OMG... he put it on!

Ooow, I have some very different reilloectcons of the GWB inauguration. I mean the start of his presidency, I dont remember the inauguration per se. From what I remember people were pretty much in smash-your-head-against-the-wall, cant-believe-this-really-happened, frustrated anguish.Then again, of course, I'm not American, and wasn't in America. But I do remember the furious, bitter debates between online acquaintances those who were voting Nader and those who tried to force them to change their mind Yes Gore was a bit of a dud, but Bush had to be stopped!My now-gf who's been pretty much lukewarm and only incidentally interested in this year's elections (she didnt vote, either) actually tried imposing a sex boycott on her then-bf if he didnt change his mind about voting Nader. :) (He did anyway, and she just became disaffected from politics altogether.)Oh my. Seems long ago now. In comparison with the disappointment of 2000, the 2004 defeat was almost a shrug it sucked seeing that the majority of Americans were really that stupid again but you know, we were used to it and Kerry was a gasbag anyway, so it was almost calculated in from the start.Whole new generation now