piasharn | Don't blame me, I voted for Kerry.

While I hate to flood your flist with yet another election-related post, I have to get this out of my system. Sorry. Scroll past if you're (justifiably) tired of this sort of thing.

For what it's worth, I did my part. I got out there and voted. I voted for Kerry, not because he was my favourite candidate, but because he had the best chance of defeating Bush. I did everything in my power to get him out of office, and I beg you to remember that.

Bush won fair and square. I will not deny that. Yes, I am disappointed, (Upset. Angry. Sad. Afraid.) and the gloating from the other side really isn't helping. Just remember that as our civil liberties are worn away, as Bush digs us deeper into the hole that he got us into, who it was that chose to put him back into power.

It sure as hell wasn't me.

At the very least, it's over. I am so fucking sick of campaign ads and calls and push-polls and whatnot. I am sick to death over politics. I am tired of giving a damn about what happens to this country. (Contrary to popular belief, liberals don't hate the United States. If I hated it so much, I wouldn't care what moron they put in office. Just because my vision of what is good for us differs from someone else's does not mean that I hate this nation.) But I'm also a stubborn little bitch. Even if it makes me sick, I won't give up.

And it could be worse. I will cling to that fact. As much as I despise the man, he is not Hitler or Stalin or any other tyrant from history. It is only four years; we can survive it.

As I was ranting about the outcome, my dad told me something. He mentioned that when Nixon won the election, he honestly expected that to be the beginning of the end. When Regan was elected, he wondered how the people of this country could do that to themselves. However, the world did not end. The country did not come crashing down around our ears. We survived, and we bounced back. We will do it again.

But I doubt it will be a pleasant four years.