Fuck you, America.
Before any of you jump on my case for saying that, I want you to stop and think long and hard about what this country just did.
We reelected the guy who stole the last election.
We reelected the guy who lied to us and dragged us into a war for profit.
We reelected the guy who wants to write discrimination into the Constitution.
We reelected the guy who wants to take away our right to choose.
They say America gets the politicians it deserves. Well, the fucking red states may deserve him, but I don't. You all don't, at least, if you got up and voted against him.
While flipping news channels last night, after Jon Stewart got off the air looking like he was about to cry, I heard those Crossfire assholes talking about whether you can look yourself in the mirror and feel good about yourself.
Goddamnit, I do. Because I know that "moral values" don't include war. They don't include fear, bigotry, hate, violence, and money. They don't include telling some sweet old lady at the polls that her vote for Kerry is a vote for Osama Bin Laden. They don't include throwing out registrations of people from African-American neighborhoods and denyiing them even a provisional ballot. (Two experiences that I saw firsthand yesterday.) I know that moral values include tolerance and love for everyone, even the people who are too stupid to realize that voting for Bush is simply voting to fuck themselves in the ass.
I did all that I could. I've put so much energy into this campaign for the past year, from the Dean fervor to this, from standing on street corners in the cold holding up signs and talking to strangers in neighborhoods I'd never been to, to writing articles for whatever publication I could find, to phonebanking, contributing what little money I have, and going door-to-door to make sure people got out to vote.
I can look myself in the mirror and say that I did what I could. And still, people my age can't be bothered to get off their asses and vote.
Fuck this country.
Can we take the Northeast and West Coast and join Canada?
Before any of you jump on my case for saying that, I want you to stop and think long and hard about what this country just did.
We reelected the guy who stole the last election.
We reelected the guy who lied to us and dragged us into a war for profit.
We reelected the guy who wants to write discrimination into the Constitution.
We reelected the guy who wants to take away our right to choose.
They say America gets the politicians it deserves. Well, the fucking red states may deserve him, but I don't. You all don't, at least, if you got up and voted against him.
While flipping news channels last night, after Jon Stewart got off the air looking like he was about to cry, I heard those Crossfire assholes talking about whether you can look yourself in the mirror and feel good about yourself.
Goddamnit, I do. Because I know that "moral values" don't include war. They don't include fear, bigotry, hate, violence, and money. They don't include telling some sweet old lady at the polls that her vote for Kerry is a vote for Osama Bin Laden. They don't include throwing out registrations of people from African-American neighborhoods and denyiing them even a provisional ballot. (Two experiences that I saw firsthand yesterday.) I know that moral values include tolerance and love for everyone, even the people who are too stupid to realize that voting for Bush is simply voting to fuck themselves in the ass.
I did all that I could. I've put so much energy into this campaign for the past year, from the Dean fervor to this, from standing on street corners in the cold holding up signs and talking to strangers in neighborhoods I'd never been to, to writing articles for whatever publication I could find, to phonebanking, contributing what little money I have, and going door-to-door to make sure people got out to vote.
I can look myself in the mirror and say that I did what I could. And still, people my age can't be bothered to get off their asses and vote.
Fuck this country.
Can we take the Northeast and West Coast and join Canada?
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On a lighter note, I think I glimpsed Cheney grinding the organ as the Lil' Monkey did his acceptance-speech dance.