I too almost vomitted at the results, it is very hard to stomach the fact that we have to hang through Bush's crusade for another 4 years. It's insane to even try to comprehend that statement, 4 more years, I get chills up my spine thinking about it. We can only hope that he is caught having "relations" with a White House intern. Maybe that way we can impeach him... for some reason the other BS he's doing doesn't warrent that yet!

PEACE

I'm going to link your entry to my blog, folinazzo.com.

I, too, asked "What the hell is wrong with the ignorant people of this country?" How can we re-elect Bush into office again? I'm sad today. I had to hold back the tears when I checked my voicemail at work a couple of hours ago and listened to the taunting (from a family member, no less) "Kerry's conceding right now, so if you have a chance to watch the news today, you'll hear his speech!"

I think the worst part was trying to cope with the fact that I held the "minority" opinion, when infact i have to keep reminding myself that ~49 mil people here were on my side yesterday.

I will forever be suspicious of the Diebold Machines. No receipts? I mean, we could have been duped by "faulty" chips or programing with out ever knowing it. All this turn out, and we still lost? Are you kidding me?

So many evil thoughts run through my head, trying to think how the hell to cope with this... maybe i should give it a day or 200 before i start writing truely how i feel.

i just wrote a big long post about the election. but i hit tab and the whole fucking thing got erased. but here is the jist of it.
assuming the diebold machines didnt cheat, kerry lost for several reasons. here they are in no particular order.

a sitting liberal senator from mass cant win a national election. no sitting member of congress has done it since 60, and kerry is no jfk.

during a time of war, people stick with the prez. no wartime prez has ever lost re-election.

personality counts. people want to vote for someone they like. being really smart and articulate only makes you look elitist. gore and kerry are proof of that.

karl rove is a genius. he said that in 00, 3 to 4 million christian conservatives stayed home. so this time, he played to the base, instead of the center like most candidates do. and the result? dubya will win by between 3 and 4 million votes.

dems should not depend on young voters. its great that they came out, but they were trumped by every other age group. dems need to appeal to middle class, middle aged white people again.

values and morals was the #1 issue of voters this time around. dems need to realize that the values of hollywood and nyc dont mean much to the rest of the nation. show everyone that you have faith too. the gop should not have a monopoly on spirituality.

the dems big issue, the economy, didnt mean as much as the wars and values. people would rather take the known and bad, instead of the unknown and possibly better. that was tough luck for the dems.

prescription for 08
HILLARY CLINTON CAN NOT WIN A RED STATE.
anyone who thinks she can win a naitonal election is not thinking clearly or pragmatically.
the dems need to rally around someone who the red state voters can warm up to a little. im not saying to nominate zell miller, but dont forget clintons lessons. we need a dynamic personality who people relate to. it may be edwards, but someone else could emerge.
in any event, the democratic party is on life support and may already be dead. they are in danger of becoming inconsequential.
on a side note, im glad daschle lost. he sucks. he was afraid to stand up to bushs agenda, and he lost cuz the gop made him look like an obstructionist to the prez, when he actually bent over backwards to agree with bush. just hillarious!

THE CONSPIRACY IS FULED....

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

Nov 5, 11:56 AM (ET)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

Bush actually received 365 votes in the precinct, Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, told The Columbus Dispatch.

State and county election officials did not immediately respond to requests by The Associated Press for more details about the voting system and its vendor, and whether the error, if repeated elsewhere in Ohio, could have affected the outcome.

Bush won the state by more than 136,000 votes, according to unofficial results, and Kerry conceded the election on Wednesday after acknowledging that 155,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted in Ohio would not change the result.

The Secretary of State's Office said Friday it could not revise Bush's total until the county reported the error.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041105/D865R1DO0.html

Sorry i'm such a horrible speller...