How do i feel about the presidential election? Well, I'll feel a little silly wearing this uniform for the next four years.



In 2000, after a botched recount and a Supreme Court decision, Bush walked into the White House with the country split about 50/50 for/against him. He promised to be a uniter, not a divider. After Sept. 11 and during the beginning of the war in Iraq, opinion polls showed how desperately this country wanted to be united. But instead of uniting this country, Bush and friends acted like half of the 50/50 split didn't even exist. Maybe that feels good if you're a selfish bastard on the one half of the 50/50, but from this side it hasn't been too much fun. They questioned the patriotism of my half of America. They told my half of America that it was either him or the terrorists. They called us the three T's -- terrorists, traitors, and treasonous. A vote for Kerry was a vote for Bin Laden. Really? If that was true, what does it mean now that almost half the country just chose bin Laden over Bush? That's not a glowing endorsement for your next four years.

And so here we are again. It's 4 years after the 2000 election debacle, and our election system (see Diebold machines in Ohio) is still fucked. After two wars and the deadliest attacks in America since the Civil War, the country is still divided 50/50. After four years of pretending none of our problems existed, lo and behold our problems are all still here, including our Republican president. And after four years of a Republican president, a Republican congress, and a conservative supreme court, you'd think we'd be living in some sort of utopia of fiscal responsibility, sound economic policy and small government. Instead we've had a record surplus turn into a record deficit, the first net job loss since the Great Depression and the government trying to amend the Constitution to tell you who you can and can't fall in love with. I'd say "fuck me," but fucking me will probably be outlawed by the time I post this.

For the last three years, I've been hearing how September 11th changed everything. Really? Besides all the dead people and the size of Haliburton's bank account, what really changed? During his second term, will Bush actually acknowledge the existence of my half of the country he leads? I doubt it. This feels like 2000 all over again. Or maybe more like 1972 ...

I'm getting e-mails from people who seem to think that this some how legitimizes everything Bush did in the last four years. I'd like to remind you of that other great Republican War President that won re-election, but this one entered his second term with one of the biggest landslide victories in American Presidential politics. Bush can only hope to follow in his footsteps. I speak of course of:



Here's to four more years of us fighting to do the right thing, because our government won't.