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purplecthulhu at 06:19pm on 08/11/2004
purplecthulhu at 06:19pm on 08/11/2004This is a glorious rant about the great divide between the red and blue States, and the consequences of the recent US election.
It won't change anybody's mind, it might make some Red Staters angry, but I think there's a lot of truth in it that needs to be said.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/07/blue_state_to_reds/
And while we're at it, one thing that's surprising me about this whole election... As far as I can tell, and my perspective may be wrong since I saw pre-eloection coverage in the UK, but am now seeing post-election coverage in the US, there was very little discussion of actual policies. I'm now seeing reports about Bush policies on social security, pensions, healthcare etc., many of which are quite scary, but I don't think I saw any of these discussed before the election. Its as if the US has voted for personalities, and only after the result is know do we see what policies go along with them.
Am I getting a biased perspective here, or was there really little discussion about policies in the election campaign?
The contrast to a UK general election, where there are explicit manifestos detailing lots and lots of policies, with costings etc etc, couldn't appear more stark...
Meanwhile, while the weather is better, the instrument I'm meant to be using is having a bad day...
It won't change anybody's mind, it might make some Red Staters angry, but I think there's a lot of truth in it that needs to be said.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/07/blue_state_to_reds/
And while we're at it, one thing that's surprising me about this whole election... As far as I can tell, and my perspective may be wrong since I saw pre-eloection coverage in the UK, but am now seeing post-election coverage in the US, there was very little discussion of actual policies. I'm now seeing reports about Bush policies on social security, pensions, healthcare etc., many of which are quite scary, but I don't think I saw any of these discussed before the election. Its as if the US has voted for personalities, and only after the result is know do we see what policies go along with them.
Am I getting a biased perspective here, or was there really little discussion about policies in the election campaign?
The contrast to a UK general election, where there are explicit manifestos detailing lots and lots of policies, with costings etc etc, couldn't appear more stark...
Meanwhile, while the weather is better, the instrument I'm meant to be using is having a bad day...
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