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2004/11/7 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:34731 Activity:high
11/5    http://fromasadamerican.blogspot.com/2004/11/how-you-could-have-had-my-vote.html
        Everyone here who isn't a moronic bible thumping pig fucking red neck
        should read this.  Most of you won't "get it" but I still have hope
        for a few of you.
        \_ The party of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Ann Coulter
           claims that the Democrats are full of hate. Pretty amusing.
           \_ So... you've been in a cave for the last week?
              \_ No, did Rush Limbaugh agree to stop calling his
                 political opponents Nazi's or something? Have
                 The Republicans announced that they distance
                 themselves from the hate speech coming from
                 the above and Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson
                 and the rest of the Religious Right? Have
                 they decided that gays are human beings yet?
        \_ She missed one important component, as described by Zell Miller.
           There is nothing as treacherous as committing, as political
           party, to a war and then, later, actively campaigning against it
           for political gain.  Completely disgusting and unforgivable.
           Lieberman seemed to be the only prominent candidate that
           appreciated this - congrats to him.
        \_ Stop arguing about all those reasons you have lost!  Many who
           voted for Kerry can tell you they would have voted for Bush if
           only ....  There are moments in history, like the fall of Memphis,
           the conquest of Syracuse, the defeat of Maxentius, or the burning
           of the Forbidden City, when destiny is supreme and everything
           else is inconsequential.  The new Genghis Khan is on his way.
           Be wise and get on good terms with your new overlords for the
           safety of yourself or your descendents.  You may only keep your
           ideas of enlightenment to your heart, or transmit them on scripts
           to some future mythical future generation, who will live through
           the same cycle of renaissance and ruin.
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fromasadamerican.blogspot.com/2004/11/how-you-could-have-had-my-vote.html
Open Letter To The Democratic Party Friday, November 05, 2004 How You Could Have Had My Vote It's been two days since John Kerry conceded, and all I am seeing, hearin g and reading from the Democratic party is that you guys think you lost on "moral values." You seem to think this means nothing more than opposi tion to gay marriage. You seem to think that Bush voters waited in line for hours to stick it to the queers, to tell those faggots how much we h ate them! Many Bush voters, like myself, were not happy to be voting for the Presid ent's re-election. Many Bush voters agonized over our decision and cast our vote in fear, trepidation, and trembling. Many of us would have give n our left arms for a Democrat we could have supported. Because I am too young to be as disillusioned as I am, and because I know that one-party rule is not good for my country, and because it is my de epest wish to see the Democratic party change into one I can give my who le-hearted support, I am going to explain why you didn't get my vote, an d how you can get it in the future. First, for context, let me give you a bit about my perspective: I am a si ngle, heterosexual, college-educated woman in my late 20's with an annua l income of about $30,000. I live in a solidly red state in the South, t he region you guys wrote off entirely without even trying to persuade us to vote for you. I am not an ideologue, and I experience painful ambiva lence about many political issues. The notion of an abortion makes me qu easy, but I don't want Roe vs. I have friends who've be en impregnated by rape and friends who found out late in their third tri mesters that they were carrying babies too malformed to ever have normal lives. 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