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November 02, 2004
The Election
This is it. Time to vote. Do what you have to get to a polling place. Be heard.
Why? Because this is the most important election we're going to see in our lifetime. If Bush wins, the course of our government, and the world, is going to a turn for the worse. His party and the country will move to the right, the conservative Christian fundamentalist right. If Kerry wins, the Republicans will have an internal civil war. One the fundamentalists can't win. Oh, and this country might actually become secure and have a good name among our allies, again.
I'm heartened by the statistics that Electoral-Vote.com has up today. Kerry gets 298 votes, with 270 needed to win. I think his methods are fair enough, but polls are polls. We get the final poll tomorrow. The thing I did enjoy on EV today was finding out that the Votemaster was none other than Andrew Tanenbaum, famous for Minix and other computer science stuff.
He wrote a great piece on why he did this:
Let me tell you a short story. When I was in elementary school, the school was plagued by a bully. He was the biggest, strongest kid around and would beat up anyone he didn't like. We were all exceedingly polite to his face, but hated his guts behind his back. One day he was chasing some poor kid and he tripped and skidded a considerable distance, scraping his face on the rough asphalt of the playground. He was bleeding and in pain, screaming for help. But nobody came to help him. We all just walked away. George Bush is the world's playground bully. The world sees him--and by inference, America--as arrogant, self-centered, and mean. I spoke to Americans from dozens of countries at the DA caucus. Everyone told the same story--the world hates America. When talking to foreigners, I can tell them about the Bill of Rights or freedom or World War II, or whatever I want, but all they see is this big, stupid, arrogant, playground bully and a stolen election in Florida last time. I think America deserves better. I want America to be respected in the world again, and John Kerry can restore the respect America deserves.
So, go out and vote. Do the right thing. I hope it does not end in court.
Posted by Samer at November 2, 2004 12:11 AM
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