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xparrotMy mother, who survived Nixon and Reagan, told me as I bawled early this morning that this is the first election I've really been emotionally invested in, so yes, it hurts, but no, it's not the end of the world. We hope.
All the same, yeah. It hurts.
I'm not angry with Kerry. Haven't read any news past the reports of his concession, so don't know what reasons he's given. But he lost the popular vote, and dammit, to battle for an electoral victory after 2000's outrage is more hypocrisy than I can stomach.
The moral high ground. It's a difficult road, it's an egotistical road, it's a goddamn stupid road, but it's the right one. --Or the left one, as the case may be.
I'm not angry with Bush. I honestly think he's insane. His mediocre mind crumbled three years ago with those two towers; his arrogance and ignorance and evangelistic righteousness are a defense mechanism against too harsh truth. He's not getting the psychological help he needs.
Unfortunately mental illness is catching. And much of this country is already sick with it. I'm not angry with those 59 million who cast their free and rightful vote to a man who they think--who they've been told--can protect them from the monsters under the bed and in the deserts across the sea, or who is supported by their god.
But the younger generation. XYZ, the wild card, the youth vote, those precious 18-24 year olds whose ranks I've only just left. Them, I'm angry with. They were there. The 10 million who could've tipped the scales, they were there, but nothing got them out, not the combined urgings of most of the musical talent out there, not movies, not commercials, not campus campaigns, not the spectre of the draft that might be more than just Democratic scare tactics. At most a couple hours of one day to flip a couple levers or poke a couple holes, but they couldn't be bothered.
Your vote sure the hell doesn't count if it's never cast. Fuckers.
You know what pisses me off, minor a detail as it is? For the last four years, we've at least been able to say in our defense, we didn't vote for the moron in office. No more.
To the rest of the world, who was watching - we're sorry. We tried. Our best wasn't good enough, but we're not going to give up. Maybe more of us are insane than not, but those not are still trying. Honest. Please don't give up on us.
Four more years. We can do this.
All the same, yeah. It hurts.
I'm not angry with Kerry. Haven't read any news past the reports of his concession, so don't know what reasons he's given. But he lost the popular vote, and dammit, to battle for an electoral victory after 2000's outrage is more hypocrisy than I can stomach.
The moral high ground. It's a difficult road, it's an egotistical road, it's a goddamn stupid road, but it's the right one. --Or the left one, as the case may be.
I'm not angry with Bush. I honestly think he's insane. His mediocre mind crumbled three years ago with those two towers; his arrogance and ignorance and evangelistic righteousness are a defense mechanism against too harsh truth. He's not getting the psychological help he needs.
Unfortunately mental illness is catching. And much of this country is already sick with it. I'm not angry with those 59 million who cast their free and rightful vote to a man who they think--who they've been told--can protect them from the monsters under the bed and in the deserts across the sea, or who is supported by their god.
But the younger generation. XYZ, the wild card, the youth vote, those precious 18-24 year olds whose ranks I've only just left. Them, I'm angry with. They were there. The 10 million who could've tipped the scales, they were there, but nothing got them out, not the combined urgings of most of the musical talent out there, not movies, not commercials, not campus campaigns, not the spectre of the draft that might be more than just Democratic scare tactics. At most a couple hours of one day to flip a couple levers or poke a couple holes, but they couldn't be bothered.
Your vote sure the hell doesn't count if it's never cast. Fuckers.
You know what pisses me off, minor a detail as it is? For the last four years, we've at least been able to say in our defense, we didn't vote for the moron in office. No more.
To the rest of the world, who was watching - we're sorry. We tried. Our best wasn't good enough, but we're not going to give up. Maybe more of us are insane than not, but those not are still trying. Honest. Please don't give up on us.
Four more years. We can do this.
