I am in disbelief that the American people have chosen this path. There are many who thought that we shouldn't change presidents during the war. I could easily argue that with the way it has been run, that we desperately need new leadership to be successful in Iraq, but I don't think this is the most important issue.
A huge number of Bush voters cited "moral issues." What this means is that millions upon millions of people irrationally fear things like prostitution, drug use, gay marriages and naughty language. These things have been part of society for millennia. The Republican idea of shoving them in a box and expecting them to disappear is naive and ignorant. Not only this, but it's hurtful to the poor people caught up in such things. Don't they realize that with a wonderful system like planned parenthood, less people would need an abortion because couples would have better family planning and access to contraceptives. If drug use was legalized, can you imagine the amount of tax dollars that could be raised from it that could be put into rehab programs. That would cause less drug use, not more. I would never get caught up in any of these practices myself and like any American, I would be heartbroken if any of my (future) children were involved in those practices. However, the answer is not to judge such people. My reason is not bleeding heart sympathy, but it is instead pragmatism. The republican way doesn't improve these "moral issues," but if you don't judge and instead work with these people as fellow human beings, then the problems might actually get better.
What's even worse is that the Republican party will use these issues to get reelected so they can push their own agenda. This includes getting tax breaks for the richest 1% of America. Many working families have to pay ten thousand dollars a year on health insurance. The republicans won't help with that when they won't even try to bring down the price of prescription drugs. We need nationalized health care. I don't understand how people can be afraid of this. In most democratic developed nations they have better health care than in the US [edit: roughly equal quality health care as the US, this is not what matters in the post though
], and it's free. Isn't this a basic human right?