It's An Emotional Day Here, by Jeffrey Veen

It's An Emotional Day Here

To my friends and family in other parts of the world, I ask but one favor:

This entry was written by Jeffrey Veen and posted 3 November 2004 at 10:21 AM. It was filed under Personal.

Comments

1. On 3 November 2004 at 12:14 PM vanderwal wrote:

Shouldn't this be blue?

2. On 3 November 2004 at 12:35 PM Daniel Nathan Stoddart wrote:

Perhaps you should ask Zell Miller for help.

3. On 3 November 2004 at 1:12 PM Nick Finck wrote:

I wonder if America can be "liberated"? Maybe the Iraqis will come and help save us from our oppressive leader.

4. On 3 November 2004 at 1:17 PM jharr wrote:

We had the same thought...
http://crawlspacemedia.com/weblog/

5. On 3 November 2004 at 3:17 PM kat in ohio wrote:

i feel your pain. i successfully converted a few swing voters, and felt confident that kerry would take the state. so many jobs have left ohio in the past year. i don't get it - and apparently neither does the rest of the state.

6. On 3 November 2004 at 3:32 PM bruce bowden wrote:

Our local (Canberra, Australia) paper's cartoonist captures the view of at least some people over here.
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/viewimage.asp?type=story&image=348031.jpg&id=348031

7. On 3 November 2004 at 6:41 PM david kemper wrote:

No offense to all my good American friends, but I think you guys are taking Bush's victory a little too seriously. It's not the end of the world. Consider what the country has been through in the past. The republic has survived, and you will survive as well. It's important that each of you, individually or collectively, do things to make sure that the next four will be years of peace and prosperity. Come on!!

8. On 3 November 2004 at 9:41 PM isma wrote:

Well, I think it is actually a big deal, just consider all the people that have needlessly died in the past months... Just to think about all the people that will die in the next four years because of this president gives me the creeps, and I'm not ONLY talking about american soldiers ("one american soldier got killed in Falujah today. We are deeply sorry about it. Click here to read his bio and comments of his loved ones. Oh, and also some several hundred iraquis got killed in the same fight, we don't really know whether they were civilians, women or children so we'll just call them insurgents, for brevity").

9. On 4 November 2004 at 12:29 AM Stephane Deschamps (nota-bene.org) wrote:

You have our sympathy, from France.

(yes, the country where a crook was elected president to counter a fascist, yes)

10. On 4 November 2004 at 1:42 AM Serge K. Keller wrote:

And my sympathy from Switzerland. BTW, you're most welcome here, but it may not be such a hot idea since it's not much better right now. Perhaps you can try asking Tibetan citizenship ( http://www.tibetan-passport.fr.st )?

11. On 4 November 2004 at 7:25 AM david kemper wrote:

There's no doubt about the sadness I feel when I hear the news of yet another U.S. soldier dying in Iraq, or the news of innocent Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire (or crosshairs) of a battle. War is a dirty business. Bush made a miscalculation on post-war Iraq, thanks in part to his so-called team of advisors. The US military is trained to fight and kill...not calm a restless nation.

Since Bush is back in power with considerable strength, he must resolve the Iraq crisis...and deal with domestic issues. Powerhouse nations in Europe and Asia are slowly but surely creeping up on US military and economic might.

As for future pre-emptive wars, I doubt the military or the American people have the stomach for more. Quite frankly, I believe the US should get out of the business of fighting wars altogether--it no longer has the strategy or vision to conduct successful combat.

12. On 4 November 2004 at 8:08 AM /T wrote:

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship."

Alexander Taylor, 1778

13. On 4 November 2004 at 8:33 AM Jitendra Jain wrote:

When Two People contest one has to win and the winner is decided by the voters, what the majority thinks. The great american People thought Bush was a better choice and war for terror is not over yet. So Bush was the choice.
Now 4 more years to him.

CONGrats MR Bush.

14. On 4 November 2004 at 8:52 AM dina in Montreal wrote:

Canada is a nice place to live :-)
Our politicians aren't great and our submarines are lousy, but we have lots of flu vaccine and most people like us.

15. On 4 November 2004 at 9:03 AM veen wrote:

David Kemper:

"No offense to all my good American friends, but I think you guys are taking Bush's victory a little too seriously. It's not the end of the world."

Agreed, David. But we do need at least a few days of mourning before rolling up our sleeves and taking back our country.

Optimism? Sure. Nixon took a second term with a stunning 520 of 538 electoral votes, and look what he did with it.

http://www.presidentelect.org/e1972.html

Nothing is the end of the world.

16. On 4 November 2004 at 3:20 PM Adam wrote:

"I wonder if America can be "liberated"? Maybe the Iraqis will come and help save us from our oppressive leader."

Last I checked... America made a CHOICE on Tuesday.

We chose Bush. Can't get much more liberated than that!

And I whole heartedly doubt you are in ANY WAY oppressed.

Sorry guys... but its EVERYONES country. Not "YOUR" country. To say your going to "Take back our country" when the country just voted to maintain its leadership... is plain ignorant.

17. On 4 November 2004 at 7:47 PM isma wrote:

Exactly, so the outcome of this election speak worst about the american people than Bush himself. I wouldn't mind (I'm not american) if it wasn't so costly for the rest of the world. Everyone is depressed and surprised here. It is amazing that so many americans put all evidence aside and just decided to go for the taugher-looking one. Really, difficult to believe.