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Honestly, I think Kerry is in bad shape. I was completely convinced he was going to win...no, HAD to win coming into this, and I was very comforted by the earlier news. When Florida went Bush....well, that was not such good news.
As someone who is FIERCELY supporting Kerry in this election, and feel I have a whole LOT of my future at stake on this particular one (my first, as a member of the "where the fuck did they all go?" 20 year old block)...I am, or was, considering careers in both science and maybe the air force. Science isn't exactly Bush's best friend, but since I'm interested in space program stuff it isn't the end of the world.
The air force is another story. I have a big moral problem joining when I feel like I'd be agreeing to answer to an irresponsible commander in chief who would throw american power around on a whim without enough concern for life, both our own and others. Nor do I share his world view that we're the only people on the planet that matter, which seems to be the basis for a lot of foreign policy.
Now, it's not over yet, but I'm going to sleep, and I'm not sure I expect to see John Kerry on the front of tomorrow's paper, grinning and holding aloft a newspaper that says "Bush Defeats Kerry in Ohio" and laughing about the premature call.
That said, I pray to God he does somehow win. Probably because that's the only one who's going to be able ot pull it off.
How will I feel if he loses? REALLY mad. At least my state (and heavily campaigning family) did their part...Hooray for NJ.
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