HagiaSophia
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I absolutely loathe George Bush - consider him one of the most thoroughly despicable human beings ever to draw breath, and I have never considered him "my" president. I don't care how many other people voted for him; he is not morally, ethically, or intellectually fit to hold any public office higher than notary public, and frankly I'm not even too sure about that. I wouldn't give that slimy little reptile the benefit of the doubt on anything, regardless of that impressive seal on the front of his podium.
So it doesn't surprise or anger me in any way if there are others who now feel the same way about Obama. Doesn't matter. It's not a repudiation of democracy in any way, as far as I'm concerned. Just as Bush did what he did for the last 8 years, whether I approved or not, Obama will now do whatever he's going to do for the next 4, or 8, regardless of what the people who dislike him think of the matter. C'est la vie. In 4 years, they'll get another chance to vote against him like I voted twice against Bush, and if they can persuade enough of their friends and neighbors to vote the same way, they'll get their wish. But until and unless they are able to do that, I really don't give a flying fuck what any of them think of Obama, any more than any of them gave a rat's ass what I thought of Bush. I had to live with 8 years of Bush, now they've got to live with 4 (or 8) years of Obama. Fuck 'em.
Angry much? He may be an idiot, but damn. Personally, I think democracy in the country is a joke. It doesnt work in a society of 315 million people.
The last eight years were worth it, in light of the fact that we just elected the first minority President, and that we did it because he was the most qualified candidate. We are the first Western country to elect a racial minority to the highest office in our country. It's proof that democracy does work - it just doesn't work quickly. And it shouldn't. Efficient, quick-moving governments tend to be fascist governments. Democracy takes time.
And what's wrong with being angry at a President and party that have caused the debasement of the Constitution, the degradation of America's reputation internationally, a party unable to understand what "socialism" and "redistribution of wealth" actually mean, a party that outed our own operatives in the field, a party that is responsible for more than doubling the national debt in a trumped up Texas tea party that has cost us dearly paid blood and treasure so that we're all bailing out the commercial banking industry, the oil corporations are making record-breaking profits. Why shouldn't we be angry - we should be outraged at the poor stewardship of the Republicans over the last 8 years. But, we get the government we deserve. I think, after this last election, we deserve a much better government, and we're going to get it. To go back to the main idea - it is our responsibility as Americans to hold our government to high standards. When we don't, we get Grants, Hoovers and Bushes for 8 years. When we do (often in times of crisis) we get our FDRs.
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