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November 3, 2004
new slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
i'm not surprised, but i am saddened
spoken by a kerry supporter from ohio on npr this morning.
have you actually really thought about what is going to happen if bush wins
question posed by ben last night as i cooked dinner for us and watched the election returns.
i try not to
i admit it. i didn't think it was possible for bush to win. he didn't win last time and he's pissed more people off in the past four years.
i'm not sure what happened. i've been aware of the closeness of this race. but i really believed that when it all came out in the wash that kerry would win. i just can't accept that i live in a country that the majority (though small) think that bush has more moral standing than kerry. (according to npr, most voters who voted for bush cited his moral uprightousness.)
let's just review about bush
- many incidences of drunk driving. seriously people. drink all you want. i know that alcoholism is a disease, but there is no excuse in the world for driving drunk
- cocaine habit
- believes that God has called him to be president. now i am pretty spiritual, but i disagree so strongly with religion becoming part of politics. the problem is that the majority of Americans are wasp and therefore like that they have a wasp president. how would they feel if bush suddenly found the koran and believe that Mohammed had called him to do whatever. Then people will regret letting religion be part of the politic process.
- how can you be christian and be a republican? i battle with this question everyday in relation to my family and my friends. Jesus's number one commandment say to love your neighbor as yourself. (number two, love your God.) These are the greatest commandments. How people translate this into hating muslins, invading country against the world's wishes, hating gay people, is beyond me. How can so many people support constitutional amendments banning gay marriage? As ben said last night, if i were gay, my feelings would be hurt. Seriously. This IS NOT loving your neighbor. So many people don't have health insurance, enough money to eat, access to education... how is this loving your neighbor?
- bush has a horrible environmental record. His EPA director resigned in protest of his horrible environmental policies. if you are a christian, you are suppose to be a good steward of the gifts that God has given you. How is cutting down trees and ruining old growth forest being a good steward? How is reducing restriction on pollution for industries being a good steward?
- bush lied lied lied about his military history.
- kerry fought fought fought in his. i don't care if the swift boat veterans are right or wrong, the fact is that kerry went over there and fought! bush skipped military training.
maybe i should have posted this yesterday. but the only dirty republicans i know vote are in georgia which elected bush by 60% of the vote.
i was just living in a dream world. i am that optimistic. today i am hopeless. at least for the last 4 years i could always blame it on bush stealing the election. but this time he got more the 50% of the popular vote. That is enough for me. i always asserted that Gore won because he won the popular vote. i must concede to bush. the fact that he one makes me hopeless in this country. That this is a country of undereducated, cult people that are single issue voters and the single issue is their religion. The southern middle class is doing worse economically under bush and they still elected him because he is more "moral" than Kerry.
Ben and I have already picked out Lucerne, Switzerland for our destination for movement one we're done with school. (though he keeps saying sooner...that i can just take all my deposition equipment with me. ha ha ha.)
But we won't move. and i won't remain hopeless. Obama won and that is hope enough to get me through. I am optimistic and just hope that my generation will make a difference. In 2 or so years, i'll have more time to really get involved with someone's campaign, do some good, change a couple of minds. Put my optimism to work, for as Jesus did say love your neighbor and helping the poor with work and health insurance will always fall into the category of helping your neighbor.
Good luck Mr. Obama. You are my hope for the future.
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Posted by christina at November 3, 2004 5:44 PM