On politics
Nov. 5th, 2008 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bzarcherI'm incredibly happy that so many of my friends voted and felt they had a real voice in the process.
I am glad that we voted for a change in the White House. If the John McCain that I was so excited about in 2000 had run, I'd have voted for him. Sadly, he made a lot of turnabouts to try and curry favor, and I was not pleased at the result. (For the record, sir, when you as a victim of torture and a former POW decided to change your mind and say "Y'know, torturing prisoners is fine when we do it.", that's when you lost my vote.)
I'm pleased that we in Ohio decided to stop predatory lending, and that we didn't specifically write a particular company into having the right to operate a tax free casino into our constitution.
Now can we freaking legalize online poker, please?
I am incredibly saddened by voters in Florida, California, Arizona, and my own home here in Ohio at the various referendums which appear to be passing to ban gay marraige. It's just one more form of bigotry that I hope we as a nation will grow to overcome.
Here's the thing, tho. No matter who or what you voted for: It's Wednesday. We all still have to go to work today. We're all going to deal with people we don't like and people we're friends with. We're going to get pissed off. We're going to laugh at something. And now we're going to have to move on and get something else done, and see what fun that life throws at us next to deal with.
I am glad that we voted for a change in the White House. If the John McCain that I was so excited about in 2000 had run, I'd have voted for him. Sadly, he made a lot of turnabouts to try and curry favor, and I was not pleased at the result. (For the record, sir, when you as a victim of torture and a former POW decided to change your mind and say "Y'know, torturing prisoners is fine when we do it.", that's when you lost my vote.)
I'm pleased that we in Ohio decided to stop predatory lending, and that we didn't specifically write a particular company into having the right to operate a tax free casino into our constitution.
Now can we freaking legalize online poker, please?
I am incredibly saddened by voters in Florida, California, Arizona, and my own home here in Ohio at the various referendums which appear to be passing to ban gay marraige. It's just one more form of bigotry that I hope we as a nation will grow to overcome.
Here's the thing, tho. No matter who or what you voted for: It's Wednesday. We all still have to go to work today. We're all going to deal with people we don't like and people we're friends with. We're going to get pissed off. We're going to laugh at something. And now we're going to have to move on and get something else done, and see what fun that life throws at us next to deal with.
