2008 Woodie Awards
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Shooting From the Right
Scott Krummey '07
Issue date: 11/12/04 Section: Commentary
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I thought the insanity would stop after November 2. Or at least I hoped it would.
In the almost two weeks since the election, I have been both surprised and disappointed at the reaction to Bush's election win. After all, Democrats are now assured of the one thing they so desperately want: George W. Bush is guaranteed to be out of the White House (in four short years). The end is in sight, right?
But obviously this is not enough for a large number of anti-Bush Americans (I hesitate to generalize that they are Democrats or liberals because such over-characterization is too common lately) who are determined to go down kicking, screaming and scratching like toddlers.
And for what purpose? Because Bush won, and there is no wrong-doing or fraud allegations to whine about? Because John Kerry turned out to be the disappointment everybody suspected that he was all along? Because Kerry couldn't even manage to win debates against W? Or is it because the majority of Americans don't agree with them, and their ego can't handle that?
I contend the media is partly to blame. It seems a large number of these people, could not understand why anybody voted for Bush. They literally expected the Election Day tally to read Kerry 252 million Bush 0. But if your only source of news and political ideology comes from The Daily Show, then this is understandable. After getting your politics from Comedy Central, do you turn to CSPAN for the latest sports highlights?
Next, the hypocrisy of bashing Ohio is astounding. After seeing "Re-Defeat Bush" slogans and hearing about the faults of the Electoral College for the last four years, I ask you this: if Kerry wins Ohio and Bush still wins the popular vote, would Democrats be calling Kerry an illegitimate President?
And that brings us to this business of "secession." When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke. Well, it still is. The fact that some politicians and citizens are actually giving it credit is truly disheartening. In an article in the Washington Times, Democrats cite that red states live off the money that blue states make as a reason for secession. Excuse me, isn't that part of the liberal model of the redistribution of wealth that Democrats want so badly in America? But I guess if they don't share the same political views, that all changes.
In the almost two weeks since the election, I have been both surprised and disappointed at the reaction to Bush's election win. After all, Democrats are now assured of the one thing they so desperately want: George W. Bush is guaranteed to be out of the White House (in four short years). The end is in sight, right?
But obviously this is not enough for a large number of anti-Bush Americans (I hesitate to generalize that they are Democrats or liberals because such over-characterization is too common lately) who are determined to go down kicking, screaming and scratching like toddlers.
And for what purpose? Because Bush won, and there is no wrong-doing or fraud allegations to whine about? Because John Kerry turned out to be the disappointment everybody suspected that he was all along? Because Kerry couldn't even manage to win debates against W? Or is it because the majority of Americans don't agree with them, and their ego can't handle that?
I contend the media is partly to blame. It seems a large number of these people, could not understand why anybody voted for Bush. They literally expected the Election Day tally to read Kerry 252 million Bush 0. But if your only source of news and political ideology comes from The Daily Show, then this is understandable. After getting your politics from Comedy Central, do you turn to CSPAN for the latest sports highlights?
Next, the hypocrisy of bashing Ohio is astounding. After seeing "Re-Defeat Bush" slogans and hearing about the faults of the Electoral College for the last four years, I ask you this: if Kerry wins Ohio and Bush still wins the popular vote, would Democrats be calling Kerry an illegitimate President?
And that brings us to this business of "secession." When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke. Well, it still is. The fact that some politicians and citizens are actually giving it credit is truly disheartening. In an article in the Washington Times, Democrats cite that red states live off the money that blue states make as a reason for secession. Excuse me, isn't that part of the liberal model of the redistribution of wealth that Democrats want so badly in America? But I guess if they don't share the same political views, that all changes.