if you read anything of my blog, please read this. you can even break it up and read part today, part tomorrow if you like. i'll let you.
so i guess yesterday was just another day.
however it really wasn’t.
the world seemed a bit more somber than it usually is.
so much time and effort and money went into Kerry’s campaign that it is really just sad.
you had Springsting and company rockin the place out, you had Moore and company doing their thing, and there was Mtv with their rock the vote crap, which obviously (i would think) should appeal to the more liberal kids, and there were punk rockin tours, and an unjustified war going on that we started.
seemed like he had everything going for him to get a landslide.
what went wrong?
i’ve read and heard some theories here and there, but they just don’t fly with me.
i must be so out of touch with the idea that GW is qualified to be a leader of the most powerful country in the history of world.
it is so mind boggling that there are so many people, over 50% of the nation, that feels this way.
are they out of touch?
i’m just so confused about the whole thing.
is the majority of the nation so simple minded and naïve that they cannot see through this man?
heck, maybe i just can’t see how he is so great of a person and one of the best presidents we’ve seen in the last 50 years.
i mean, he spreads freedom faster than a hooker spreads her STDs.
without trying to be racists at all, is it all the Mexicans who tend to vote republican? but wait, california went blue even with the terminator on its side.
or maybe the Cubans in
Florida?
were they scared Kerry was gonna send them back on the boat they came from?
i know that sounds harsh, but i just don’t get it.
must have been all that poor white trash from the deep south.
they know that if GW didn’t have a rich daddy, he would be poor white trash along with them.
he gets the vote from both worlds too cuz we can’t count out the richie rich’s out there.
they need their tax breaks.
and big business/big government = more money for them than i can even imagine.
i guess i should also blame my own neighbors too.
God forbid that two guys who love each other should be able to get some kind of civil marriage.
we have to vote Bush cuz he’ll make sure that doesn’t happen with his amendment to the Constitution.
well, sheep of
utah, there is no way that he will be able to pull off that shit.
i am excited about the next four years just so i can see him try.
i do hate this state.
i feel so alienated from my neighbors, my county i live in where GW got 86% of the vote, my state, where he got something like 71% (the highest percentage in the nation), my country that i live in and the church that i belong to, who happily says that they do not endorse one side or the other or one issue or another, but are perfectly happy about releasing proclamations endorsing a ban on gay marriage at a time when, what’s this, a ban on gay marriage is on the ballot this year for utah.
how convenient.
i feel really bad for Kerry.
he worked harder than i could ever imagine doing.
not saying that Bush didn’t, however Bush already had the millions, had the force, and had the White House.
Kerry started from scratch and look at what he accomplished.
and do not be fooled when people say that Bush got more votes than any president ever in history.
Kerry also got more votes ever if you don’t count Bush.
which means???
oh yeah, Bush had more people vote against him in the history of this country.
this nation is as divided as it has ever been.
the partisanship will not end any time soon, despite Bush claiming he wants to bring the sides together.
as i recall, he said that four years ago and has been bashed many times for making no attempt during his first term.
expect this to last people.
and yes, four more years.
he got it.
now we look to the future.
is more nation building/destroying in the cards for us?
time to head over to
North Korea and
Iran and bomb the holy shi'ite out of them i guess.
wonder if we really will though?
you figure, we are pretty darn sure they are working on nukes, so they are actually a threat to us.
Sadaam on the other hand barely had the tanks to run over his own people, much less blast us with them all the way from the gulf to GW’s happy little ranch.
all i know is that whatever country we decide to pick on in the next four years, all you voters and supports of GW, because he is our president and we must put our faith and trust in him, will be on the front lines doing his dirty work.
i want you to represent him as we kill the thousands upon thousands of innocent people just like you and i.
he probably won’t do a draft, however when he calls to the American people for help and recruitment into our world police, you had better be the first in line to give your life for your president’s cause.
if you support him so much, i’m sure you’ll understand that you need to lay down your life to help GW have a name in the history books and a happy retirement on his happy ranch after all is said and done.
and when you have all died in battle supporting your big business country, all non-voters who had their opportunity to have their voice heard will back up the GW voters while they reload and fix their bayonets.
you apparently don’t care less what happens to this country, so you must not care what happens to yourself or your comrades.
for this reason, you will be forced to care for your fellow comrade, and see that by not voting, you have created the battlefield just as Gee-Dub voters have.
congratulations Bush supporters.
bet you didn’t know that by voting for him, you’d get a free vacation to the land of oil or the land of rice-cakes and dance games.
sorry if you don’t get to choose where you go. maybe he will invade somewhere in the caribbean too.
and just maybe, you will be one of the lucky 1,000 or so who won’t be coming home.
don’t feel so bad, just trust him.
today is just another day and it is exactly how i predicted it would be.
gays are being treated like animals, republicans rule the day,
utah people are more conservative than a muslim cleric, and mary jane is still outlawed in every state (nice going
Alaska).
the only thing we now have to look forward to is
Clinton.
i pray that she runs in ’08.
i don’t think i could ask for anything more.
Nader on the democratic ticket would be nice too, but Hillary is where my money is.
i’m proud of all the people who decided to vote for the first time this election.
i’m sad for those that wanted to, but didn’t get the chance.
like most of our votes, it didn’t matter anyways.
it’s obviously not over though.
we still have four years to whine about the system and get changes made.
our voices may be stronger than any stupid punchcard we ever fumble through (yes, utah still does punchcards).
as long as we don’t forget what we stand for, i think we’ll be okay.
it’s also nice to know that we are off the hook when the country goes to hell during his second term.
remember, we voted for the other guy!
i realize this post is really negative, but that’s what happens when you don’t give me the rights other people have, or when you send me to fight your war, or when you lose sight of our domestic policies, or when you forget who really attacked me and the rest of america, or when you run a campaign word game and dupe and confuse the voters.
yes, i’m bitter, but i have all right to be. i pray i'm wrong about the next four years, but the only evidence i have is the last four years. it doesn't really work in his favor.
i’m sorry to all my peeps that i haven’t talked to since i got back.
i’m not avoiding anyone, i’ve just been so busy with everything.
had a lot of catching up to do on my school work and am still far behind.
i miss you all and wish i was in a state where more than 34% of the voters believe gay couples are people too with rights.
as soon as this week is over, i’ll try and get in touch with you all.
sorry this is so long, but you know me.
i also had an editorial from the paper here that i wanted to post.
maybe another time i guess.
What you did made a difference, and building on itself, we will go on to make a difference another day. I promise, that time will come – the election will come when your work and your ballots will change the world, and it’s worth fighting for.
--JK
