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this morning when i woke up i didnt really know how to feel about all of this election stuff. i love and also absolutely despise november 2nd. i love the fact that people get so passionate about their beliefs and i love that everyone wants to be heard and puts themselves out there. it is so great to see people voicing their opinion, but i HATE how people have to put down others and other peoples beliefs to feel ok about what they believe in. it hurts me to see people so bitter and having so much hatred toward others because they didnt get their way. it is all based on individual beliefs that we are all entitled to as americans, and when someone starts raging about how angry they are and start taking it out on people who are in support of this country, then it becomes a whole different ball game. it is one thing to hate the way this turned out, but it is another thing to blame everyone else who didnt vote the way you did. in essence, yes, that is why bush won, but you had your say too...no one prevented you from making your choice and your vote, we all have an equal say in what happens and sometimes things just dont work out the way that we want them to. i understand that people are angry and it bothers me how divided our country has become over this election, but when you have two very different men running for the same position there are going to be people who dont get their way. it bothers me that i feel very inhibited here...i feel hated for believing the things that i do and it is so hard to stand up for my beliefs when 80% of the people surrounding me feel so differently, and not just that but they FORCE their beliefs on you...it is so hard. that is why i have just been keeping to myself lately because the majority of people here make me feel that what i think is wrong and that hurts. who is to say whats right or wrong?...that is for an individual to decide for themselves. the only thing that i ask now is that EVERYONE try to understand where others are coming from...i feel like i have done that for everyone here and all i ask is the same from them, to respect me and my beliefs as i respect you and yours. i dont necessarily agree with everything that bush stands for but i personally would rather have someone who is very strong about what they believe in and someone who stands up for what they believe in, even if it is something that i disagree with. it is so important to me that someone in office knows what they want and knows what they stand for, rather than someone who will listen to what the voters say and just do what all the people want...because we all know how that will end up...the country is split right now and if someone was going to listen to what the voters wanted, then how would they decide which way to go when it is split into two vastly different groups that are so close in number? i am by no means dissing kerry, i think that he gave this election all that he had in him. i just think, and both the electoral and the popular votes show, that he was not who the majority of the people in this country wanted in office. so even though i dont agree with bush on everything i feel that it is important to stay true to yourself and your beliefs and stick to your guns even when people are bashing you. it is a hard concept for me to grasp because i have such a hard time with it myself, as i said earlier, it is so difficult for me to stick to my beliefs when there is all this pressure to be something and someone that im not...so maybe thats why it is so important for me to have someone who can do that as a leader...it shows me that if the president of the united states can stick to his beliefs when there are so many people that are against him, then i, an 18 year-old woman with so much life to live yet, can as well. so those are my thoughts on the past 22 or so hours and i dont expect everyone to agree with me by any means, it is just time for me to stick to what i feel is right for me and not let anyone else influence that...and if you cannot understand that and that isnt important to you...then i guess i am not important to you either.