I got this comment from Dick Pohlman's American Debate blog. I think it sums up what a lot of people who voted for Bush and Nader are feeling, makes the point that We the People are what's really wrong with this country, and nails the Republicans and the Democrats for what they really are.
I hated Gore in 2000, and voted for Nader. (I live in NY; it didn't matter as to the scoreboard, under our dumbassed system. But there are still very few things in my life I regret more.)
But I now feel that Gore is, frankly, too good for this country. He sees the myriad and deeply rooted systemic obstacles to any kind of positive change, and he puts the blame where it belongs--on We the People, who have allowed all the greatness of our country to leech away over the last 40 years or so. Gore's a better man than I am, because he still seems to think there's hope of reversing the trend. I do not. I just see:
--a cadre of deranged nuts on the right who aren't even smart enough to realize that, in their fetishization of brute force and utter hatred of those with whom they disagree, they're essentially fascists;
--a bunch of "Democrats," so-called, who are far more obsessed with retaining their illusory power than actually using it for any constructive purpose;
--and hundreds of millions of us in the left, right, and middle who don't really care if our nation goes down the crapper, so long as we personally get fed and entertained.
Frankly, I'm as guilty of this as anyone else. What we don't realize is that as our democracy goes, our material prosperity is very likely to follow sooner or later.
I'd like to point out that I'm not as guilty as the poster or as many of the rest of you. I've realized this all along.
