Emotional reaction to the US electoral result

[Moral Hazard]

First I was happy from what I heard in the exit polls.
Then I was upset when the exit polls turned out to be bunk and Kerry started losing.
Then I started to develop a headache thinking that we would have a repeat of 2000. So I went to sleep.
Woke up and was actually happy to hear that the networks were essentially saying Kerry should give up.
Then I decided to back the winner GWB, After all I do support some of his policies.

[Dis]

some good points about Bush...this may take a few minutes

He has good ideas about restructuring the military. It was stupid of the democrats to critisize removing troops from germany. That just makes good sense.

His wife seems like a decent lady

hmm, I'm having trouble coming up with more

Actually I supported his social security plan over Kerry's. Kerry basically had no plan. I think privatization may be the key (though I haven't looked into the details on how Bush is going to accomplish this).

[molly bloom]

A kind of resigned, bemused schadenfreude- now right thinking (as opposed to Right 'thinking') Americans will understand how I felt when Thatcher was Prime Minister for what seemed such a long unpleasant time.

Alas the consequences for the world and America of a second Babybush term are so serious and potentially dire/disastrous, that any freude I derive from the schade is severely tempered by the fear of what the intellectually challenged 'speaks with god' has in, well I was going to say 'mind', but perhaps 'the pipeline' would be more appropriate.

Perhaps as M.T.G. says, undiluted evangelical Republicanism will create such an unpleasant taste in the American public's mouth that it will spew it out for a good few years after.

[Dis]

Thatcher was great. We need her back.

[Cruddy]

Delighted.

It's so nice to know that the US economy will be down the pan in a few years.

Self inflicted too. No sympathy whatsoever.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Dissident
Thatcher was great. We need her back.

I'd say most British people would happily pay for you to have her- perhaps you could let her work her magic on the U.S. and you too could have record levels of post war unemployment and house repossessions.

Oh, and the aggrandizement of the secret state and the erosion of civil liberties, but you seem to be doing well in those respects already...

[DrGerry]

Impotent.

I only hope Bush govern for US only and leave the world alone, but.....

Well, Dissident appears he forgotted his medication

[Bosh]

I'm really really trying to get drunk enough to forget that Bush won, but its just not working. I can still spell for ****'s sake.

Hmmm, I think there's some left-over whiskey around here somewhere...

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Agathon


Except Vietnamese peasants who kicked your ass.

And now Islamic radicals who are kicking your ass.

that is all im going to say about that

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Dissident
Thatcher was great. We need her back.

You can have her. She's going to kick the bucket any day now, anyway.

[TheBirdMan]

Vote: Frustrated.

[Drachasor]

[SIZE=1]Actually I supported his social security plan over Kerry's. Kerry basically had no plan. I think privatization may be the key (though I haven't looked into the details on how Bush is going to accomplish this).

The plan will cost over 1 trillian dollars, because we are using all the money that is coming in.

-Drachasor

[Kidlicious]

Privatization of social security is unbelievably stupid, but I'm not suprized that it may actually become a reality. It's got to be the stupidest idea ever.

[Unspeakable Horror]

I could not believe it, how could anyone vote for him?
Oh well, it doesn´t change much for us anyway...

[Alex]

I was sad. More blood, more wars, more stupidity.

On the other hand, perhaps we can pick up the remains of Rome. Loot, yay!