Bush v Gore. The 2000 election. It may be strange to read a diary about that horrific period today...Yet, for me, my vote tomorrow and, hopefully, a massive Obama victory and strengthened Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, will start my process of coming to terms with the 2000 election.
Because, to be blunt, I NEVER did "GET OVER IT".
I still remember December 12, 2000 like it was yesterday. That, of course, was the day that the SCOTUS attacked the very foundations of our country's democracy. Worse, our legion of corporate media whores said we had to embrace the horrific decision and "Get over it."
Well, I didn't "get over it" and I still haven't. And, in many ways, the country hasn't "gotten over it."
Just look at the past eight years...
The country was attacked on 9/11. An un-elected fraud lied the country into war, lied about the conduct of the war, shredded the constitution, an entire city was destroyed, and, now, an entire economy lays in shambles.
I have always felt that, in attacking the very foundations of our country---the ability to vote and count votes---the Supreme Court unleashed an evil destructive force that took over the country and all aspects of our life. A karmic blowback, if you will.
And, now, eight years later, with the country near ruin, the majority of the citizens of this once great country are poised to take their country back and to begin to repair the utter devastation unleashed eight years ago.
Will a big win tomorrow help me "get over" the 2000 election? No. But it will help me believe in my country's ideals again, that this is a country worth working for, worth fighting for, worth living for, worth dying for...
Since that miserable day in December 2000, this country has been damaged in ways that may be beyond repair. But tomorrow, we have a chance to start trying to fix that damage and to begin to "get over" the worst pRresidency in the history of this country.