2005
Lesbians say no to Bush. Well there’s a first for everything…
My overall view of the state of America? Because, that’s not a huge question with many different answers…
America to me seems a place I really do want to go to. I live in the UK and have never travelled outside of Europe, and the idea of visiting places such as New York, San Fransisco, Florida…I’d love to. I really would. Especially New York. There are places of such diversity, I’m sure no-one would tell me I was wrong if I said you could find any sort of person you can think of living somewhere in the U.S.
But I suppose the main point of this question concerns America’s government, and all the issues connected with that. I’ve watched Michael Moore, I saw the election coverage and I know all about the Bush administration’s various cock-ups and so on and so forth.
But, Bush was re-elected. So…why? If everyone hates him so much, why is he still there? My theory…people don’t like change. The 49% of people who wanted him out were willing to adapt to a new country without Bush at the helm. But, a lot of people who are happy in the suburban households with their 2.4 children and not a homosexual in sight, didn’t want change. They were happy as they were, thankyou-very-much. Change is too scary. It means possibly re-evaluationg the things they stood for. No-siree-bob, we’ll have none of that!
So they went to the polling booth and said ‘Yes’ to Bush. Because change is too darn scary. And anyway, the homos might start moving to their neighbourhoods…and then where would we be.
