Well...shit. Not only did Bush get another term, it's 53-44 Republican in the Senate, 231-200 Republican in the House. We got RULED.
On the plus side, at least we had record voter turnout, so that's something. And at least Oregon pretty solidly tread the Path of Goodness and voted solidly Dem.
On the other hand, well, this whole thing revealed a lot of very ugly things about this country, starting with the method in which much of the campaigning was done, and ending just now with every single gay marriage ban measure making it in. Even in Oregon. And that, plus the Republicans flat out owning the federal government, worries me. A lot.
Posted by Dwip at November 3, 2004 12:02 PMSee recent comment about martial law.
Personal freedom is pretty much gone in the near future. I just wouldn't be surprised if that was true.
At least with Kerry we could've fooled ourselves for another four years by thinking that he's got Good Plans in mind.
Posted by: Whir at November 3, 2004 2:11 PMI think it was Rush Limbaugh who said that the goal of ANY elected official, regardless of partisanship, was to get re-elected, by whatever means necessary.
I'm just hoping that after the next four bloody (erm, literally, not a UK-ism) years are up, that that's the end of this country's infatuation with the Bush clan. Not like he won't be eventually replaced with someone as vile or worse, but still.
Penn was wright. This system is only one candidate shy of totalinarianism. I'm not as disappointed now as I am afraid.
Posted by: Rachael at November 3, 2004 3:14 PM*totalitarianism, damnit.
Posted by: Rachael at November 3, 2004 3:14 PMSo, even though over a quarter of a million manufacturing jobs have been lost in Ohio since Bush took office, the people there voted to keep him because of his moral standing and views on gay marriage.
*shudders*
At least with the religious right in control of the country, I can keep myself at full snarl when dealing with idiots.
Posted by: Tim at November 3, 2004 10:49 PMMuhahaha, cower in fear of the Republican party, because really, Democrats have no right to say that i don't know how to spend my own money and take it from me. And to be perfectly fair, Kerry wanted to increase spending and decrease taxes, that doesn't exactly work where i'm from. but who cares, we won, you lost, like my balls :P
Posted by: Clyos at November 4, 2004 3:26 PMYour balls lost what?
Posted by: Rachael at November 4, 2004 5:01 PMSo you've got the plans of Kerry and Bush completely backwards, is what you're saying.
Posted by: Dwip at November 4, 2004 5:17 PMHow does it feel to be delusional, Cole?
Posted by: Whir at November 4, 2004 5:21 PMIt should have said lick my balls, but in any event, i think kerry would have broken the country, hardcore style. Secondly, i'm not being delusional as my party is in power, you are just mad that you lost.
Posted by: Clyos at November 5, 2004 5:21 PMJesus. It scares me to no end to see how completely ignorant to reality the democrats have become. Really folks, Michael Moore is in fact a big fat ( literally ) liar. You should stop listening to him.
Stop letting the media and its liberal bias dictate how you think, because contrary to what they've been telling you, the job numbers have grown like mad under Bush. Despite Clinton's recession and the impact of 911. Yes, it was Clinton's recession. 6-8 months prior to him leaving office, the stock market spiraled down. It is well known the market is a reliable indicator of the economy in 6-9 months, and lo... what happened... a recession. Before Bush's economic plans were ever put into place. Before he had a chance to enact them, 911 hit and nearly destroyed the airline industry which also heavily impacted plenty of other sectors.
Only through aggressive tax cuts were we able to stop this recession and get the economy back on track. To deny this is to deny how the economy works. Tax cuts for the rich? Maybe so. Who employs you? Surely not the poor. So by pumping money back into the economy, employers were able to hire new people again. Then the second tax cut enabled many of those employees to become permanent. The 3rd tax cut then allowed several of them to invest in long term commitments ( btw, this describes not just myself, but nearly everyone where I work in the last 2 year ).
All this crap about how Bush is going to privatize social security, suppress votes, institute the draft, and otherwise destroy the economy is crap. And the people have seen it as crap, despite the media's best efforts to prove otherwise.
Want to talk about right? Freedoms? Why should I accept the democrat plan to raise my taxes, and use that money for things I don't support? Why should I not be allowed to divert my SSI taxes to an account of my own choosing? Why should I be made to pay to provide benefits to lawbreakers? Illegal aliens in case it wasn't obvious.
All this crap about how the country is supposedly more democrat than republican is also crap - check this out: http://www.iguanadons.net/gallery/Bush-Country-2004-4.html it's a copy of the map at www.hannity.com on his front page. I'd say this more or less proves we are the majority here.
The people saw through Kerry and his terrible Senate record. His dodging of questions during the debate. His flipflopping on every last issue he ever took a stand on. The media's lack of challenge to anything he said. The voters of this country sent a clear message that Bush was their choice to lead us for the next four years, and I assure you they chose wisely.
Posted by: Samson at November 6, 2004 6:50 PMBTW - the democrats are the party of hate. Just look at how quickly Moore turned from spreading lies about 911 to calling for the impeachment of a president who has done nothing criminal.
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