God. Damn.
Nov. 3rd, 2004 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merelynAll around the country, in a now familiar scene, people are waiting. I'm not. I'm not waiting to hear whether Bush has been re-elected. I think by now we already know what's going to happen.
No, I'm waiting for something else. I'm waiting for the day when Americans will be as outraged as I am that a President would use his own corporate business interests to create a tax plan and a war. I'm waiting for the day when America will look back on this administration and see the hypocrisy. I'm waiting for the day when America, that spoiled only-child of the world, will care more about the environment than making money. I'm waiting for the day when America won't even come close to re-electing a man who thinks that abstinence and expensive, non-generic drugs are the right way to fight AIDS around the World when 5 million people are infected each year. I'm waiting for the day when Americans stop using the Bible to prop up a belief that flys in the face of one of the founding principles of this country: equality. For everyone. Including Gays and Lesbians.
That day is not here yet, Mr. Bush, but I am here to tell you that though you won this battle you will not win the war. Because yes, I am sick and saddened and very worried about the next four years, but today I am also more determined than ever.
Bring it on.
There. Got that out of my system. My only excuse is that I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington last night.
No, I'm waiting for something else. I'm waiting for the day when Americans will be as outraged as I am that a President would use his own corporate business interests to create a tax plan and a war. I'm waiting for the day when America will look back on this administration and see the hypocrisy. I'm waiting for the day when America, that spoiled only-child of the world, will care more about the environment than making money. I'm waiting for the day when America won't even come close to re-electing a man who thinks that abstinence and expensive, non-generic drugs are the right way to fight AIDS around the World when 5 million people are infected each year. I'm waiting for the day when Americans stop using the Bible to prop up a belief that flys in the face of one of the founding principles of this country: equality. For everyone. Including Gays and Lesbians.
That day is not here yet, Mr. Bush, but I am here to tell you that though you won this battle you will not win the war. Because yes, I am sick and saddened and very worried about the next four years, but today I am also more determined than ever.
Bring it on.
There. Got that out of my system. My only excuse is that I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington last night.
