Looks like that whole hope thing didn't last too long. My confidence in democracy is pretty much nil right now. To start with Bush has trouble stringing a coherent sentence togtehr. And he rushed America into a war based on evidence that was insufficent at best, and downright made up at worst. Not only did the reasoning given for having to rush to war turn out to be false, but then America's costly efforts (both monetary and life-wise) ended up making Iraq into a far more unstable place than it ever was when Saddam was in charge. On top of that the American economy went in the shitter and Bush racked up a record deficit. Yet somehow Bush manages to win re-election against a man who's biggest flaw is that *gasp* he allows new facts to influence his decision making process (apparently once you've decided something you've got to stick without and ignore any pesky facts that might get in the way (Bush is pretty fucking good at that)).

So now we've got another 4 years of Bush and now he's got even more power than he had before. To make things more fun he's also likely to get at least 2-3 supreme court appointees. Bush is almost certainly going to fill the spots with right wing nutjobs and, depending on which Justices retire/die, that could shift power in a very bad way in the Supreme Court. And considering all the power Bush and co have now the SC is one of the few safeguards against Bush's mandate.

Something tells me that when history looks back upon our time this election will be looked at as a pivotal moment in history. And not a good one.

Quote of the Day: "First I was nervous, then anxious, then wary, then apprehensive, then... kind of sleepy, then worried and then concerned"
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This actually does a pretty good job of mirroring my emotions from polls closing till just before Kerry conceded.