I still remember December 12, 2000

[Hokie]

I remember the night Bush v. Gore came down. I knew it was bad news for the country. I never thought it would turn out to be this bad.

[DB1]

1. I did envision bad things happening, but no wear near * has taken us.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. I was at the airport coming home from Germany that night...

and I was at the luggage carousel picking up my luggage. When my family told me that Al Gore is going to concede, I remember cursing real loud in the airport. Everyone was looking at me and I didn't care. The air felt real different that night.

I can't wait for clean air to come on November 5.

[neomonkey]

3. Who woulda thunk it?

I thought we would be in for 4 pathetic, marginal years of non-action. Was I horribly wrong.

[morillon]

4. So do I.

I can barely think about it without crying. I will never, EVER forget what those bastards -- all of 'em, including the people who supported Bush -- did to us.

[Mme. Defarge]

5. Yup.

When I heard that the Supreme Court had stopped the recount, I stood in my living room and screamed at the top of my lungs -- which wasn't easy because I'm not, by nature, a screamer.

Then, a few days later when Gore conceded, I physically collapsed with extreme fatigue and a very sore throat. Missed two days of work.

Awhile later, before Bush was inaugurated, I said to a friend during lunch that I expected an event early on during Bush's presidency that would lead to the curtailment of civil rights and possibly martial law.

I KNEW that nothing good could come of Florida election debacle.

[texpatriot2004]

6. I knew it would be bad...never imagined all the horrible things

that have actually happened.

[liberalmuse]

7. I did.

I knew that fucker would put America in the toilet. And what do you know? The ONE time I'm right about something. It sucks!

[occe]

8. I can somewhat relate

I was too young in 2000, but it affected a family member deeply. They will never stop telling me the physical stomach pain they had for 11 months after that, truly sad.

[Ernesto]

9. I worked my ass off AGAINST bush thru out '99.

How do ya think I felt?

[tedoll78]

10. That was the last time I shed tears over an election.

If Obama wins, I might.
And if both Obama and Franken win, I definitely will.

From the looks of the polls lately, I need to stock-up on some Kleenex.

[Arugula Latte]

11. I always think about what the author Sarah Vowell said:

"I talk about going to his Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to 'wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water'... the failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now."

* Referring to George W. Bush on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2006-02-21)

[nomaco-10]

12. I remember being devastated and then telling myself....

what harm can this yahoo yokel do in four years. The murikan public will get their fill of this folksy, ignorant dumbass and will toss him out of office in four years.

Boy, was I wrong.