Ah. Lemme 'splain. When I read your great post, I was trying to recover from watching CNN pundits talk about the failure to dethrone Bush. What made it sting were the group of young adults and teenagers screamin for Bush like he was the lead singer of Outkast. Either trust fund kids or the first to cheer/sob when there's a draft.
Just that morning, I searched in vain for my new voting address in Massachusetts for over an hour and saw one ragged man from the poorest district of South Boston declare himself Republican (hoping to get the best tax cuts when his lottery and Keno tickets cash in, I suspect).
A month ago, I used every bit of my rhetoric skill to convince my girlfriend not to vote for Bush (though not to vote for Kerry, who she loathed--and I have no argument for that, sadly, only agreement, AND as you can tell by what I relate from her in my first post-traumatic post, her views for the most part are very sympathetic to mine).
Needless to say, by yesterday morning, I was dripping with cynicism when I read your post. Also, you can tell I'm still dripping with it, even though I've showered since yesterday.
Sorry for the confusion. I would say misdirected anger, but I wasn't angry at you, as I kinda figured you voted for Anybody But Bush. Just a hunch. Then again, I had a hunch we wouldn't have a winner by the end of the week. At leastI'm 50/50.
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But Chad. I did not vote for Bush.
Eileen
My email to Eileen, just sent seconds ago:
Hey, Eileen.
Ah. Lemme 'splain. When I read your great post, I was trying to recover from watching CNN pundits talk about the failure to dethrone Bush. What made it sting were the group of young adults and teenagers screamin for Bush like he was the lead singer of Outkast. Either trust fund kids or the first to cheer/sob when there's a draft.
Just that morning, I searched in vain for my new voting address in Massachusetts for over an hour and saw one ragged man from the poorest district of South Boston declare himself Republican (hoping to get the best tax cuts when his lottery and Keno tickets cash in, I suspect).
A month ago, I used every bit of my rhetoric skill to convince my girlfriend not to vote for Bush (though not to vote for Kerry, who she loathed--and I have no argument for that, sadly, only agreement, AND as you can tell by what I relate from her in my first post-traumatic post, her views for the most part are very sympathetic to mine).
Needless to say, by yesterday morning, I was dripping with cynicism when I read your post. Also, you can tell I'm still dripping with it, even though I've
showered since yesterday.
Sorry for the confusion. I would say misdirected anger, but I wasn't angry at you, as I kinda figured you voted for Anybody But Bush. Just a hunch. Then
again, I had a hunch we wouldn't have a winner by the end of the week. At leastI'm 50/50.
Again, apologies.
Chad
Sweetie, dry yourself now...
Eileen
Would you believe that yesterday was the closest I ever came to crying over an election in this country? I'd love to know if anyone else came close.
I flat out balled, myself.
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