I
know the US Presidential election post mortem will
be ongoing for sometime. For my part, and on behalf
of the liberal left, I will only accept so much
responsibility for the soft-minded decisions made
by the “red middle” of my country. How
much more time could the left spend explaining the
outrageous and growing national debt, the limit
of which has been raised three times? What about
the rising gas prices and that affected every American
with an Automobile? And who hasn’t been made
aware of the alliance between the Saudi royal family
and the Bush clan, which without doubt directly
impacts the aforementioned pricing? How often are
we to remind them of the war which the administration
admitted was undertaken under false pretenses? Should
I send them each a photo of the 1,000 + dead American
soldiers? Who hasn’t heard of Halliburton?
What
about the extent to which the President and his
Cabinet has done nothing to bridge the ideological
gap out of which sprang 9/11, but rather has only
caused it to grow deeper?
(This
information was available on every news outlet and
in most papers and on numerous websites.)
The
left has done as much as possible to demonstrate
that it is in the self interest of each individual,
as well as the interest of the nation, to remove
this regime. I will not wax lyrical about those
people with old fashioned American dreams and values.
The fact is if these people cannot look at the state
of this country, not only economically but also
in the eyes of the world, and vote for a better
life, then ignorance is the only befitting label.
I do not call them stupid, because I’m certain
they have ample cerebral aptitude, but rather I
call them ignorant, because they choose to ignore
the facts. This also has nothing to do with class,
as I’ve come across the ignorant at the ballpark
as well as the university. Likewise, I will not
say those who voted to keep this tyrannical administration
were brain washed. In fact, they were presented
with all the information they could possibly need
in order to make their decision. If on November
2, voters cast their ballot for Bush it was entirely
the result of their refusal to use reasoning and
the simple logical skills necessary to reflect on
the past and bring that information to bear on the
future.
The
vast majority of my home state, which Kerry won,
is working class. Time and again I heard lobstermen,
laborers and retail outlet employees questioning
gas prices, the rising cost of living, and the wasted
money and lives spent in Iraq. Surely these are
not ivy leaguers in disguise. However, these ‘regular
Americans’ were capable of grasping the reality
of our current status as a nation on the rapid decline.
You
do not have to be a genius, only paying attention.
