I voted for George Bush
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Not the second time, but the first. I was upbeat and hopeful and full of enthusiasm and now years later I think, how could I have been fooled so badly? I bear some personal guilt for what is happening to our country. I’m sorry and I could use some forgiveness.
I’m ashamed of how Americans are viewed around the world.
The America I was born and raised in was a different place. We were taught that we could move safely around without having to “have documents” like those bad Russians. We’ve all watched the quiet death of many of our civil rights. Our cherished freedom comes from the lack of restrictions, not from the imposition of more and more restrictions whether it be on your ability to earn a living, speak or simply enjoy your life.
It’s not about Republican or Democrat or even left or right - it’s about acting like Americans, the kind the world respects and in the past wanted to emulate. Americans are more than Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, secret CIA interrogation offices around the world and sabre rattling every time someone says something we don’t like.
In the old days we were taught that the US was the center of the universe and for much of my young life, it was. I want to go back there.