Globalvote 2004

Globalvote 2004 – where non-americans get to vote – have your say in the US election. I’ve shared the link before but have another look.

If only we could vote in the US election. Things would be a little different. You would think people inside the US would take note of how much the rest of the world dislikes their current President. I guess voting for someone other than George Bush would be unpatriotic. Kerry seems like a bit of a goof too, but in a less harmful, non-entity kind of way.

My prediction: Bush wins another squeaker. There will be more squawking about vote tampering etc. We will probably see Iran and Syria occupied by US forces while the problems in the Sudan and Zimbabwe (and within other brutal regimes) continue to go on unimpeded. There will be much more death and carnage and oil prices will stay very high. Finally, the US will find itself in such a hole diplomatically that to dig out is nearly impossible. It’s almost there now.

I hope and pray that I’m wrong and my pessimism is unwarranted and way off the mark.

There’s always Pravda’s take on Bush. Perhaps a little extreme… kind of like these ads from MoveOn.org. I’d be lying if I said they didn’t make me a little afraid of the next four years.