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Watch for it, at 2:20. She clearly says, “The man who murdered Osama bin Laden.”

If I’d posted a few days ago, I would have posted in anger. I would have used every curse word I knew, and blasted the people who voted for Bush. I would have said things I didn’t mean.

I keep hearing people say they’re leaving the US. They’re heading to Canada or Japan, or various other places. They tell others that America holds no meaning to them and they no longer hold any love for America.

I just can’t let go that easily.

I may not have voted for Bush, but I still have faith in America. I still believe in the US.

There is a reason this election hurts more than the 2000 election. There was no real closure after Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. We spent four years making catty comments about how Dubya wasn’t really president, how he was only a pretender to the throne. We made up slogans based on that fact. “Let’s Not Elect Him Again” “Re-Defeat Bush in 2004!”.

Then he goes and wins the election. And despite some theories about the vote in some states, Bush appears to have won honestly.

That’s why it hurts. For the first time in 4 years, Bush can say he’s president and no one can argue with him. He won the popular and the electoral votes. No matter which way you count the votes and no matter how many times we demand for pencils and paper and a large box labeled “Ballots”, Bush won. The sting we would have felt if the 2000 election had been clear has been amplified by four years of doubt.

Now it’s clear, Bush is indeed President of The United States. Does that mean I should pack up my bags? Hell no. Just because your guy didn’t win is no reason to make arrangements to rent a duplex in Ontario.

Don’t leave. You should be proud of yourselves. George W. Bush was elected by the slimmest margin of popular vote that a sitting president has ever been elected by. Bush and Kerry were neck and neck all through out the night and well into the next day. Record numbers of voters turned out, throwing the system into chaos.

No one was expecting you to actually do your civic duty, America. Be proud. Don’t leave. Don’t say things in the heat of anger.

There are a few things that all citizens need to do. We need to forgive everyone else because frankly they have done nothing wrong. They stated their opinion, they cast their vote. They did everything you did, except their guy won.

Let’s stop pinning blame on people and just try to focus on the fact that everyone tried, in the way they thought best, to make America a better place. Let’s try to keep that spirit alive. Let’s try to heal that wound we have all been pouring salt into for the last four years.

Stick around, guys. Bush only has 1535 days left before a new president is inaugurated. That’s plenty of time to pick up the pieces, get a new guy, & win the next one.

There’s less than 200,000 votes between Bush & Kerry in Ohio, even though Fox News is calling it for Bush.

Do we get an Ohio tag on Fark now?

I can’t sleep. I just can’t. There are still people voting in Ohio. Make the bad men stop.

You know what…

I’ll be sad if Bush isn’t reelected. If he’s not in office, who will I have to make fun of? I mean, there’s just so many times you can say “John Kerry looks like one of those apple trees from The Wizard Of Oz” before it gets old.

I’m just saying…

I got six pieces of mail today.

The L.L. Bean catalogue, something from the bank, a pack of sale papers, and three pieces of political junk mail from the National Association of Realtors PAC.

That’s annoying.

But it’s more annoying when you realize that for the NARPAC, this is a light day.

I’ve gotten between 2 and 6 pieces of Junk Mail from them every day (excluding Sunday of course) telling me how Richard Burr makes them cream their jeans. I really think that tomorrow I’ll receive a flyer from NARPAC that says:

Richard Burr is dreamy. Richard Burr loves Puppies, long walks on the beach, and cuddling. Bill Clinton hates puppies and Bill Clinton loves Erskine Bowles.

I’m so tired of political ads. Now I’m seeing ads for uncontested seats. Uncontested Seats. Why are we spending millions on ads for a uncontested seats? If you have to spend millions getting the one vote you need to win, how am I supposed to trust you to run the state properly?

Was one of our guys working over at Fox news last night? I mean, really… that’s the only way I can explain that they’d lead with this photo. With Bush’s teeth grinding, pluralization of various non plural things, and his accidentally calling Kerry “Senator Kennedy”… That had to be the best debate ever. And I’m just watching clips & reading transcripts.

Of course, Ann Coulter says he did fine. But, as we all know, Ann Coulter is batshit insane. Even most republicans I know are pretty certain that she spends her days in a padded room in an I-Love-Me Jacket.

Surely one must realize that the fact that you can vote is a great gift in itself. You have the power to control who runs your country and how they do so.

But sometimes you just want some Free Stuff.

Everyone who sends in photos of their Voter Registration Card and a picture of them at the polls on November 2nd will receive a small prize. The grand prize winner will receive a huge prize pack, including 11 Tshirts!

So… ummm…

Vote.

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That’s what I call a printing error, guys. Exactly how does one vote for Kerry or Bush on these Michigan Absentee ballots? Do you fill in the top arrow for Kerry or for Bush?

This is, of course, a printing error… but I wonder how many people went ahead and used them!

View the whole ballot.

So… Zell Miller is a Democrat for Bush.

I could try and come up with a joke about this. But it’s so god damn funny on its own that I’m not going to bother.

Especially when you read this speech on Miller’s senate website.

In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington.

Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so.

John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment. Business Week magazine named him one of the top pro-technology legislators and made him a member of its “Digital Dozen.

Hmmm… suddenly I have a craving for breakfast. Something belgian perhaps?

But then again, what do we expect… He’s a democrat.

(well, I guess he gets to be a comic book character.)