All I'm going to say.

Congratulations to President Bush and Vice President Cheney. The people have spoken-- both by popular and electoral vote-- and they have been elected. They are our legal and lawful leaders in the executive branch for the next four years, elected by a process as old as the constitution.

Condolences to Senators Kerry and Edwards. They nearly pulled it out.

Special condolences to my friends who were Kerry/Edwards supporters. I know how it feels to have someone you think is completely unfit for command in the White House. I know how disappointing it can be to have voted for a candidate who does not win. But that's democracy, folks. Sometimes it means that your voice elects a president. Sometimes the majority goes the other way.

I will most likely not be reading my flist for the next day or so. I can't stand the hate. I can't stand the rhetoric. I am sick and tired of being called a moron because I am a conservative. I am sick and tired of my values being denigrated, dismissed and vilified. I have had it with being accused of wanting innocent people to die. Folks, I voted for Bush because I wanted as few innocent people to die as possible, and I believed that he would do a better job at that than John Kerry.

You have a right to say what you want on your own journal. I have the right to avoid it if possible.

But please, just accept that my own personal lived experience, and the experience of 51% of the voters in this country, dictates our vote. I voted with my conscience and my reason in every vote I cast yesterday. Those qualities compelled me to vote for George W. Bush. They also compelled me to vote "no" on the definition of marriage amendment (it still passed), and to vote for Democratic congressman Jim Matheson in my congressional district.

But I could not, in good conscience, vote for a political chameleon like John Kerry. A man who, in 20 years of Senate experience, voted against the military and intelligence operations time and time again. Who calls for an international mandate but voted against the Gulf War. Who votes against gun rights but pretends to enjoy hunting. Who supports a heavy tax burden for the rich but manages to pay all of 12% taxes on his own multi-billion dollar estate.

Do I really, really like Bush? No. I don't agree with everything he does. I wish there was a way to vote for someone with dissent. But in the end, Bush scared me less than Kerry scared me.

End of story.

All I'm going to say.

Congratulations to President Bush and Vice President Cheney. The people have spoken-- both by popular and electoral vote-- and they have been elected. They are our legal and lawful leaders in the executive branch for the next four years, elected by a process as old as the constitution.

Condolences to Senators Kerry and Edwards. They nearly pulled it out.

Special condolences to my friends who were Kerry/Edwards supporters. I know how it feels to have someone you think is completely unfit for command in the White House. I know how disappointing it can be to have voted for a candidate who does not win. But that's democracy, folks. Sometimes it means that your voice elects a president. Sometimes the majority goes the other way.

I will most likely not be reading my flist for the next day or so. I can't stand the hate. I can't stand the rhetoric. I am sick and tired of being called a moron because I am a conservative. I am sick and tired of my values being denigrated, dismissed and vilified. I have had it with being accused of wanting innocent people to die. Folks, I voted for Bush because I wanted as few innocent people to die as possible, and I believed that he would do a better job at that than John Kerry.

You have a right to say what you want on your own journal. I have the right to avoid it if possible.

But please, just accept that my own personal lived experience, and the experience of 51% of the voters in this country, dictates our vote. I voted with my conscience and my reason in every vote I cast yesterday. Those qualities compelled me to vote for George W. Bush. They also compelled me to vote "no" on the definition of marriage amendment (it still passed), and to vote for Democratic congressman Jim Matheson in my congressional district.

But I could not, in good conscience, vote for a political chameleon like John Kerry. A man who, in 20 years of Senate experience, voted against the military and intelligence operations time and time again. Who calls for an international mandate but voted against the Gulf War. Who votes against gun rights but pretends to enjoy hunting. Who supports a heavy tax burden for the rich but manages to pay all of 12% taxes on his own multi-billion dollar estate.

Do I really, really like Bush? No. I don't agree with everything he does. I wish there was a way to vote for someone with dissent. But in the end, Bush scared me less than Kerry scared me.

End of story.

All I'm going to say.

Congratulations to President Bush and Vice President Cheney. The people have spoken-- both by popular and electoral vote-- and they have been elected. They are our legal and lawful leaders in the executive branch for the next four years, elected by a process as old as the constitution.

Condolences to Senators Kerry and Edwards. They nearly pulled it out.

Special condolences to my friends who were Kerry/Edwards supporters. I know how it feels to have someone you think is completely unfit for command in the White House. I know how disappointing it can be to have voted for a candidate who does not win. But that's democracy, folks. Sometimes it means that your voice elects a president. Sometimes the majority goes the other way.

I will most likely not be reading my flist for the next day or so. I can't stand the hate. I can't stand the rhetoric. I am sick and tired of being called a moron because I am a conservative. I am sick and tired of my values being denigrated, dismissed and vilified. I have had it with being accused of wanting innocent people to die. Folks, I voted for Bush because I wanted as few innocent people to die as possible, and I believed that he would do a better job at that than John Kerry.

You have a right to say what you want on your own journal. I have the right to avoid it if possible.

But please, just accept that my own personal lived experience, and the experience of 51% of the voters in this country, dictates our vote. I voted with my conscience and my reason in every vote I cast yesterday. Those qualities compelled me to vote for George W. Bush. They also compelled me to vote "no" on the definition of marriage amendment (it still passed), and to vote for Democratic congressman Jim Matheson in my congressional district.

But I could not, in good conscience, vote for a political chameleon like John Kerry. A man who, in 20 years of Senate experience, voted against the military and intelligence operations time and time again. Who calls for an international mandate but voted against the Gulf War. Who votes against gun rights but pretends to enjoy hunting. Who supports a heavy tax burden for the rich but manages to pay all of 12% taxes on his own multi-billion dollar estate.

Do I really, really like Bush? No. I don't agree with everything he does. I wish there was a way to vote for someone with dissent. But in the end, Bush scared me less than Kerry scared me.

End of story.