Obnoxious Bitch

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

I just want it to be OVER!

The election, I mean.  I’m already teetering on the edge of a meltdown, battling depression without the aid of prescription drugs, trying to manage some incredible stress in an attempt to keep my guts from making life more hellish.  If we end up with 4 more years of Bush, I sincerely believe I’ll have to give in and seek a pharmaceutical solution to the family curse of clinical depression.

For 20 years I’ve watched in horror (and not quietly) as my country’s turned into something I hardly recognize as the America I was born into and love with a fierce passion.  The Land of Liberty, where even the least of us is granted a voice no matter HOW unpopular our opinions might be, has turned into a place where public dissent can get you a visit from, and a permanent record with the FBI. The electorate is less informed yet more polarized than I can recall in my entire life.  The overwhelming number of Americans who prefer to remain ignorant, superstitious and blind to the violations of our Constitutional rights that are being perpetrated upon us shocks and sickens me, even as the economic impact of this Administration’s fuckups makes my life even more stressful in a variety of ways.

4 more years of Bush’s corporate cronyism, crushing of individual liberties and pandering to the Religious Right is too horrible to contemplate.  Good thing I’ve got about 16 hours worth of work to complete over the next 8 or so to keep my mind off of it…

“I can’t think about that today… I’ll go crazy if I do!  I’ll think about that tomorrow.  After all, tomorrow is another day.”