Posted by Bruised at 4:51am Oct 19 '04In the last debate I watched as they asked the question about what happened after the destruction of the World Trade Center. From Kerry and his talk about Bush being a divider, not a uniter, I learned that Tom Daschle actually went so far as to hug George W. Bush upon that day.
I thought about the Democratic National Convention, in which Bill Clinton talked about how Dubya had turned out to divide Americans red and blue ever stronger against each other. He seemed utterly surprise that the president had not done more things that Democrats would like, and that liberals and conservatives did not been united as he expected. I thought back to watching Clinton, right on September 11, 2001, and seeing him tell people to "get behind Bush". The advice to the whole nation came straight out of Clinton's mouth. On that day in 2001 I thought, "Ach, Clinton actually wants us to submit ourselves at the feet of the Leader of the Right"? It seemed the ex-president actually believed at the time that Bush would make liberals happy. That gays could work with Republicans because the Republicans would help to abolish sodomy laws. That labor workers could work with Republicans because the Republicans would start taking pro-labor positions and legislate their rights instead of the hopes of management for once. That Republicans would make strides in teen rights that would heal the gap between teens and the police (and the Establishment in general). That the birds would sing and America would enter a new golden age, on the top of some idyllic hill. So THAT'S how he could manage to tell all these people to "get behind Bush"? That when he appeared at the DNC, Clinton had expected him to be something other than his conservative self? I didn't get behind Bush like Clinton told me in the aftermath of September 11. I went and smoked a blunt instead.
I thought about the Democratic National Convention, in which Bill Clinton talked about how Dubya had turned out to divide Americans red and blue ever stronger against each other. He seemed utterly surprise that the president had not done more things that Democrats would like, and that liberals and conservatives did not been united as he expected. I thought back to watching Clinton, right on September 11, 2001, and seeing him tell people to "get behind Bush". The advice to the whole nation came straight out of Clinton's mouth. On that day in 2001 I thought, "Ach, Clinton actually wants us to submit ourselves at the feet of the Leader of the Right"? It seemed the ex-president actually believed at the time that Bush would make liberals happy. That gays could work with Republicans because the Republicans would help to abolish sodomy laws. That labor workers could work with Republicans because the Republicans would start taking pro-labor positions and legislate their rights instead of the hopes of management for once. That Republicans would make strides in teen rights that would heal the gap between teens and the police (and the Establishment in general). That the birds would sing and America would enter a new golden age, on the top of some idyllic hill. So THAT'S how he could manage to tell all these people to "get behind Bush"? That when he appeared at the DNC, Clinton had expected him to be something other than his conservative self? I didn't get behind Bush like Clinton told me in the aftermath of September 11. I went and smoked a blunt instead.
9/11 and hugging Bush - Bruised