Thursday, November 04, 2004
If Voting for Kerry was Wrong, I don't want to be Right
Wednesday was a looper of a day. There was an overwhelming sense of ennui (a feeling Bush voters are immune to since it sounds French). Not necessarily a crushing feeling. More of a sense of displacement. Do I really live in a country that voted in George Bush by a majority? What am I doing here? And, most importantly, who are my fellow citizens?
I am lost.
What did I miss that caused this to happen? As NPR's All Things Considered opined this morning, perhaps it was all due to the proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage bantered about in early summer. Did Karl Rove, Son of Satan, come up with another rabbit-out-of-the-hat election time trick that hoodwinked the reading 'n thinking public? While the Democrats were pushing GOTV, thinking this movement will get out the Kerry-leaning voters, the Republicans were cleverly tying together anti-gay marriage with their candidate. Folks who haven't voted in years were coming out in droves to beat down the gay marriage initiative, while also casting a vote for Bush. You've got to give Rove credit for another bit of evil ingenuity.
Family Values = Anti-Gay Marriage = Vote for Bush.
Simple formula that worked and a formula that did not require BUsh to really take any hard stance. If there was another ballot regarding Inter Species Marriage (say...your dog and a significant other), I don't think those votes would be so one-sided in the negative as the Anti-Gay Marriage proposal voting results were.
This year's election results cannot be taken as anything but polarizing. The verborrhea regarding coming together or healing the wounds? That sounds like compromise. I truly don't believe the 51% - 49% groups will be thinking of compromise or compassion, in the long run.
Domination and control will be the order of the day.
The sky is darkening.
Wednesday was a looper of a day. There was an overwhelming sense of ennui (a feeling Bush voters are immune to since it sounds French). Not necessarily a crushing feeling. More of a sense of displacement. Do I really live in a country that voted in George Bush by a majority? What am I doing here? And, most importantly, who are my fellow citizens?
I am lost.
What did I miss that caused this to happen? As NPR's All Things Considered opined this morning, perhaps it was all due to the proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage bantered about in early summer. Did Karl Rove, Son of Satan, come up with another rabbit-out-of-the-hat election time trick that hoodwinked the reading 'n thinking public? While the Democrats were pushing GOTV, thinking this movement will get out the Kerry-leaning voters, the Republicans were cleverly tying together anti-gay marriage with their candidate. Folks who haven't voted in years were coming out in droves to beat down the gay marriage initiative, while also casting a vote for Bush. You've got to give Rove credit for another bit of evil ingenuity.
Family Values = Anti-Gay Marriage = Vote for Bush.
Simple formula that worked and a formula that did not require BUsh to really take any hard stance. If there was another ballot regarding Inter Species Marriage (say...your dog and a significant other), I don't think those votes would be so one-sided in the negative as the Anti-Gay Marriage proposal voting results were.
This year's election results cannot be taken as anything but polarizing. The verborrhea regarding coming together or healing the wounds? That sounds like compromise. I truly don't believe the 51% - 49% groups will be thinking of compromise or compassion, in the long run.
Domination and control will be the order of the day.
The sky is darkening.
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