Meanwhile in America.

• Author: Sacco, Joe
• Position: Re-election of George W. Bush

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THEIR WISDOM, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

THEY HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES FOUR MORE YEARS OF GEORGE W. BUSH, AND I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

Convinced that Bush had taken America down the road to ruin, I Marveled that anyone but a millionaire or an ignoramus could stand behind him in 2004.

WHY DO THEY LET STUPID PEOPLE VOTE?

WHY NOT? THEY LET STUPID PEOPLE BECOME PRESIDENT.

In the end, I could laugh at Bush and his supporters] all I wanted. They didn't care; they were busy winning.

During the campaign, vice presidential candidate John Edwards talked about "two Americas," and sometimes I wish he were right, that there could be two Americas ...

One for them ...

I LOVE HAND GUNS AND HATE FAGGOTS ...

ESPECIALLY FRENCH FAGGOTS.

JESUS IS COMING!

And one for us ...

ANOTHER GLASS OF BORDEAUX?

SURE.

MILES, YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEED TO STOP THE ICE CAPS FROM MELTING ...

Some months back, I remember nodding my head when my pal Michael said ...

IF AMERICANS ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO ELECT BUSH, THEN THEY DESERVE HIM.

I'M JUST SORRY FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.

And on election night, I blinked uncomprehendingly as the pundits swept aside my last-minute conviction that Kerry would win and treated the state-by-state permutations as some sort of intrinsically delightful mathematical game.

EXCITING NIGHT! EXCITING NIGHT!

IT'S ALL ABOUT OHIO! THAT'S 20 VOTES!

KERRY MUST WIN OHIO!

Like many who feared Bush, I went to bed that night not knowing for sure which way Ohio would break but with a sinking feeling That all my hopes depended on it.

WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US NOW, TEDDY?

And when I awoke, the game was up. My girlfriend Amaile's vision darkened as the reality of another Bush term sank in.

FOR THE FIRST TIME I AM SCARED OF TERRORISM.

BUSH IS SO...