W is for Dubya
A is for American
R is for Republican
I'm feeling a little guilty at the moment. While I certainly didn't want to Dubya to win, in some way I wanted the Americans to share our pain. I wanted to feel like Australia wasn't the only western democracy heading down the road to conservative economic-rationalistic doom.
But really, that's not only schadenfreude, it's just plain stupid. Australian politics (especially recently) have been heavily influenced by our American cousins, a move away from a conservative gun-happy, fear-mongering government in America might have put the kibosh on our trend towards the right.
Where will we invade next? Will we need an excuse this time?
Bleh
