As soon as I heard that I felt a little betrayed. Last week they told me it was the moral vote; this week it’s the rural vote! The story then went on about this political scism between the liberal “city folk” and the rural people who care about family and moral values (okay, we haven’t completely tossed the moral issue) and how democrats and liberals need to stop thinking of country folks as rubes.
This is news? Didn’t anyone hear of the country mouse and the city mouse? American history? European history? There’s always been antagonism between city and country, liberal and conservative, etc.
I think that a lot of this “divided nation” is a story the media is telling us to make this election more interesting. Yes, we have strong feelings, but the media is only exacerbating the issue by trying to simplify things. I don’t know that we’re really as divided and different as the story that’s being told.