The Canadian Flag is Pretty

The Left Coaster summarizes my feelings about this election:

"If the Republicans win everything, like they hope they have, they also have total responsibility for the world they create. All the problems that have been incipient such as the disastrous fiscal policy, the catastrophe waiting our country in Iraq and the total blindness of what global warming means for the world, everyone of these things will be failures on their watch. The one silver lining in the Democratic picture is that we cannot be held responsible for total failure of these significantly important issues which the Bush administration has failed to address or has already totally screwed up. These issues are so critical that it would take a miracle to fix them and anyone waiting for Bush to address them should remember that he had a lot to do with making these crises worse."

And this key reason Bush won is what delineates the true division in this country, ignoring the socio-economic schism between the wealthy and the rest of us:

"....we Democrats have to face a depressing set of facts: the religious right and the Cult controls this country. By cleverly placing gay marriage bans on the ballots in several key swing states, Rove was able to ensure that the values issues would overcome pocketbook or war concerns and drive up the vote amongst the right wing base at a time when a majority indicated concerns about Iraq, the economy, and the direction of the country were paramount to them."

Obviously the Liberal faction in this country cannot overcome the power of the wealthy religious Right. We pretty much gave it our all. The domination of the ultra-conservative coalition keeps us at arm's length as we wildly swing away at their base, but the punches never land where it might hurt. We are stuck with our country and its failings, its imperfections, its unpredictability. More people are now going to die or starve or live in poverty or get tossed into prisons than would have otherwise had our government taken a more liberal direction. For the next four years we are not going to be led by hope, fairness and compassion, but ruled by fear, hate and domination.

Liberals must channel the loathing and anger we have, fed by the arrogant and dispassionate behavior of the ruling class, into an even bolder determination and more passionate fervor not seen since the civil rights movement of the 1960's. All is lost only if we think it. Now is the time to jumpstart the revolution.

Or move to Canada.