Maybe that they live in an unrealistic bubble.

I'd say his truly "closest" neighbors, the people he grew up around, are in Texas.

Any idea what the numbers in Texas were? I do.

FU all. This was a sad, sad day for America. He's a monster and an idiot and a hatemonger. DC got it right.

Considering the fact that Marion Barry was once Mayor (and re-elected despite a drug conviction) does not do much to inspire confidence in DC voters.

Aparently the idea of re-electing Bush is much scarier than the idea of re-electing a crackhead.

As an American living abroad, please share this website with your Malian friends.
http://www.sorryeverybody.com/

I live in a red state, but the promise of it developing into a blue state is there. It was a close race this year in Arizona for the first time in a very, very long time.
What I'm even more scared about than the continuing administration are the new senators elected from Oklahoma and Kentucky. Both campaigned on "homosexuality is the devil" tickets and one adamantly says homosexuals and unwed women should not be allowed to teach in public schools. The other says all abortions should be banned, including those done to save the mother's life.
Suddenly my country has become disgustingly conservative.

Suddenly?

I'm conservative and I certainly don't agree with the politicians discussed above.

Why is "conservative" such a negative label? The root of the problem is the hostility and negativity. Yes, far-right isn't good, but neither is far-left.

"Conservative" is such a negative label because for years, they have been tarring opponents with the "liberal" label in a smug, supercilious fashion. For conservatives, the word "liberal" is some shorthand for everything they are against, nevermind that true 19th-century liberalism represents everything conservatives claim to hold dear. Happily for the rest of us, the term "conservative" is becoming as divorced of its true meaning as "liberal" has become, as evidenced by Shrub's Big Government behavior.

"Conservative" has become a negative label because the conservative leaders cling on to old, broken ways of thought - primarily from the days of the cold war. Unfortunately they do not look further into the past to realize that this country was founded by some very intelligent and liberal-minded people. Conservatives continually refuse to understand the rationale behind the seperation of church and state and the equality of all citizens. And now, after squandering our national wealth and pride, their great leader G.W. has stolen his 2nd election. It makes me sick.