Where to begin

I would be willing to wager that future historians will have a tough time measuring the extent of the damage done to our country by our current sitting president, George W. Bush. Actually, they will probably scratch their heads in wonderment at the fact that not only was W elected twice, but that his second election garnered the most votes ever! The sheer number of people who actually got off the couch in November of 2004 to cast their ballot for him is astounding. The crazy thing is that these people weren't the 50% of the nation that don't care at all about politics and do not even bother to vote. These people cared enough to actually get off their posteriors, drive down to their respective polling stations and in effect say "Yes, I support what the current administration is doing and I am willing to voice this support with the power of my vote." It is the strongest political statement a private citizen can make, and over 60 million of our fellow Americans gave this power to W (again!). What were they possibly thinking? What aspect or policy of this administration could you point to and say Yes!, now that is something I can support! What was it? Seriously, if you know, please tell me because sometimes I feel like I am taking crazy pills!

I remember watching TV on election night and saying to myself, there is no way W can win again. Just no way. There is too much riding on this election for him to be the leader of our country for the next 4 years. So much damage had already been done (Iraq was already 2 years in the making) that we needed a new leadership to correct the course of our nation. What will the rest of the world think of us as a people if we re-elect this man? How will I explain this to my unborn (and as yet not conceived) son in the future if we do this? I shuttered at the thought of what our country would be like in late 2008, early 2009 if we were to have W be president until then...

Not that I was excited about Kerry by any stretch of the imagination. I didn't think he was particularly exciting except for the fact that he was not W. That was his most redeeming quality, which in hindsight makes it understandable why he did lose to W...

But we are where we are, and we can only sit and count down the days until our national nightmare is over. At least we can do it together.