Jaded Times

In the fall of the 2000, I had this really bad feeling about what would happen if Bush became president. Unlike some of my peers, I suspected that yeah it really did matter who was sitting in the White House, and a premonition told me that it better not be Bush. When I told my then boyfriend of those fears, he said something to the effect of “What are you worried about about no one’s gonna vote for that clown”.

Then on November 7th, 200o, I sat with a bottle of wine in my apartment located on the same block as the New York Times (bf working, friend “this is getting depressing” had bailed earlier), which is notable because I imagined the reporters, who were maybe all of 2 buildings away from me, slugging down coffee as they dashed out articles on the topsy-turvy events transpiring.

What’s done is done the saying goes but here’s some of Gore’s words on what would be different:

We would not have invaded a country that didn’t attack us. We would not have taken money from the working families and given it to the most wealthy families.

He also seems to be aware of the 1st Amendment:

We would not be trying to control and intimidate the news media. We would not be routinely torturing people. We would be a different country.

Tracey Schmitt, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee:

called Gore’s comments ‘fictitious rants that border on dangerous.’

Sure thing. His words are a helluva a lot more dangerous than an illegal war with 1,976 Americans dead and a minimum of 26,568 Iraqi Civilians dead. Give me a fucking break Tracey.

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