I'm not over it
As if I needed proof that I'm still not over the election results, I just could not make myself get to church this morning. I told myself I wasn't going because Adam was at a sleepover (and going to a Christian church) and Jared had a cold. The truth is, however, that I just couldn't bear the post election sermon. I didn't need or want a morning of crying.
I am so afraid for our country. So afraid for the country that my children will inherit. Afraid of the 51% of the population who voted - again - for George Bush.
Last night, I completed a Zogby poll about the election. One question asked if I will "accept George Bush as my president". Do I have a choice? Of course I accept him as president. He holds the office. Not accepting him as president is the same thing as saying I don't believe in war. I don't support the current war and I don't support many wars but I believe in them. They're not fairies.
So, yes, I accept George Bush as my president. I do not respect him. I no longer even respect the office. I don't even teach my children to respect him. I think most people in the world don't respect him.
I guess I won't get over it. Four years is a LONG time. The Supreme Court appointments will last even longer. The enormously huge deficit will last much longer. The hatred toward our country may exist for generations to come. How many people will die in four years - from hunger or AIDS or war or diseases that stem cell research might help?
I'll have to find one of those countdown things to put on my blog to countdown the days until the end of Bush's term in office.
4 Comments:
This falls in the category "There's nothing new under the sun":
"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over,
their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight,
restore their government to its true principles.
"It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and
incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public
debt.
"If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till
luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the
principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at
stake."
-- Thomas Jefferson, in a letter of 1798, after the passage of the Sedition
Act.
MargaretWV
Oh Margaret! Thank you!
I found these words very comforting this morning. Would you mind if I took them from the comments section and put them on the blog?
Of course, but full disclosure time. I got that quote from William Gibson's blog: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/blog.asp
(see November 6th entry). Gibson's an award-winning science fiction writer, inventor of cyberpunk -- dh has some of his books. Anyway, his political blogging has been very interesting.
Also from his blog (apropos politics): "And because, as the Spanish philospher Unamuno said, 'At times, to be silent is to lie.'" Thank you for speaking out, Beth.
MargaretWV
Yikes -- "Of course I do not mind, feel free, go ahead, etc."
MargaretWV
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