stunned silence
The American population has once again elected W. Oh wait, I shouldn't say "again". He was never elected for the first term.
Watching the election night coverage was interesting, primarily the big colored map of America, and just how extensive the "red" areas were. What's even more stunning to me is how "red" the state of Indiana truly is. I guess I never really paid attention to the political slant of this state, but it really came home during this campaign. Indiana was something like 61% Bush, 38% Kerry. Allen County, in which I live and work, was close to those same percentages. And in the office I work at, the numbers increase to something like 98% Bush, 1% Kerry. And yes, I would fall into that 1%.
Displaying my "Vote For Change" posters and subtle anti-Bush posters has raised some eyebrows within the office. But I guess that's always been "me", never comfortable to follow the masses. The sheep continue to be very comfortable huddled together, accepting the lies and moving in whichever direction their "commander in chief" tells them.
These are very heated debates that have been raging thru most of 2004 and will hopefully continue well into W's second term. 51% of the popular vote still means the other half of the country, some 50 MILLION PEOPLE, clearly do not accept your leadership, Mr. Bush.
Finally, I'd once again direct you to Matthew Good's Blog. Matt is a fellow Canadian who has watched the election campaigns and puts all of his thoughts and fears into perfectly detailed sentences, when sometimes I don't have the ability nor the patience.
Watching the election night coverage was interesting, primarily the big colored map of America, and just how extensive the "red" areas were. What's even more stunning to me is how "red" the state of Indiana truly is. I guess I never really paid attention to the political slant of this state, but it really came home during this campaign. Indiana was something like 61% Bush, 38% Kerry. Allen County, in which I live and work, was close to those same percentages. And in the office I work at, the numbers increase to something like 98% Bush, 1% Kerry. And yes, I would fall into that 1%.
Displaying my "Vote For Change" posters and subtle anti-Bush posters has raised some eyebrows within the office. But I guess that's always been "me", never comfortable to follow the masses. The sheep continue to be very comfortable huddled together, accepting the lies and moving in whichever direction their "commander in chief" tells them.
These are very heated debates that have been raging thru most of 2004 and will hopefully continue well into W's second term. 51% of the popular vote still means the other half of the country, some 50 MILLION PEOPLE, clearly do not accept your leadership, Mr. Bush.
Finally, I'd once again direct you to Matthew Good's Blog. Matt is a fellow Canadian who has watched the election campaigns and puts all of his thoughts and fears into perfectly detailed sentences, when sometimes I don't have the ability nor the patience.
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