WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY?!

[LadyShea]

Originally Posted by Goliath

No, seriously. What the FUCK is wrong with the 51% of the voting population that voted for Bush?! I want to line them up, and one by one pick each of them up by their necks and scream "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" over and over again until they tell me precisely what the fuck is wrong with them.

They voted based on their values, Goliath; they voted against gay marriage/gay rights, they voted against "tearing little babies apart", they voted against the Whore of Babylon Roman Catholic Church, they voted against "coddling those ragheaded brown people". Most of the country considers themselves not only Christian, but evangelical. The Baptist pulpit was as influential as any campaign stop podium this time around.

That they voted to continue to be un(der)employed, at war, and surveilled just didn't register with them.

I'd ask about what's wrong with my state of SD (who voted out Daschle and put a prick in his place who will be nothing more than a puppet for Bush), but the answer is obvious: The name of the state has the word "Dakota" in it.

From my understanding, Daschle homesteaded his place in DC, making him a "Washington asshole" and that pissed off the South Dakotans.

We all are angry, but we need to find contructive ways to channel that anger and try to keep Bush from stripping us of our rights completely.

[Godless Dave]

I didn't like Daschle anyway. He was spineless in facing up to Bush's lies about Iraq, among many other issues.

My state had a chance to increase the number of Democrats in our House delegation, but we couldn't pull it off.

[LadyShea]

Looks like Harry Reid, from Nevada, may take over for Daschle. He's a good guy, and I have yet to see him be wimpy.

[Godless Dave]

Originally Posted by LadyShea

Looks like Harry Reid, from Nevada, may take over for Daschle. He's a good guy, and I have yet to see him be wimpy.

I hope so. It would be nice to have an actual opposition party again, instead of the kiss-Bush's-ass party the Democrats have been for the last four years.

[Godless Dave]

Originally Posted by LadyShea

We all are angry, but we need to find contructive ways to channel that anger and try to keep Bush from stripping us of our rights completely.

My plan is to channel it all the way to British Columbia.

I was prepared to fight if Bush stole the election again. But if a majority of American voters willingly re-elected the worst president of the last 100 years, fuck it, they deserve what's coming to them.

[LadyShea]

Originally Posted by Godless Dave

My plan is to channel it all the way to British Columbia.

I was prepared to fight if Bush stole the election again. But if a majority of American voters willingly re-elected the worst president of the last 100 years, fuck it, they deserve what's coming to them.

That was just barely a majority. Almost half voted for change. Please don't leave and reduce that further.

[Godless Dave]

Originally Posted by LadyShea

That was just barely a majority. Almost half voted for change. Please don't leave and reduce that further.

I was going to suggest we all leave. We could trigger a Canadian economic boom while the US implodes under the weight of its own bigotry and arrogance.

[Petra]

Originally Posted by Godless Dave

I was going to suggest we all leave. We could trigger a Canadian economic boom while the US implodes under the weight of its own bigotry and arrogance.

And then, after said implosion, return to take it back.

Yeah, I can dig it.

[Godless Dave]

Originally Posted by lunachick

And then, after said implosion, return to take it back.

I don't know about that part. I already like Canada, and when global warming really takes off it might be an even better place to leave.

I'm serious. I feel like just giving up on this country. I'm not sure it deserves my hard work any more. And I'm tired of being in a political minority that is demonized for things we don't even stand for. It would be nice to live somewhere where my "far-left, elitist liberal" views are considered centrist and pragmatic (except for the weed thing).

[THX1138]

Originally Posted by Godless Dave

I'm serious. I feel like just giving up on this country. I'm not sure it deserves my hard work any more. And I'm tired of being in a political minority that is demonized for things we don't even stand for. It would be nice to live somewhere where my "far-left, elitist liberal" views are considered centrist and pragmatic (except for the weed thing).

My sentiments EXACTLY.

J

[Petra]

Originally Posted by Godless Dave

I don't know about that part. I already like Canada, and when global warming really takes off it might be an even better place to leave.

I'm serious. I feel like just giving up on this country. I'm not sure it deserves my hard work any more. And I'm tired of being in a political minority that is demonized for things we don't even stand for.

I can understand that.

It would be nice to live somewhere where my "far-left, elitist liberal" views are considered centrist and pragmatic (except for the weed thing).

Yep. Canada's good for that. NZ is, too.

[Darren]

First of all, deepest sympathies to all of you Americans (even those who voted for the incumbent president) on the re-election of Bush. It is a national catastrophe for you and a global catastrophe for the rest of us who watched helplessly as the wrong choices were made again.
I think your media is largely to blame for failing to ram home the basic truths about the USA's global impact - esp. with respect to the environment, social justice, international law and "world peace".
Four more years - yes that's probably enough to set off the definitive decline of the American Empire. You are now over extended, engaged or implicated in too many conflict zones to cope, especially with your record budget deficit.
All we can hope for now is that the descent will not be too rough!
Imagine getting worked up over the issues of gay marriage and abortion when conservative estimates of the Iraqi death toll due to the invasion put it at over the hundred thousand mark! So the message is - meddle in people's private lives and choices at home and literally to hell with the rest of the world! It is indeed a very sad day.

[Goliath]

Originally Posted by LadyShea

They voted based on their values, Goliath;

Then what the FUCK is wrong with their values!?

I'm serious when I say that I want to literally pick up, one by one, every single Bush-supporter by the neck, shake them vigorously in the air while screaming "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" And I wouldn't move on to the next fucko until I got a suitable answer from the piece of human waste whose neck was currently in my hands.

From my understanding, Daschle homesteaded his place in DC, making him a "Washington asshole" and that pissed off the South Dakotans.

The Thune campaign somehow (don't ask me how) got a clip of Daschle saying "I'm a D.C. Resident." WELL NO FUCKING SHIT!! HE'S A GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKING SENATOR!!! OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO BE A FUCKING D.C. RESIDENT!!!! GUESS THE FUCK WHAT?! THUNE WILL BE A D.C. RESIDENT, TOO! DOES THAT MAKE HIM AN EVIL FUCK AS WELL!?

Wait, Thune is ALREADY an evil fuck!

We all are angry, but we need to find contructive ways to channel that anger and try to keep Bush from stripping us of our rights completely.

It's too late. It's only a matter of time. I predict that this country will be a Theocracy by December 31, 2006 (although I desperately hope that I'm wrong about that).