But holy shit, young'uns. It's a fuckin' miderm during a lame duck presidency. walk back with me 10 years to when we were hoping John Fucking Kerry would win and talk to me about despair.

But this is the most important election of our lifetimes!

Actually, I was just discussing with mk yesterday about election despair. We both agreed that the only times we've ever felt a large emotion over an election was 2000. That was a hard pill to swallow. And, despite the fact that we're always told elections matter, that one actually mattered. Fucking Iraq. I want every young person to go back and read the history of how Cheney became president (or, wait, who was the main guy again? Some artist or something, right?). Free and fair elections died at the hands of Katherine Harris and the Court. I remember waking up for several days after the final say by the Court, and thinking that something had to give, that something could be done. The whole thing was surreal. And I'm not sure most people remember how despised W was for the first 9 months of his term until Al Qaeda gave him his lifeline. I hope that there will never be another election that leaves me with that feeling (I suppose not, even if more underhanded dealings are afoot, as I was 18, and that was my introduction to participatory democracy). Kids, think of what that $3T could do for your education. All was wasted, and everything was in vain.