now he ded from america?

[seldear]

Query of the day: what happens if, after the provisionals are counted, Kerry turns up trumps? I mean, he's already conceded. So, what happens then? Can he unconcede? Slim possibilities, but I'm curious - has it ever happened?

Oh, what the hey. I've been debating whether or not to post this all day. Might as well - I'll never get a better chance!

My take on the election:

It didn't really make that much difference whether it was Bush or Kerry to most of the rest of the world; it would still have been America.

Crudely put, I'd liken the situation for the world with America under Kerry as being ass-fucked with lube, and the situation for the world with America under Bush as being ass-fucked without lube. Ultimately, neither is to the liking of the rest of the world - I imagine most of us would rather not be ass-fucked at all, but if most of us got the choice, we'd prefer with lube than without.

And that's the last thing I'm gonna say on the US election.

Comments

[coltsbane.livejournal.com]

You know, I've really been searching for the right words to describe my take on the US and the election.

You got it PERFECTLY. :D

[tsplash.livejournal.com]

ROFL! Brilliant hehehehe. definately a good summary of it

[pixiesio.livejournal.com]

*snorfle* Okay, I now have a mental image for the rest of the day I never thought I would. ;)

[mtgat]

Strangely enough, you're not the first person to make this comparison, although there's the additional "and Kerry would at least have left some money on the night stand afterwards."

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Query of the day: what happens if, after the provisionals are counted, Kerry turns up trumps? I mean, he's already conceded. So, what happens then? Can he unconcede? Slim possibilities, but I'm curious - has it ever happened?

Actually, four years ago Gore conceded... and then when his people saw how close Florida was going to be, he unconceded. But that was a very different atmosphere -- there was no incumbant, and the margin was in the thousands of votes rather that the hundreds of thousands. Believe me, Kerry's people were crunching the numbers and if they thought there was any way he could have worked it, they would not have let him repeat what even they call Gore's "mistake" in the 2000 elections.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

*bows*

Thank you very much! :D Been thinking about it since lunch.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

*offers a mop and bucket* ;)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Ah. I was curious. I know Dubya won the popular vote, but that the electoral college-y thing was fairly close bananas.

[ex-aardie509.livejournal.com]

*snorts* How is it that you always know what to say, my dear Sel?

[wardragon.livejournal.com]

*Laughs*

Oh wait, it's going to hurt.

*Cries*

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Hee! :D

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Sense of humour, of the ridiculous, of the urbanely witty.

Obviously not of modesty, though! ;)

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Yep, the EV basically came down to Ohio, but the margin there was many times larger than it was in Florida in 2000.

[jewelrywhore.livejournal.com]

It didn't really make that much difference whether it was Bush or Kerry to most of the rest of the world; it would still have been America.

I hope not. It really bothers me that people from other countries come marching into communities thinking they know everything about U.S. politics when they've only got one political party's story. I've come to a cynical conclusion that there really isn't any way to have the whole truth in politics.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

But this isn't about US politics: this is about international politics. And whether it's Bush or Kerry doesn't make a whit of difference in the way America treats everyone else in the world.

No matter which party has been in power over the last 50 years, America has repeatedly interfered in the politics of other countries, and disregarded matters of international law, agreements, or treaties as it pleases.

I see that continuing ad infinitum no matter who is at the helm.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

"now he definitely ded from america"

:(