Doesn't this Canuck Cluck have a line to stand in for healthcare or something?
Posted on 11/14/2004 2:46:10 PM PST by quidnunc
This, too, shall pass.
The United States will muddle through, as it's muddled through before, because the idea of America, and the system that sustains it, is bigger and braver and more enduring than any single subpar president or collective brain cramp of the populace.
But it's so damn sad anyway. Once again, as Franklin Roosevelt put it, the only thing to fear was fear itself, only this time fear won. Bombast won, the Big Lie won. And of course George W. Bush won, with his staunch certainties in a scary world and his skilled retailing of "moral values" to an increasingly conservative base. Because this is what happened in the U.S. election: with jobs disappearing, deficits running rampant, their kids being killed in Iraq saving the world from nonexistent weapons, Americans rushed to the polls to keep gays from marrying and women from having abortions. The culture war somehow trumped the Iraq war — evidence of an America not only fiercely divided but in deep denial.
The world, by the way, lost. So did reason, the poor, African-Americans, stem-cell research, the air and water, gun control, the cause of basic competence, the belief that the truth will out.
I thought John Kerry would win and I was wrong. I thought so because the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where the nation was headed. The ship of state was steaming straight for an iceberg, the captain too stubborn to change course — but in the end the people were too frightened or too distracted to change captains.
This, too, shall pass. Eventually, with who-knows-what consequences.
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(Excerpt) Read more at macleans.ca ...
Note to Canada: Once you become a world power, let us know. Until then, STFU.
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Doesn't this Canuck Cluck have a line to stand in for healthcare or something?
The world, by the way, lost. So did reason, the poor, African-Americans, stem-cell research, the air and water, gun control, the cause of basic competence, the belief that the truth will out.<<<<<<<<<<<
Give me a break you are turning my stomach.
For once Im glad you didnt post the whole article..
Did John 'Bombast' Kerry win in a recount?
Wow. This is one of the most shallow whines I've seen yet. How old is the author, 13?
"the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where the nation was headed."
Nowhere does it state "the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where President George Bush was leading the country."
Do you think perhaps Americans don't like where the media's propaganda is going?
Thanks, but no thanks. That was more than enough. What a major whiner!
I lived in Canada (not anymore) and still cannot fathom their arrogance and pomposity. There country is one vote away from dividing...yet they continue to point fingers and take on a (delusional) air of superiority.
I think the key words in his article should be highlighted: "I was wrong..." Need we say more...
Man, almost two weeks since the election and these guys are STILL crying. I'm not sure if it's better when they are angry, or when they are whining. Best of all, though, was right after the election, when they were clinically depressed. I think that is the best attitude for them, since emotional stability does not seem to be one of their options.
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