monkey rulz

Quite frankly, I was a bit surprised and disappointed at the results of the elections. Not that I have anything (well somethings) against Bush, and I most certainly don’t know any good reasons why Kerry is better than Bush, but somehow I just wanted Bush *not* to win.

Even after a record election turnout and a close race, Bush stays. What disturbed me was the states in which each of them won. If you look at the map, you’ll see that Kerry has won is most of the more urban areas, while Bush has won in sort of the more traditional American or rural (rural by American standards, that is) areas. What does this mean?

For one thing, it means that there is a vast majority of American population that still sees some good in Bush’s policies even after the economic crisis and the Iraq fiasco — hell not only sees good, but most probably supports too. And that, is disturbing, because it says something about how a lot of the Americans are still viewing the world — as a playground, where “no one messes with US”.

The more forward looking, and cosmopolitan areas however seemed to have taken the events of the last 2 years into account in making the choice of not voting for Bush. To me, it seemed like the wise thing to do. Even if Bush was an OK type of president, he was certainly not great, and I think it was time to give someone else a chance at fixing things up. Some of Bush’s policies and statements were (or even are?) truly ridiculous (“if you’re not with us, you’re against us” — what is that supposed to mean??) and I just hope he doesn’t mess up the second term as bad as he did the first.

Good luck America.