today, vote. tomorrow, recount.

Are you all libral? I'm republican, and I was thrilled with the results. Bush would have won anyway, so I'm happy that Kerry accepted defeat and quit, serves him right (evil catholic who believes in abortion, stem cell research, and divorce, giving a bad name to us all). What really bothers me are the people holding out signs on corners saying that Bush cheated, he didn't cheat and he won the popular vote, its rediculous. Why can't people just be grateful that we get to elect our presidents...

I used an absentee vote since I wouldn't have been able to get home in time. I mailed it last week - I guess I procrastinate too much ;p

I think one of the amazing things is that America is beginning to look like the Middle East. very divided. There is a lot of bitterness and divisiveness now, more than ever. It used to be racial issues, but now it is cultural and religious issues. It is nasty.

I would never think that religion and politics should mix in with the issues of whom our elected officials should be in a secular society, but it is a reality today. It is a big wake up call, that religion (Christianity) in America has risen to the top of the National agenda, in Congress and the White House. I wonder how big business, will match with the new social order of Christians that were used to keep Mr. Bush ( leader of the corporate free world) in office.

The Christian Right and Evangelists showed the Democrats how well organized they are and how much those social issues really outweighed the issues concerning jobs, the economy, affordable health care, the war on Iraq, and most policy issues that affect the world, that most agree upon that Kerry was right on (no pun intended).

Or better put, those issues were used by the Big Business minded Republicans as a winning wedge issue and constituency with chilling results for liberals.

I personally think we have just "dumbed-down" the Presidency. Kerry winning all debates on the issues at large, but losing the family values war at voting time was a huge blunder of over-confidence on the Democratic side. But most likely was "overlooked" completely.

My own family is divided some of us cheered the outcome, and some of us are bitter. The church going "saved ones" voted Republican, and the "intellectuals" voted Democrat. This is overly simplified I know, but true.

No one was satisfied actually with either candidate really, but each decided the lesser of two evils depending on the perspective of what "evil" meant.

That was very well said E. You did a good job of writing exactly how I feel.

It has more to do with the common people getting tired of over privileged "Cambridge" elites telling them how they should live their lives; that everything they thought and believed about god, unborn children, marriage, patriotism and the like were all pass?, old and out of date, and you were simply ignorant not to embrace the modern thinking of the educated and sophisticated progressives. Well, the people have spoken, and the haughty liberals can go crawl back to their homes and ponder over why they are so out of touch with the principles the United States was founded on.

Then again, there are those like myself who just thought Kerry was a bag of wind, spouting off everything he could think of without one shred of proof to back up his promises. The only thing guaranteed under his leadership was that the war would continue and the taxes would go up. Yay o_0.

Oh, and nope sailor_gohan, we're not all liberals.