Thoughts on the election and the next four years.
Yesterday, John F Kerry conceded the 2004 election to Bush.
I'm amazed at how little people in general follow what's happening in the world today. Maybe I shouldn't be amazed...I was that way once myself. Hmmm.
I'm surprised that generally people categorize the media, especially newspapers, as having a liberal bias. And anti-Bush. As I see it, there's a good reason for that. As part of the media's job, they closely follow what's going on in the world. And they see the outrageous things the Bush Administration has done. The people complaining about the bias typically do not follow national and world events in great detail and are pretty much not aware of the actions of Bush & Co. They get their snippets of news from the TV and radio. If at all. I am firmly convinced that somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 of the people that voted for Bush fall into this category. They voted for Bush because they've always voted Republican or they voted for him because of a gut feeling about him. The pundits are calling this "values". For the most part they are unaware of the outrageous things the Administration has done. Else they wouldn't have voted that way. Unless they're complete morons. Or aligned with al Qaida.
So am I saying that we shouldn't blame them because they know not what they've done? No. No. No. I'm saying SHAME ON THEM! If they don't know what their candidate has been up to, they shouldn't vote. Like the 40% that stayed home. Or they should have skipped over the Presidential Election and voted only on the other issues.
Also, I don't think the Kerry campaign fully presented the true extent of what Bush hath wrought in his first four years. Actually, I myself don't know it's full extent, but I do know enough that I'm scared shit less of the next four years. And I'm a conservative Republican.
I probably won't do this, but I am actually seriously thinking of moving to either Canada or Mexico. Before the fiscal crisis hits. Problem is, when it hits, it's going to take a lot of other countries with it. Especially Canada and Mexico.
I'm thinking I'll probably stay right here an get more active in the political world. And try to better influence what's going on today and tomorrow. Stay tuned.
I'm amazed at how little people in general follow what's happening in the world today. Maybe I shouldn't be amazed...I was that way once myself. Hmmm.
I'm surprised that generally people categorize the media, especially newspapers, as having a liberal bias. And anti-Bush. As I see it, there's a good reason for that. As part of the media's job, they closely follow what's going on in the world. And they see the outrageous things the Bush Administration has done. The people complaining about the bias typically do not follow national and world events in great detail and are pretty much not aware of the actions of Bush & Co. They get their snippets of news from the TV and radio. If at all. I am firmly convinced that somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 of the people that voted for Bush fall into this category. They voted for Bush because they've always voted Republican or they voted for him because of a gut feeling about him. The pundits are calling this "values". For the most part they are unaware of the outrageous things the Administration has done. Else they wouldn't have voted that way. Unless they're complete morons. Or aligned with al Qaida.
So am I saying that we shouldn't blame them because they know not what they've done? No. No. No. I'm saying SHAME ON THEM! If they don't know what their candidate has been up to, they shouldn't vote. Like the 40% that stayed home. Or they should have skipped over the Presidential Election and voted only on the other issues.
Also, I don't think the Kerry campaign fully presented the true extent of what Bush hath wrought in his first four years. Actually, I myself don't know it's full extent, but I do know enough that I'm scared shit less of the next four years. And I'm a conservative Republican.
I probably won't do this, but I am actually seriously thinking of moving to either Canada or Mexico. Before the fiscal crisis hits. Problem is, when it hits, it's going to take a lot of other countries with it. Especially Canada and Mexico.
I'm thinking I'll probably stay right here an get more active in the political world. And try to better influence what's going on today and tomorrow. Stay tuned.
posted by Larry @ 9:48 AM
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