I did not vote

[lizwilliams]

Because I live in England, and can't. At least, I can vote in our own elections, at least for the moment, though who knows how much longer that state of affairs will continue?

However, some encouraging news from across the water and what would almost appear to be an outbreak of sanity. Next, in the backwash of the sanity wave, we will get rid of Blair and elect a PM who really knows what he's doing, who'll set about reconstructing the mess of our foreign policy, who'll put the economy back and track and his name will be - oh. Damn, I knew there was a flaw with my plan.

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[greeneyedkzin.livejournal.com]

A lot of these were votes-against -- not to be confused with votes-for if we are to continue on this trend.

My own feeling, and it's a gut feeling, is that parts of the U.S. were literally sick from culture shock dating back from the 1960s. The pendulum swung too far, as they felt, and then it swung too far in the other direction.

Inevitably, there is a revulsion of feeling. It would be nice if people perceived that an acted on it. At this point, I'm moderately content that the pendulum is swinging back toward the center.