Election day
It’s election day and given all that I’ve written on the topic, I guess I should say something…
Of course, we don’t know the results yet, but I’m already very disappointed.
America ended up electing a guy who:
- Voted to re-authorize the Patriot Act
- Voted to fund the Iraq War
- Never voted for or authored a bill that would end the Iraq War
- Voted for telecom immunity
- Voted for the $850,000,000,000 bailout (including $150,000,000,000 of pork) which banks are using to pay bonuses and make acquisitions
It’s sad that with all the information we have available to us, people didn’t take 5 minutes to investigate beyond the rhetoric and look at the actions. Sure your guy says good things, but he does the opposite, consistently.
I guess we do indeed get the government we deserve.
Sid Singh wrote:
Vijay, don’t be a party pooper right now. Be a cynic after a few months … when the honeymoon’s over.
Right now, Obama’s more popular than Lennon then the time Lennon was more popular than Jesus.
Posted on 05-Nov-08 at 11:56 am | Permalink
Vijay wrote:
I’m not poopoo-ing the party as much as wondering “What’s the party about?”
Anyway, I’m at the next party (the “What happened to all that stuff you promised us?” party) waiting for the crowd to show up.
Posted on 05-Nov-08 at 12:37 pm | Permalink
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