Boy, this is going to be one divided and dark country for 4 years.

[HughBeaumont]

I now know (besides the whole green card thing) what it's like to be a foreigner in my own land. I fear for this nation's future. I think we're going to go back to seeing a real threat of nuclear war like we did in the 80s.

The guy has failed in every . . single . . issue. It's nice to know that a bunch of unintelligent fucking redneck fundies are deciding the future for the rest of the world. Amazing.

I hope their kids get drafted and killed. If that sounds extreme, so be it. I'm not about unity right now. I'm disgusted and so is the rest of my room here at work.

[Poll_Blind]

1. You got that right...

Waking up today (and going to bed last night) gave new meaning to the word surreal. I've been sitting on the lid of the box that I cheerfully placed all my worst fears of Bush being elected in. Now that box is bumping and rocking and I can't hold it down forever. I've still got hope, but the sun is coming up and I see it's rays illuminating only a ghastly wasteland, ravaged by Bush's future for America. Or maybe it's a trick of twilight. I certainly hope it is.

Because in all my days, I've only been frightened by the shadows and specters of the night. But the apparent dawning of this new day...is hideous in the foe it starkly reveals.

PB

[Foodbunny]

2. I feel like I've been sucker punched.

Necessary preface - I believe Kerry won. I believe a full counting of the votes will reflect that.

When I was a kid I came out as an atheist. In Texas. I was abused and battered physically and emotionally by my peers while the adults knowingly turned away. Because the minister at the church most of them attended said that atheists are less than animals.

In junior high I discovered that elevating the level of violence to scary immediately when someone started physical intimidation did wonders for making people too scared of me to beat me up. But I was alone, isolated, and hated.

By the time I got to high school I was seriously afraid that I would end up losing control of myself and killing someone. So I dropped out and got my GED and took several years to try to heal the emotional wounds from those years.

The same people who beat me up, who isolated me.. the same ones who, as adults, turned away from a kid begging for mercy... they turned out in droves. To vote against gays and to vote for Bush.

It brings up a lot of pain for me. Just knowing that they are out there in such numbers, that they still think nothing of screwing over anyone who isn't them. It hurts me to the bone. I want to curl up and hide from the world like I did when I finally escaped them. On the other hand it makes me want to go out and get in their faces and say "Yes, I'm everything you hate. And you know what? I hate you too."

I'm in a fragile place. I need Kerry to hold on and fight until the end. I NEED Kerry to win. I just don't have any hope for the US if he doesn't. And I am tired of living without hope.