Month: November 2004

One last round-up of US election stuff and I promise we’ll be back to our scheduled programming. Firstly a site where intelligent Americans apologise to the rest of the world. In today’s Guardian Simon Schama writes about the divisions in the USA and names the two nations Worldly America and Godly America. Worldly America, which… Continue reading Election Aftermath

The BBC have put up a “have your say” page asking Americans why they voted for Bush. The answers make for some very depressing reading. There are an incredible number of people who mention the fact that Bush is a christian in their responses. I’m constantly astonished by the number of Americans who see this… Continue reading Why They Did It

The news sites are just starting to run stories saying that John Kerry has conceded defeat in the presidential election. If I’ve learned anything from the last 12 hours, it’s that the large number of intelligent and decent Americans that I know only represent half of a bitterly divided country. There are just as many… Continue reading Four More Years

For a few months now I’ve been getting a lot of pleasure out of reading Dadblog. Today Lloyd excels himself by coming out in support of John Kerry (not that that was much of a surprise to anyone) in an entry that includes this: But if you believe the government of the most powerful political… Continue reading Dadblog