I'm done being optimistic.
This is for those of you not privy to my early morning e-mail today (most of you didn't get it because my father has this REALLY bad habit of hitting the "reply-all" button, therefore making everyone on the list really uncomfortable with his comments. If you've read any David Sedaris, you'll notice my father and Sedaris' younger brother Paul ("The Rooster") are quite similar in the "uncomfortable comments" arena. If you know my father, you know what I'm talking about).
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I'm so angry. Not about Bush winning, because, come on - you knew it was going to happen. You all live in states where you can actually think that the rest of the country wouldn't vote for hate, greed and intolerance. Oh, they do.
Some guy pulled alongside me at a light and said "Yer guy lost! {chuckle chuckle}" and I said "Well, we can't all be ignorant rednecks, now, can we?" And then drove off very, very fast (realizing that M wasn't in the car with me). I should probably take my Kerry sticker off. I can't believe this place. But, on a positive note, Dallas was split 50/50 Kerry/Bush. Amazing.
But Bush winning isn't nearly as bad as the GOP majority that hasn't been in place like this since HOOVER. Anyway, here are some quotes from our illustrious new U.S. Senators:
Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, said during his campaign that he supported a state G.O.P. platform plank banning gays from teaching in public schools. He explained, "I would have given the same answer when asked if a single woman who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend should be hired to teach my third-grade children."
Tom Coburn, the new senator from Oklahoma, has advocated the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions and warned that "the gay agenda" would undermine the country. He also characterized his race as a choice between "good and evil" and said he had heard there was "rampant lesbianism" in Oklahoma schools.
John Thune, who toppled Tom Daschle, is an anti-abortion Christian conservative - or "servant leader," as he was hailed in a campaign ad - who supports constitutional amendments banning flag burning and gay marriage.
Why is it when I bitch that this country sucks at present time, people say "Well why don't you leave then?" Um, duh! This is MY country, assface! Did you leave during all those years Clinton was pissing you off? No. If you did, then we wouldn't be in this mess, now would we? Come together in unity my eye. Fuck unity, fuck Bush, fuck Ashcroft and fuck all of you fucking imbeciles who thought enough of that fucking schmuck to have us led into insecurity for another four more years. "Oh, I don't like Bush, but I really didn't think much of Kerry..." What? You're joking right? This isn't the lesser of two evils here: it's the support of complete and TOTAL EVIL! Are you all fucking idiots?
Good god. This place fucking SUCKS! And you know what, I do want to leave! But do you know how expensive emigration is? Because I've had to take a lesser paying job because of that FUCKING IDIOT I can't afford to run away. Stupid jackasses.