On The 2004 Election

by

Pat Wong

It is not difficult to empathize with Galileo's Inquisition experience now that the intolerant evangelical Christians are all over the country imposing their religious values on scientific research, women's rights, and the rights of our gay citizenry. Their one-issue-mentality found a vehicle to hijack the Nation through an incumbent president who doesn't understand the principle of the separation of Church and States. That is the story of our last election.

Never mind the misdirection of resource to fight terrorism, never mind the rush to, and the mismanagement of the war in Iraq, never mind the unapologetic tax cut for the rich and the record deficit, never mind the stewardship of the environment, never mind the unilateral style of diplomacy and our all-time-low prestige around the globe, he is the one because he is not a baby killer and because he opposes gay marriage and therefore preserve the integrity of God-blessed institution. Now that the selected president has become elected, we are doomed to suffer four more years of the same arrogance and divisiveness.

I have lost faith in our collective wisdom and in our marketing oriented democratic process. May the gods bless America and all of us.