by the way...
I should mention that Bush supporters need to shut up as well. You aren't helping this problem by being annoying and prideful. He won, but don't brag about it and rub it in other people's faces. That does absolutely nothing, as well. It just pisses people off.
Everyone needs to just get over it. What's over is over, what's done is done. Bush is the president. Kerry did a very noble, responsible thing by conceding, and I respect him for it. He knows there is no reason to draw this out.
Some other things that were brought to my attention tonight that I really didn't think about until now. I was talking with my dear friend James, who worked for the John Kerry campaign. He puts ridiculous amounts of work into this election, and he's only a junior in high school. He decided that since he can't vote, he may as well work hard to get others to vote. Anyway, you have to remember that Bush was the incumbent, and we're in a time of war. An incumbent has never lost re-election in a time of war. While many may not agree with the war, many people don't want to change administration in the middle of it. Although Kerry may not have won, he put a very good effort into his campaign, and came closest to defeating an incumbent in a time of war then any other candidates who ran against incumbents in a time of war. Kerry wasn't utterly defeated... it was a close election.
Keep in mind what Kerry and Bush talked about in their speeches this morning...
It's time for Americans to unite, to put aside all the bitterness from this election.
"A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation," Bush said, speaking to those who voted for Kerry.
"We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support and I will work to earn it." (www.cnn.com)
White House spokespeople earlier described Kerry's congratulatory phone call to President Bush as gracious and strong on reconciliation.
And Wednesday the junior Massachusetts senator made repeated references to unifying a divided nation that produced only a two percentage point difference in the popular vote for the two presidential candidates.
It started when he disclosed the contents of his conversation with the president. "... I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory, " Kerry said. "We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need -- the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. Today I hope that we can begin the healing." (also from www.cnn.com)
Remember that.
Everyone needs to just get over it. What's over is over, what's done is done. Bush is the president. Kerry did a very noble, responsible thing by conceding, and I respect him for it. He knows there is no reason to draw this out.
Some other things that were brought to my attention tonight that I really didn't think about until now. I was talking with my dear friend James, who worked for the John Kerry campaign. He puts ridiculous amounts of work into this election, and he's only a junior in high school. He decided that since he can't vote, he may as well work hard to get others to vote. Anyway, you have to remember that Bush was the incumbent, and we're in a time of war. An incumbent has never lost re-election in a time of war. While many may not agree with the war, many people don't want to change administration in the middle of it. Although Kerry may not have won, he put a very good effort into his campaign, and came closest to defeating an incumbent in a time of war then any other candidates who ran against incumbents in a time of war. Kerry wasn't utterly defeated... it was a close election.
Keep in mind what Kerry and Bush talked about in their speeches this morning...
It's time for Americans to unite, to put aside all the bitterness from this election.
"A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation," Bush said, speaking to those who voted for Kerry.
"We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support and I will work to earn it." (www.cnn.com)
White House spokespeople earlier described Kerry's congratulatory phone call to President Bush as gracious and strong on reconciliation.
And Wednesday the junior Massachusetts senator made repeated references to unifying a divided nation that produced only a two percentage point difference in the popular vote for the two presidential candidates.
It started when he disclosed the contents of his conversation with the president. "... I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory, " Kerry said. "We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need -- the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. Today I hope that we can begin the healing." (also from www.cnn.com)
Remember that.