Post by hangingchad on Mar 15, 2004 12:11:21 GMT -5
Hi, cherished fellow Gore appreciators!
Just popped in to say I'm still among you, as I received an e-mail from this site admin saying, hey, y'all, please don't forget to stay part of the Gore-appreciating community by popping 'round and posting once in a blue moon, or words/sentiments to that effect! So, here I am! Posting! But do I have anything of actual substance to say, THAT is the question!
Well, let's see...
Earthmomma, you will probably be irked with me because, when the moment of truth FINALLY came in the voting "booth" (read: easily-hacked-into Etch-a-Sketch/Computer on shaky stick legs), I voted for Kerry afterall. If I could have written in Al Gore, you know I would have, but as you know, FL is a total party pooper and won't allow write-ins. Long story short, at the last possible second, I decided to get on board the Kerry bandwagon now and avoid the rush.
I'm just so glad that the primary season is, for me in Florida anyway, OVER, as I have never agonized over one more. I still so deeply wish Gore had decided to run. But no sense preaching to the choir there, I know you feel my pain!
So, for me, being in Florida, a state that has now voted, it is time to coalesce behind the Democratic candidate and get shrub out. Check it out, I even made up a little chant about same:
[glow=red,2,300]Get shrub out!
Get shrub out!
Now it's time to twist and shout!
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
Throw shrub's bags on the White House lawn!
Can't touch this!
Can't touch this!
Send him back to old Texas![/glow]
Well? What do ya think? Pretty BRIL, no?
Anyway, I'm not unhappy with Kerry, I think he is a very strong candidate and has an excellent voting record on important issues such as the environment, which is Number One on my hit parade. All my focus and energy now is going into effectuating my chant, above!
The only downside to a Kerry/Democratic victory in 2004 is the following: That would mean that Gore couldn't run in 2008, as it would be a Kerry/whoever ticket. Did y'all think of that? I did. So, if shrub wins (which he won't), I am going to console myself with the thought of Gore running in 2008 and how ripe the American public will be to sweep him (or any Democrat by that point--surely EVERYONE will have woken up and will be severely and completely anti-shrub by that point, right?) into office. However, we can't afford a shrub win/shrub repeat/shrub: the sequel. Good golly, Miss Molly, I can't even believe what shrub has done in four short years. I barely even recognize my own cherished country as it is. Four more years of shrub and we won't need any homeland security to protect us from terrorists, as we will have already subverted and ruined everything that makes America great all on our own.
Just popped in to say I'm still among you, as I received an e-mail from this site admin saying, hey, y'all, please don't forget to stay part of the Gore-appreciating community by popping 'round and posting once in a blue moon, or words/sentiments to that effect! So, here I am! Posting! But do I have anything of actual substance to say, THAT is the question!
Well, let's see...
Earthmomma, you will probably be irked with me because, when the moment of truth FINALLY came in the voting "booth" (read: easily-hacked-into Etch-a-Sketch/Computer on shaky stick legs), I voted for Kerry afterall. If I could have written in Al Gore, you know I would have, but as you know, FL is a total party pooper and won't allow write-ins. Long story short, at the last possible second, I decided to get on board the Kerry bandwagon now and avoid the rush.
I'm just so glad that the primary season is, for me in Florida anyway, OVER, as I have never agonized over one more. I still so deeply wish Gore had decided to run. But no sense preaching to the choir there, I know you feel my pain!
So, for me, being in Florida, a state that has now voted, it is time to coalesce behind the Democratic candidate and get shrub out. Check it out, I even made up a little chant about same:
[glow=red,2,300]Get shrub out!
Get shrub out!
Now it's time to twist and shout!
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
Throw shrub's bags on the White House lawn!
Can't touch this!
Can't touch this!
Send him back to old Texas![/glow]
Well? What do ya think? Pretty BRIL, no?
Anyway, I'm not unhappy with Kerry, I think he is a very strong candidate and has an excellent voting record on important issues such as the environment, which is Number One on my hit parade. All my focus and energy now is going into effectuating my chant, above!
The only downside to a Kerry/Democratic victory in 2004 is the following: That would mean that Gore couldn't run in 2008, as it would be a Kerry/whoever ticket. Did y'all think of that? I did. So, if shrub wins (which he won't), I am going to console myself with the thought of Gore running in 2008 and how ripe the American public will be to sweep him (or any Democrat by that point--surely EVERYONE will have woken up and will be severely and completely anti-shrub by that point, right?) into office. However, we can't afford a shrub win/shrub repeat/shrub: the sequel. Good golly, Miss Molly, I can't even believe what shrub has done in four short years. I barely even recognize my own cherished country as it is. Four more years of shrub and we won't need any homeland security to protect us from terrorists, as we will have already subverted and ruined everything that makes America great all on our own.
Hi, Edna! It's funny--you're always so concerned about me being "irked" with you. What's up with that! You know I support you no matter what, girl. I enjoy reading your posts so much, and I know you're a Gore girl through and through. Look, we all have to do what we think is right in this world, and I know you haven't done anything without A LOT of agonizing and forethought. So relax. Gore let you down. Then Gephardt let you down. Then Dean let you down. So what's left? Kerry is going to be the nominee, there's not much doubt about that. Personally, I won't be voting for him in NJ's primary, and as I understand it, I can't even write in Al Gore--talk about being irked. The best I can do is vote the "uncommitted" slot, and I'll do that. I still think sending delegates to the convention who aren't committed to Kerry is a good idea. We still need to make noise however we can. But don't worry--come November, I'll be pushing the touch screen next to Kerry's name, assuming he's the nominee. We've all said that all along. Meanwhile, I just feel like being a rebel and not going along with what I think was a useless primary season. I have my problems with Kerry--can't back him 100%, and not just because he isn't Gore--so I'll support him when push comes to shove, but not a moment before that. As I've said all along, we all have to do this our own way, in a way that feels right for us, and none of us has the right to get mad at someone else for following his or her own conscience.