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Disclaimer: I just wanted to say "Thank you" to you guys. To all the people that voted, all the people on this board that got interested in politics, read-up, debated, argued, insulted, because this is what ******* democracy is all about. In some countries, we'd get arrested and put in jail for doing that.

So I wrote you a little poem, because I think it's a vastly under-utilised form of expression in this day and age, and it's kinda cute. Yes I know, the poem itself sucks, and sometimes it doesn't even rhyme, or ha number os syllables, but ***** you guys, I'm not a poet and I'm hungover.

Now GFYs, my American friends.



It's a huge little planet,
that we're all living on,
Like a ship, or a comet,
in space, on the ocean.
And yes, it's sometimes hard,
To find some common ground,
In the deafening sound,
Amidst all the retards.

My grand-pa had a brother,
A resistance fighter,
During World War Two,
Wasn't even a Jew,
But he fought, and he hid,
That man I've never seen,
When he was caught, and killed,
He'd just turned seventeen.

My grand-pa used to tell me,
"The world's a fucked-up place,
I've seen kids, believe me,
Hung with their own shoelace.
And when we were all locked,
In the heart of darkness,
The one country that rocked,
Was the United States."

Maybe I'm paraphrasing,
But I know what he meant,
And when I get a kid,
I'll tell him the same thing.

I know, there's slavery,
There is Bush, there's Cheney,
There's the Native Indians,
And hardcore religion.
But we all do mistakes,
And we all do fuck-ups,
Those stupid nation-states,
With flags on pick-up trucks.

Yet there's that little thing,
We call democracy,
Sometimes it's stupidly,
Annoying, frustrating,
But when we're electing,
For a day, we're the King,
In both of our countries,
Revolutionaries.

This poem kinda sucks,
Some will think it's *********
But it comes from the heart,
And I guess that's a start.
So thanks to all you voters,
The lefties, right-wingers,
The commies, the fascists,
Constitutionalists.

And thanks for all the rest,
The music, NOFX,
The movies, the culture,
The **** i grew up with, as a French teenager.

And thanks for Obama,
The Marxist Messiah,
And thanks for two world wars,
For dyin' on foreign shores.

Rate up for making bollox rhyme with sucks! (sort of)

Great poem, RP.

Thank you, tiger.

So now the world likes us because 51% of us voted a certain way instead of 48%.

True, but I'm just saying, had Obama lost 50%-49%, would the world have been pissed at us as if the whole country voted McCain? And conversely, should the world be rejoicing as if the entire country supports Obama?

Well, welcome to America and the two party system...Obama won the popular vote (with 96% of precincts reporting so far) 52% to 46%, which is, for the US, a relatively huge margin...especially for a first term president.

Nexa

The rest of the world wold have voted Obama by about 65 - 35, that's why we're rejoicing. :)

Of course he'll have a short honeymoon and then surround himself with Clinton's foreign policy advisors and continue the mission of self-interest and unilateralism that has defined America the past few decades whether the guy in charge was red or blue. That's nothing less than anyone should expect from the one superpower left in the world; any other country in that position would behave exactly the same.

I think he'll do some good stuff at the same time though: more diplomacy and concrete action on climate change, and hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually sends a competent person to represent you at the UN and listens to what it decides.

Americans need the messianic can-do inspirational candidate to really get them going far more than us boring Europeans, who kind of hate our leaders and vote more for parties and policies. I think America will benefit, life will improve, and the rest of us will feel the knock on effect and buy into the dream.

So, good times, congrats :)

It's amazing how many people are smiling today, given that i'm 1000's of miles away from the USA, you've made Europe very hapy today America, very very Happy.

I didn't realize it was 52-46, that is a much bigger margin. Last night it was being reported as 51-49.

And I was sort of playing devil's advocate anyway.



Edited, Nov 5th 2008 11:03am by trickybeck

Thanks Red. it was very cool to see you in IRC last night. I'm so happy and relieved not just the US, but the world is rejoicing with us.