<p>I can't take it...I must finally say good night</p>
<p>We are wrong.....bush wins very very unfornuate</p>
<p>Agreed, Rhamster. Sad day. Today has just been a nightmare for me in so many ways politically. <em>shrugs</em> Life will go on.</p>
<p>George W. Bush...happy four more long years, everybody!
ZZ3</p>
<p>I don't know what utopia you live in ....can you send me an invite??</p>
<p>lol
I'm sad that Bush won, but I'm glad we have a diversity of opinion on this board.</p>
<p>i'm happy bush won.</p>
<p>I'm going to cry. Worst day of our young lives.</p>
<p>Welcome to the next Vietnam era.</p>
<p>aww
but yea I'm really scared.
Everyone in my school was so depressed today.</p>
<p>yeah thats cuz your a new yorker. me too. i love how people in the midwest are deciding what we do with terrorism when itll all come back to us in new york. thanks ohio!</p>
<p>That's true, filmxoxo, but the soldiers are the ones preventing future terrorism in NYC and elsewhere---and those soldiers are largely coming out of the midwest. If anything, the midwest is fighting the War on Terror to keep you safe.</p>
<p>No one ever asked those soldiers to enlist....</p>
<p>Anyways, I just think its hysterical that we have to rely on urban areas to bring in the Kerry votes....basically we have to wait for the educated to vote.</p>
<p>From what I recall, voters with post-graduate degrees vote 6-1 in favor of Democrats.</p>
<p>One thing I thought was funny was that most NYCers put "Iraq" as a bigger concern than "Terrorism" in the exit polls, though they may not be reliable.
Urban areas have higher concentrations of the least educated, too. I hope we don't get into the demographics...it's an unending argument.</p>
<p>I know our army is voluntary...I was just pointing out that the midwest has a stake in the election, too---and maybe a bigger stake, since the casualties are now coming from the army and not from terrorist attacks on civilians.</p>
<p>The academia is always liberal...but the trend works for Bush up until then.</p>
<p>Education (%) Bush * Kerry * Nader:</p>
<p>No High School (4%) 49% * 50% * 0% </p>
<p>H.S. Graduate (22%) 52% * 47%* 0% </p>
<p>Some College (32%) 54% * 46% * 0% </p>
<p>College Graduate (26%) 52% * 46% *1%</p>
<p>Source: Nat'l Exit Polls</p>
<p>Postgrads were:
44% Bush 55% Kerry 1% Nader
which is a narrowed margin, certainly not 6-1.</p>
<p>Ok, ok, I've promised myself I won't get involved in another political message board war. So I'm off =)</p>
<p>Good night!</p>
<p>you raised a very good point about the soldiers, and im actually pretty ****ed at my self for not considering their stake, good point. of course its still frustrating to know that my life is less safe thanks to decisions in suburbs miles away. also, what makes you think these soldiers are making us safer? nothing against them, i just dont see what theyre fighting for. </p>
<p>whatever, whats done is done. we should all come together.</p>
<p>omg just heard the funniest thing on tough crowd... "dick cheny, the nly vice president you can assasinate with the word 'boo!'"</p>
<p>**cheney, oops.</p>
<p>haha, that is good...and I guess that goes for Clinton now, too =)</p>
<p>And I have to admit I felt the same way...that undecided voters in 1 state make or break the election is a scary thought...but at least the margin on OH was big enough that it was nothing like FL in 2000...that was a nightmare...</p>
<p>As for the soldiers: The soldiers did a great job in Afghanistan, no doubt about it (except for the unfortunate escape of Bin Laden). I think Reps and Dems generally agree that Al Qaeda seems to have been severely broken...all they could manage on our election weekend was a ridiculous Osama AP tape...and, most importantly, there hasn't been a single attack since 9/11. In Iraq, the reasons/results are more in the gray area--more debatable--and that's not a debate I feel like starting right now. =)</p>