November 03, 2004

ElectionMonkey: Glum Tidings

A quick trip around the left-leaning blogs:

  • Meteor Blades on The Daily Kos: "With the mandate of a 3.6-million vote margin, one can only imagine how far their arrogance will take them in their efforts to dismantle 70 years of social legislation and 50+ years of diplomacy."
  • Matthew Yglesias: "It looks like the ultimate outcome will come down to whether Ohioans are more driven by an irrational dislike of gays and lesbians, or by an irrational desire to blame George W. Bush for the long-term decline of American manufacturing. Slightly depressing, but that's politics."
  • Kevin Drum: "We're almost exactly where we were four years ago. Which, really, is an amazing thing. You'd think an event like 9/11 would act as a catalyst that blows apart existing political dynamics and realigns the electorate, but instead it seems to have cemented it into place. Not only are we at the same place we were four years ago, but the divisions are actually more entrenched than ever. It hardly seems possible that this can last forever, but if 9/11 didn't realign the electorate, what will?
  • Some lunatic at Talk Left: "Christian & Muslim fundamentalists win, sane people lose. I'm disheartened, but I survived 4 yrs. of Bush, I will survive 4 more. I just hope no draft... a lot of my peers, parents, and myself will be holding our breath for awhile."
Posted by Ben at November 3, 2004 06:51 AM | TrackBack
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My favorite statement from Kos: "This is just the beginning, not the end. Regardless of who takes that oath next January we still have a war to wage. We won't wage it with violence, but by building a solid foundation for a new progressive movement." (emphasis mine)

POLITICS IS NOT WAR. THIS IS WAR. To compare a political campaign to war is comparing trite egotistical bickering to true sacrifice and courage.

Posted by: Ajakk at November 3, 2004 07:41 AM
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