Glenn here; I voted this morning shortly after the polls opened, and they just closed here in Ohio about half an hour ago.
I'm the opposite of Tucker Carlson, I'm afraid; I voted for Kerry, but expect Bush to win, although the PBS news analyses I just saw were more bullish for Kerry than I expected. (My feelings are, admittedly, probably influenced by my environment: the county where I live is the most conservative and Republican county in this part of the state, and has grown noticeably more so in recent years. In addition, while we're not the Bible belt, the conservative religious vote is fairly powerful here. I grew up here, but more and more I'm feeling like an outsider in the face of this sort of thing.)
Incidentally, my parents have a bet going: my father, the Republican, is betting a nickel that Kerry will win, while my mother, the Democrat, is betting a nickel that Bush will win. ;-)
What I am hoping most of all is that (1) whoever wins, the vote is a decisive one--I don't want another mess like last time; and (2) I am hoping, quite possibly in vain, that whoever wins, the two sides of the ideological divide will be able to calm down, reconcile themselves to the outcome, and find a way to work together, as opposed to continuing what Time magazine called "the Uncivil War." Personally, I'm afraid that the gaps are far too wide for any such thing, but still...
Following a meeting at my church last night, I and the other members of the group expressed our hopes that the election went smoothly. One of my friends there (a Bush supporter) quoted a commentator he'd heard as saying, "By Wednesday morning, depending on your political persuasion, you're either going to be very excited, or very depressed." To which I replied that in either case, I hoped that both sides would "get over it", and move on.
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:18 pm (UTC)I'm the opposite of Tucker Carlson, I'm afraid; I voted for Kerry, but expect Bush to win, although the PBS news analyses I just saw were more bullish for Kerry than I expected. (My feelings are, admittedly, probably influenced by my environment: the county where I live is the most conservative and Republican county in this part of the state, and has grown noticeably more so in recent years. In addition, while we're not the Bible belt, the conservative religious vote is fairly powerful here. I grew up here, but more and more I'm feeling like an outsider in the face of this sort of thing.)
Incidentally, my parents have a bet going: my father, the Republican, is betting a nickel that Kerry will win, while my mother, the Democrat, is betting a nickel that Bush will win. ;-)
What I am hoping most of all is that (1) whoever wins, the vote is a decisive one--I don't want another mess like last time; and (2) I am hoping, quite possibly in vain, that whoever wins, the two sides of the ideological divide will be able to calm down, reconcile themselves to the outcome, and find a way to work together, as opposed to continuing what Time magazine called "the Uncivil War." Personally, I'm afraid that the gaps are far too wide for any such thing, but still...
Following a meeting at my church last night, I and the other members of the group expressed our hopes that the election went smoothly. One of my friends there (a Bush supporter) quoted a commentator he'd heard as saying, "By Wednesday morning, depending on your political persuasion, you're either going to be very excited, or very depressed." To which I replied that in either case, I hoped that both sides would "get over it", and move on.
p@,
Glenn