When I Heard George W. Bush Won a 2nd Term

I'm not sure how you felt, but I know there was at least a few Americans and many more foreigners that were "shocked & awed" by the re-election of George W. Bush. Not necessarily because of him as much as because of the American electorate and how they renewed the reign of a President that behaved in such an unpresidential manner. Whether because he took the country to War under false pretense and was unapologetic about it or because he gave the largest tax break to the wealthiest of Americans and large corporations, there was ample reason to question his leadership and hold him accountable for his lack thereof. Add to that the fact that most believe that George Bush is a puppet of Carl Rove and that Vice President Cheney is really calling the shots, and you have a concoction of reasons to at least try something new. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the complacent and, in my eyes, ignorant American electorate re-elected President George W. Bush.

Maureen Dowd, Op-Ed Columnist for the NY Times, wrote in her book that most foreigners don't hold Americans responsible for the policies of the Bush Administration, but that if the American people re-elect him they will blame us for all his past and future deeds. Well, now everything he does is our fault, and frankly, we deserve whatever he does.

George Bush claims now that he has a "mandate". Yikes! First term he stole the election, went on vacation, and then got the attacks of 9/11 to give him purpose. Now he gets a victory by 3% of the popular vote and he has a mandate. Whether its Social Security, Tax Reform, The War on Terror (Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or wherever the most Oil and weakest army is) or retooling the Supreme Court, we Americans are in for a 2nd term unlike any other this country has experienced. At least half of America will be very unhappy along with most foreigners.

And in case you were wondering...if any of the policies that President Bush proposes, gets forced down the throats of the congress and the American people, and they turn out to be bad ideas or have unintended results or are discovered to have been founded upon bad information, don't expect George W. to take responsibility for the misdeed...he won't!