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What upset me most about the US political election wasn't Bush winning the elections.
Of course I am anti-Bush. But I was half-expecting the result, so it wasn't a huge disappointment. And the hope that a Bush victory brings, is the chance of another Clinton in the White House.
What upset me most was the kind of people that have been elected to office, and the people who have voted them in (see excerpt below). And perhaps what was most horrifying, was the Number of people who voted for Bush. Yes I expected there to be people with mush for brains who would vote for Bush. What I did not expect was for So Many people to vote for him, and for these voters to display antiquated prejudices.
An excerpt from The Economist:
" In Louisiana, for instance, David Vitter became the state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction thanks, in large part, to his uncompromising stance on abortion: he stated flatly that there should be no exceptions, a message that played well in this heavily Catholic and evangelical state. In South Carolina, Jim DeMint not only pledged his opposition to all abortions, but announced that neither homosexuals nor unmarried pregnant women should be able to teach in public schools. In North Carolina, the victorious Republican, Richard Burr, devoted much of his campaign to tying his opponent, Erskine Bowles—one of Bill Clinton's former chiefs-of-staff—to his former employer."
I don't understand the mentality of these people. In a free, enlightened world, why do such closed, narrow views still exist? It is like returning to the dark ages.
Of course I am anti-Bush. But I was half-expecting the result, so it wasn't a huge disappointment. And the hope that a Bush victory brings, is the chance of another Clinton in the White House.
What upset me most was the kind of people that have been elected to office, and the people who have voted them in (see excerpt below). And perhaps what was most horrifying, was the Number of people who voted for Bush. Yes I expected there to be people with mush for brains who would vote for Bush. What I did not expect was for So Many people to vote for him, and for these voters to display antiquated prejudices.
An excerpt from The Economist:
" In Louisiana, for instance, David Vitter became the state's first Republican senator since Reconstruction thanks, in large part, to his uncompromising stance on abortion: he stated flatly that there should be no exceptions, a message that played well in this heavily Catholic and evangelical state. In South Carolina, Jim DeMint not only pledged his opposition to all abortions, but announced that neither homosexuals nor unmarried pregnant women should be able to teach in public schools. In North Carolina, the victorious Republican, Richard Burr, devoted much of his campaign to tying his opponent, Erskine Bowles—one of Bill Clinton's former chiefs-of-staff—to his former employer."
I don't understand the mentality of these people. In a free, enlightened world, why do such closed, narrow views still exist? It is like returning to the dark ages.
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