Alienation
I woke up this morning to NPR and other new analyses of the "moral values" issues and the successful mobilization of the evangelical Chrisitian republican base. I'm told gays, guns and God were the deciding issues of the day. Call me crazy, but based on those same news sources, I thought the "war on terror" and to some extent the economy/jobs were the defining campaign issues. I realize that the wing nut moral majority zealots are always a factor, but since I don't live in the bible belt nor a swing state, I'm guess shielded from the hateful messaging. I feel completely out of touch.
I dread 4 more years of W in office--especially now that he is really claiming some holy Christian God Mandate, but sadly I am more fearful of the 51% of the country that mobilized to keep this fool in office. Who ARE these people?
And since when did 51% of the popular vote and a sliver of the electoral votes equal a mandate? 2000 lowered the bar so much that an election without blatant fraud now confers a mandate on an administration.
Speaking of fraud, I voted electronically courtest of the Diebold corporation. Back in Aug. the CEO of Diebold promised to deliver Ohio to W. No conflict of interest there. I'm not really a conspiracy theorist, but it would make me feel better to have at least a receipt or some paper proof that I voted.
Finally, all of the CA prop. initiatives went the other way. 64 passed, 66 failed and 72 failed by a sliver.
It's raining outside. My dog and cat are ignoring me.
To add insult to injury, I'm feverish and down with a cold.
I promise the next posting will have nothing to do with the elections or local politics.