Election Day Aftermath

[MeezDiscreet]

and i'll be praying for this country too because i believe osama when he said he has more for us if we keep this bush in office.

and love_spell_6, your signature says don't be a sore loser. well, don't be a sore winner (i use that losely because if you think for one second that your position in this country as a black woman is any different from mine because you're republican, then sista, i pray for you). now, of course i'm in no position to tell another adult what they should/shouldn't do but i will say that these little flip remarks aren't needed, appreciated, wanted, warranted, cute, funny, nor do they make you seem anymore mature or intelligent.

[smlwonderdst]

Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
and i'll be praying for this country too because i believe osama when he said he has more for us if we keep this bush in office.

and love_spell_6, your signature says don't be a sore loser. well, don't be a sore winner (i use that losely because if you think for one second that your position in this country as a black woman is any different from mine because you're republican, then sista, i pray for you). now, of course i'm in no position to tell another adult what they should/shouldn't do but i will say that these little flip remarks aren't needed, appreciated, wanted, warranted, cute, funny, nor do they make you seem anymore mature or intelligent.

And to add on about the signature ....

The true defeat is that people have chosen to ignore ...
the that fact that we are in a baseless war
the current state of our economy
the large number of unemployed Americans
the large number of Americans who have no heath coverage
etc., etc.

All because Dubya says we are going to get the bad guys at all cost. And in the very near future, at all cost will be our brothers, sisters, cousins, and even some of us being drafted into the mess that he has created in Iraq.

That is the true agony of this defeat.

[CrimsonTide4]

My point that I was making to you LoveSpell that this would be a good chance for you to be a LADY or a GRACIOUS PERSON. Your candidate won. We know you are a die hard conservative and Republican. We know you are very pro-Bush. I sit here in a very pro Bush state. I work with a lot of pro Bush people but a lot of those who I interact with are not walking around here berating the Kerry supporters. The way you go about it (i.e. your posts on here) make me and a lot of others ill. I am sure you are going to say you don't care and that you are glad you are on so many people's mind and yada yada yada. So I will save you the trouble. I would PROBABLY have more respect for you as a Republican if you just knew how to be more respectful of those of us who disagree with you.

Your fake niceties with the winks make your words even less sincere.

A lot of us on here have differing viewpoints. You are ONE of the only ones on here who makes it a point to have a differing viewpoint on almost every single issue.

In conclusion, you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar. I would have more respect for you if you stated what you felt but did not get overly antagonistic and contentious in every single post.

Lighten up!

[Nubian]

Great...good ole Dubya won, so I guess scare tactics won over common sense. Common sense would tell you that any President that...
started a baseless war
lost jobs
squandered money

and can't put together a complete sentence without a speechwriter handy to save his life, does not deserve four more years in office . And if the above points aren't proof enough that this man should not be President, just take a close look at some of the comments in this thread from people who found it necessary to re-elect him.

[lil_sunshine]

CAN I GET AN AMEN FOR CT4 AND NUBIAN!!!!!

[smlwonderdst]

AMEN!!

[INS2U]

I feel very sad for the US and the rest of the world with these election results.

I am also extremely disappointed in the actions of "Soror" Love_Spell6 on this board.

Sad...truly sad...

[sistarisin]

I personally feel bitterly disappointed and feel violated. Everyone in my office keeps saying 'well you'll just have to get over it'. I simply can't get over it. It's very frightening that a lil over half the country can't see this man for the evil person he is and the conglomerate of people he represents...

And yes, I said EVIL...

On the flip side, I hope that the young voters that came out in record numbers along with those who are typically apathetic to the election process will not be disheartened! In looking at the U.S. map of the voting results, you can see that our votes did count in the urban areas where we are densely populated because Kerry did in fact win in those areas!

[lil_sunshine]

DITTO!!!! The son of a Bush is EEEEEEEEEEvil!!!!! You can look at his big eared self and tell!

[LovetoTravel]

lil_sunshine,

I love the description of your location. I am so depressed because my son is 18 years old and I am afraid that they will try to send him over to Iraq. And I agree with the posts that call that fool evil.

I've been reading Lamentations Chapter 3 which has made me feel a little bit better. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end." Let's pray that the Lord is simply trying to teach us all a lesson in patience and faithfulness, and that this nightmare will end soon.

[treblk]

Ya know, I'm not one to speak up on politics, because I was not as informed as I am now, but I will say this, not matter what we say or do, Dubya is back in office and I PRAY that the next four years will not be the same as the last four years.

I PRAY that this election, these debates, the CLOSENESS of the race, showed him how SPLIT the country is and that he will take heed to our message and do something, anything about it. I PRAY that he uses these four years to make his presidency count for something, anything. It scares me to think of what could happen, but I'm PRAYING for the best.

We need to unite as a country, for better or worse, and do our part to make it just a bit better...even on GC


treblk gets off soapbox...carry on

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by treblk
Ya know, I'm not one to speak up on politics, because I was not as informed as I am not, but I will say this, not matter what we say or do, Dubya is back in office and I PRAY that the next four years will not be the same as the last four years.

I PRAY that this election, these debates, the CLOSENESS of the race, showed him how SPLIT the country is and that he will take heed to our message and do something, anything about it. I PRAY that he uses these four years to make his presidency count for something, anything. It scares me to think of what could happen, but I'm PRAYING for the best.

We need to unite as a country, for better or worse, and do our part to make it just a bit better...even on GC


treblk gets off soapbox...carry on

Great post. I'm not happy about Boosh either, but on the other hand, my family is here, my life is here. So I deal.

[LovetoTravel]

I doubt that there will be any change in his mindset. I have no doubt that he and his cronies will say that his reelection was a sign from God that what they are doing is right. They don't have anyone to answer to! The Senate and the House are more Republican than ever. They'll be able to appoint two or more new U.S. Supreme Court justices. I predict that things are going to get a whole lot worse unfortunately.

[Conskeeted7]

This is what I think about the election: How to become a Canadian citizen

[Angel11E01]

This e-mail was sent to me after we received the devastating news about
the election. It is a little long, but worth the read.
Let's keep our heads up Kerry supporters, our time is coming!
I hope this helps.


Hello everyone:

My heart is heavy right now._ I'm so dissapointed in the election
results._ I'm terrified for our country's future._ I feel worse than I did
in 94 or 00.

These next 4 years are gonna suck, no doubt.

However, a good friend in Texas sent this today -- from her good friend
who_lives in Cleveland with her family and works at the Great Lakes
Theatre Festival._ This is an_essay from a playwright and political
activist she knows through GLTF.

Kinda brings tears to_the_eyes and_some hope on a dark day.

Pass it on.

bg

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Possibly Two Big Steps Back


I'm up early and don't yet know how this is all going to turn out or why.
I do think, in a democracy, that every vote should be counted before it's
officially called for either candidate._ Right now it looks like Bush has
got it, and it may well hold up that way, but I'm grateful to Kerry for
not
giving in to media pressure to just give up and get on with it as Gore
did.

And there's some slightly bitter satisfaction in knowing that if Bush DOES
win, that he will finally -- FINALLY -- for once in his life, have to deal
with the mess he's made._ Iraq, the economy, etc. went south on his watch,
and now it could still be his watch._ And every recent president has
stumbled badly in a second term._ From Watergate to Iran/Contra to Monica
Lewinsky, 2nd-termers tend to overstep and get caught._ And this current
group of scoundrels have ALREADY thrown so many bombs in the air that
we're already beginning to see some of them come home to explode._ I don't
see how they can get through 4 more years without a MAJOR repercussion._ I
also hope not too many of us suffer when they do.

Which leads me to continuing to think the weak things of the world were
put here to confound the mighty._ The confounding just may not have
occurred last night._ I thought Nov. 2 would be the tipping point, the
place where most of us would wake up._ As of now, it looks like most of
this country has
chosen the fantasy over reality._ More of our people want the stories Mr.
Bush tells us.

Which does anger me._ It angers me that the bad guys are going unpunished
for now._ That the So-Called-Liberal-Media bought and propagated the
fantasy stories spun by these people and seem to be rewarded for doing
so._ That my state of Ohio could be slipping further away from the home of
moderate liberalism it used to be and more toward being the Mississippi of
the north.

BUT.

I'm hopeful._ I saw with my own eyes yesterday, as did most of you, what
this country can still be._ I saw people so passionate about making their
voices heard that they stood for hours -- HOURS -- in the rain and heat
and cold to cast their ballot._ I saw young people who'd never voted and
no one
would ever think WOULD vote._ I saw one man at my polling place in
Clevelandwho had a broken hip, who was driven up close to the door of our
polling place, and pulling himself out on his crutches, wincing with EVERY
SINGLE STEP, though the rain and deep puddles, he made it into the voting
booth
because "I'll be damned if anything is going to keep me from voting this
time."_ All I could do was hold an umbrella for him and keep saying "Thank
you."

These are the things movements are built on._ This kind of passion, hope,
alliances, and determination._ The Republicans have been building theirs
for 40 years, and the progressives have only really started in 2003._ Even
if we lose this particular battle, we are still the groundwork for a
movement that I think ultimately MUST win._ Because it's based on truth
and courage and compassion._ And thoughout history, these have ALWAYS won
out._ Not when we'd like them to necessarily, but eventually.

So I'm in it for the long haul._ A lot of me wants to curl in with my
family and pull away from the world today, to regroup and get my
bearings._ But I don't have that option -- I fly out of town in two hours
to work on a play in North Carolina._ I'm going to have to be out in the
bigger world, a world of strangers and new friends.

Just as we all are.

Mr. Bush and company would like nothing better than for us all to curl in
with our families and pull away from the world and become depressed, so
they can get on with the business of ruling us._ I think not._ It's still
our job to make this a country we can truly call home._ Regardless of who
wins, that
doesn't change._ And Mr. Bush can delay us from that goal._ But he can't
stop us.

If it's okay with you all, I'll keep you posted on the struggle._ Thank
you all for your kind words and support these last few months.

I'm going out into the world._ See you there.

Peace,

Eric C.