Emotional reaction to the US electoral result

[Micha]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
In 1999 there was absolutley nobody on the planet that could stop us.

Culturally we also owned the world in 1999, and most people generally liked us.

Now everybody hates us, our military is tied down in Iraq, and our global economic dominance keeps shrinking.

True. There´s just a minor flaw in your assessment:
Why do Americans always compare themselves to single countries when they piss off dozens at a time? At any time there would have been the power to stop the US, even in 1999.

Expensive high-tech weapons commanded by chimpanzees are in no way guarantors for success

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Sikander
I realized as soon as the Dems selected Kerry that we were screwed. So I've had plenty of time to to accept that fact and calm myself. Since the election I've been enjoying a little bit of local schadenfruede, as the town I live in is obnoxiously liberal and it's good for it to get a reality check from time to time. They just can't believe that everyone didn't vote for Kerry. After all everyone they knew voted for him.

But I voted for constipated. That steak I had for dinner is still holding on for dear life.

Metamucil added to your diet might help with that in the future.

Edit: Mumbles something about crossposts...

[Blake]

I'm going to have to go with Sad. But see, I don't think I would have felt any different if Kerry was elected, it's like that with a lesser of two evils election. Better the devil you know than the one you don't?

I am optimistic that Bad Things are going to happen, but also nervous given that feeling schadenfreude is quite inappopriate - when Americas economy goes poopy the effects will be quite global. Theres no point in getting frustrated or constipated over it, so I'll stick with sad

[lightblue]

Originally posted by Kull


The occupant of never-never land is he who won't recognise reality when it slaps him in the face.

Argue all you want about whether their nation is in decline or on the rise - the Patrician (Republican) citizens of Rome (USA) don't give a fig for the opinions and feelings of the effete intellectual citizenry of Ancient Greece (Europe/Canada). Rome will exercise power when and where we see fit, and there are none to say us nay.

React in laughter or horror as you see fit, it is what it is.

I thought that one of the reasons Kerry had trouble connecting with some voters was because he was too patrician

[Agathon]

Argue all you want about whether their nation is in decline or on the rise - the Patrician (Republican) citizens of Rome (USA) don't give a fig for the opinions and feelings of the effete intellectual citizenry of Ancient Greece (Europe/Canada). Rome will exercise power when and where we see fit, and there are none to say us nay

Except Vietnamese peasants who kicked your ass.

And now Islamic radicals who are kicking your ass.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Agathon


Except Vietnamese peasants who kicked your ass.

And now Islamic radicals who are kicking your ass.

Bah the "Gauls" are a mere nuisance, Kerry/Edwards even said so.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Emotional reaction to the US electoral result

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Not really. Half of all people after all.

I figure they must have a few people in the low 3's, since they get a narrow majority.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Agathon


Except Vietnamese peasants who kicked your ass.

How many of them did we waste? The fact we figured that ****hole wasn't worth our time being in doesn't mean we didn't have the capability to deal a lot more damage and to stay a lot longer.

And now Islamic radicals who are kicking your ass.

Running us in circles and being a pain in the ass, yes. Kicking it, not by a long shot.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Sikander
I realized as soon as the Dems selected Kerry that we were screwed. So I've had plenty of time to to accept that fact and calm myself. Since the election I've been enjoying a little bit of local schadenfruede, as the town I live in is obnoxiously liberal and it's good for it to get a reality check from time to time. They just can't believe that everyone didn't vote for Kerry. After all everyone they knew voted for him.

But I voted for constipated. That steak I had for dinner is still holding on for dear life.

Kerry was their best shot. No one else running stood a chance.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Micha


True. There´s just a minor flaw in your assessment:
Why do Americans always compare themselves to single countries when they piss off dozens at a time? At any time there would have been the power to stop the US, even in 1999.

Expensive high-tech weapons commanded by chimpanzees are in no way guarantors for success

Because getting a coalition of countries together to dick around with us in a concerted way would be pretty tough. Too many agendas and too many sets of perceived self-interest and strategic goals to meld together anything substantial enough to do us any damage.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Agathon


Except Vietnamese peasants who kicked your ass.

And now Islamic radicals who are kicking your ass.

*news flash* we won every battle in Vietnam. We kicked their ass up and down the block. Vietnam war was an absolute success.

It just so happens the war was unwinnable

[OliverFA]

I am happy that he won, despite all the propaganda against him (by the way, I don´t know why the media wastes all that money in the polls that are never right.) I am only sorry for Spain, but anyway we deserve it for offending the US

[Micha]

Originally posted by OliverFA
I am happy that he won, despite all the propaganda against him (by the way, I don´t know why the media wastes all that money in the polls that are never right.) I am only sorry for Spain, but anyway we deserve it for offending the US

Hm, US-flag, "Leeds, UK" as location, identifying as Spanish....

Now I am slightly confused...

[Dis]

. You're not the only one.

[Harovan]

It's easy to explain. Oliver fled to Britain after the Spanish gave in to terrorists. Why he flies an US flag and not one of Norfolk Island, Tuvalu or Antarctica like everyone else, is however a complete mystery.