Stoical

[poliphilo]

I did think of staying up to see the results come in. I'm glad I didn't. It's turned 9 o'clock and we still don't have a result.

But it looks like four more years of Bush.

I'm not going to make a fuss. I'm going to be stoical about this. If Ohio goes for Bush (as looks likely) it'll be a convincing victory. Demos will have spoken.

Look, I'm a European; I don't get Bush at all. Apart from a certain folksiness and ease around people, I don't see anything about him that would make me want to vote for him. I think he's unintelligent. I think he's a front man for the corporations. And I think his foreign policy is wrong in every particular.

Alexander the Great and his gang come clattering up the street. Horsehair plumes and flashing bronze. And they come across Diogenes sitting in his barrel. The greatest living general meets the greatest living philosopher. It's the ancient Greek equivalent of a photo-op.

So Alexander says to Diogenes, "Anything you want I'll give it you. All you have to do is name it."

And Diogenes says, "OK. Please get out of my light."

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[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

i too am heartsick this morning. i am disappointed in, frustrated with, and ashamed of my country. somehow the democratic party, which better serves the interests of the majority of americans, is feared and distrusted by the very people it seeks to protect. i don't know how this can possibly be fixed. i am frustrated with kerry for lacking the backbone, when labelled a "massachusetts liberal" to stand up and say "what's so terrible about being a liberal? what's so terrible about being from massachusetts?" and to confront and challenge the labels put upon him with truth: that massachusetts has one of the lowest tax rates in the country, the lowest divorce rate, one of the lowest rates of teen births, in addition to world-renowned hospitals and schools. there are so many things that kerry did not say that he should have-- when bush said kerry was going to make people rely on the government for their healthcare, kerry should have reminded him that bush and every congressman is on a government healthcare plan, and that aren't the american people (who pay for the politician's health care through taxes) deserving of the same level of service? there are so many more examples of this. so i am frustrated with the close-mindedness of americans, the fearmongering and lies of the republicans, and the weakness of the democrats. as someone one said, "give the people a choice between a republican and a democrat who acts like a republican, and they will choose the republican every time". i thought the democrats had learned that lesson in 2000.

god, it makes me sick. i want to cry.

the only bright side i can possibly see in this is that our country will be pushed so far into debt, unemployment, poverty, and war that we will learn the error of our ways. that is, if we can survive until the next election-- seeing as nukes are proliferating and nothing's really been done about the terrorists. of course, even if we do, the supreme court will be lopsidedly hardline conservative for the next forty or so years, so i guess we can kiss roe v wade and gay rights good bye.

either that, or all the states north and east of pennsylvania should secede and form our own country, since we're evidently the only ones (except for the west coast) with any sense.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's got to be something wrong about a system that couldn't produce a better candidate than Kerry.

I haven't come across a single person, a single journalist, who has expressed enthusiasm for Kerry in his own right. It's always been a case of "well, he'll do." By contrast the Republican faithful have a real passion for Bush.

I can't help noting that Kerry is a very, very rich man- even richer, according to one article I read, than Bush. How is it that you have to be a millionaire before you can even consider running for president?

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

kerry is not richer than bush. the money is all his wife's. before they married, he was one of the poorest senators (not that senators are poor). but yes, there's something wrong that you have to be rich to run for president.

also, kerry's been my senator for my whole life, and i believe he is a good person and could be a great president. however, not many people are as familiar with him as i am.

the system does its best to drag down the best candidates in the primaries, and the media accentuates that... think of the dean scream.