November 3, 2004

Nightmare Become Reality




Unbelievable. As it stands now, this played out almost exactly as I envisioned in my nightmare post. Except New Mexico and maybe Nevada piled on for Bush.

"The youth vote didn't show up" is already established as the dominant narrative. Presumably because "the candidate just sucked" goes without saying.

*shrug*

I really don't have anything to say right now. The likelihood that dark days to come may spark a new "conscious era" in hip-hop is providing little solace for me at the moment.

Next time you see a post in here, it will be from north of the border.

Posted by jsmooth995 at November 3, 2004 2:41 AM | TrackBack
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for real. this some sad shit. I went out and did my part reppin pa but i think this shit is rigged anyhows. how u gonna have a brain and go and vote for bush. anyways this is real wack. too many idiots in america. cats are too stupid to believe that the president might be a shady muthafucka and that he might be just lying for finacial gain. Like oh no he cant lie to us he the pres, look at dudes cabinet. Thats the most crooked assembele of white folks i ever done seen. and im a shady white cat to begin with...


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Posted by: Djhaze at November 3, 2004 3:24 AM

oh and good looks on the gil scot. shits realer then a muthafucka.

Posted by: Djhaze at November 3, 2004 3:27 AM

Nevada appears to have gone for Bush.

New Mexico appears to be going for Bush.

A dramatic reversal in Ohio looks like the Dems last hope.

Posted by: IB at November 3, 2004 4:32 AM

It looks like the media is waiting for potential lawsuits before they call Ohio for Bush. Otherwise it looks like a Bush election.

Posted by: IB at November 3, 2004 4:46 AM

you know, this is what happens when you wait til months before an important election to start a voter's registration campaign. when young people who have never registered to vote, register to vote, they feel a huge sense of accomplishment. and it stops right there.

"vote or die" was not just a very fucked up phrase, it was a misplanned idea, that did less for getting more voters out and more for providing free publicity for the stars involved with the campaign. had they really cared about making a difference, the campaign would have had three parts. 1) register new voters, 2) educate voters on the issues, 3) based on those issues, pick a candidate. but that's not what happened. kids registered to get the tee shirts, and it all ended there.

if the vote or die people are serious about making a change, i have a few suggestions. 1) change the name of the campaign. it's a mockery. lots of people DID die, so we didn't have to, so chill with the dramatics, and find a name that makes sense 2) take the long term approach. don't wait till the last minute. continue the campaing RIGHT NOW. you have four years to make difference, to engrain the idea of voting to make a difference into the brains of an entire generation. 3) the campaign needs an ending point. and that i feel, is choosing sides. a blind vote is damn near as bad as a non vote. the focus should be on not only putting new voters in the voting booth, but new informed voters in the voting booth. am i expecting too much from this campaign? some would say so. but i think if you took all the recording artists attached to this campaign, and you took all the young people who bought their cd's in Ohio, and you educate them about all the fucked up shit Bush has done it office, and you get them to vote, that alone would be enough people to have put John Kerry in the White House. that's why i expect more from this campaign, a lot more.

Posted by: hardCore at November 3, 2004 8:30 AM

1st ... Jay... Big Ups on the expatriating article. Was thinking Belize on the real. Dayum.

2nd ... I think the problem with this election which makes Bush the accepted choice is that the Mid-West and the South are just not given the credit and attention that is deserved from the so called liberals of the North and West. I being from the South (Deep South) ran up to NYC because I felt the south wasn't right for me. And I think this is where Kerry may have really lost. He didnt appeal to the southern states with the exception of FL.
How would you feel if the person that wanted to control the country doesn't even try to win your vote. Say what you will about Bush but he even tried to get votes in states he KNEW didn't like him.

Can we get Hillary to run in 2008?????? Pls. Pls.

Posted by: Belve at November 3, 2004 9:31 AM

Damn,

This is much worse than the Yanks losing. Kerry's lawyers will camp out in Ohio but will it do any good. The call is already out for him to give up the ghost. That's the spin the conservatives will be hitting on. But what's the rush? Count every vote dammit. We want to be sure. I'm interested in seeing the numbers on minority voters. Blacks especially. Dissapointed if it's true that only 1 out of 6 new young registrants actually showed up.

Hopefully this doensn't discourage people from voting. This is a campaign to change this country. Can't stop here.

Posted by: METALFACE at November 3, 2004 10:32 AM

depressing..........
ain't got no words...
sigh....

Posted by: K at November 3, 2004 10:39 AM

As cynical as I am - I was just hoping...and hell I'm not even american. Whatever, just another reason not to visit the US.

Posted by: sandeep at November 3, 2004 11:26 AM

Yep this is all fucked up.

IB. Sweetie. Head on boo. "Vote or Die" failed, period. Was it a campaign or a commerical for T-shirts??? Diddy didn't step up at all. BUT you can't blame him either.

The Democrats failed us by choosing Kerry. The only one in the Democratic pool who had the balls to say what we all felt was HOWARD DEAN. If Dean was running instead of Kerry, who knows maybe the Dems would've been victorious. All I know is that at least DEAN wasn't pro-Bush and thought the war shouldn't have happened in the first damn place. Kerry and the others supported it. I believe at least 50% of Americans had doubts or disagreed about the war coming into this pre-election campaign. Bottom line this election should have came down to whether you are PRO-WAR or ANTI-WAR not a battle between who can lead us into more wars down the near future. Kerry had no chance imo. Hell you can't even blame the Dems or Kerry for this situation either.

We can blame ourselves, the community, schools, colleges, parents, neighbors, and political leaders for our misguidance. We as a people need to step up and educate our young people MORE. This is a lifetime effort btw.

In turn, young people need to open their eyes a little wider and pay the fuck attention. Why? Because in the next four years don't complain about what happens to you. Don't complain if your ass get drafted to war we shouldn't be fighting. Don't complain when you get there and your ass find your way back home in a coffin. Don't complain in the next 10 or 20 years that your healthcare, social security, financial aid, welfare checks, and taxes are shot to hell. Boo, yes those expensive rims you like come with taxes too. Please don't complain about nothing because your ass should have been out voting November 2nd 2004, the most crucial election ever in the history of America.

Posted by: shayshay at November 3, 2004 12:25 PM

Ooops! That post was by hardcore. Big ups hardcore for breaking it down.

Posted by: shayshay at November 3, 2004 12:42 PM

That Harper's article is some funny shit right there.

Posted by: eric at November 3, 2004 4:52 PM

Wait. The youth vote did show up:

http://civicyouth.org/

Posted by: Jordan at November 5, 2004 5:51 AM

People in this country on both sides are living with a lot of illusions. People on the right believe in Bush's christian conservatism even as his foreign and domestic policy's diminish the standard of living and make us all more susceptable to another attack.

In addition, democrats are not very different except they are socially more liberal. Kerry supported the war, and trying to outawk bush on terrorism. Where is the real left in all of this? THe right will pull the democrats even further to the right after this and we will all be fucked in the end, unless we are apart of a serious movement.

Posted by: Kai at November 6, 2004 12:26 AM

You know what. I'm tired of people talking about what Dems don't do and what Repubs do and vice versa.

FYI they are both out to look for themselves not for minorites (not talking about skin color...talking about paper boo...if you aint making over $200,000....you are a minority). Boo, if they really cared about black folks....we wouldve been mentioned more than just 15 minutes outta let me see....4 debates!

Am I liberal? No but i do tend to lean toward Democrats more. See I don't have a Swiss bank account like the Repubs, 50 cent, Oprah, Britney Spears, Diddy and the rest of em...so its kind of hard for me to relate to Repubs and their so called "taxes" aka refund checks for the rich folks

BUT thats just imo ;)

Posted by: shayshay at November 6, 2004 4:03 PM

say it ain't so....i've been hearing that mr. vote or die himself did not vote. can anyone confirm this?

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