Woo Hoo!
This has got to be the most ridiculous, tired, somewhat amusing, and jacked-up phrase chanted frequently by the Foreign Americanophobes.
I really don’t understand what it means or what it is supposed to do, but, let’s explore.
This argument is grossly flawed a few reasons:
Forty-eight percent voted for Kerry in 2004 and 51% voted for Bush while 30% didn’t vote at all. Now, ask yourself the following questions:
- Did those who voted for Bush deserve Bush?
- Did those who voted for Kerry deserve Bush?
- Did those who didn’t vote at all deserve Bush?
- Did those who voted for Nader deserve Bush?
Or better yet…
- Did all 300+ million Americans deserve to be told that bad things should happen to them from other countries that tout “peacefulness”, “intellectual refinement”, and “moral superiority”?
(1) Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that the 30% who didn’t vote at all DESERVED Bush (even though some of them are the elderly that could really care less). No excuse, though. No excuse for anybody! I know. I know. They deserved Bush. And I hope Bush made them really, really, really mad and their lives miserable beyond belief. So, let us all consider the apathetic already punished by Bush’s wrath. Good. Done. Next….
(2) What about those who voted for Kerry, campaigned for him, demonstrated for him, and even sought to get Bush impeached after Bush won office? Did these people deserve Bush? Well, according to some Americanophobic extremist groups, yes. Some think that any administration can be toppled. However, what they don’t realize is that Americans have no more power over their leader as do other Democratic nations (as we can see with Britain, Canada, Australia etc in our war efforts). In the end, you just have to remind yourself that there really is nothing any American can do to please the Americanophobes and to just move on continuing to be the Ugly American that you are.
(3) What about those who voted for Bush? Yes!!!!11111 like O. M. G…. they like sooooooooooooo DESERVEDDDDD him. Like OMFG and stuff!!!1111!!!!!! 
A little clue for the Americanophobes: Psst… (don’t tell anyone I told you this, but…. those who voted for Bush, actually sorta kinda wanted him as president and most of them are happy with their choice. 
Saying that they deserved Bush is synonymous to saying that the bonus you hoped for at work came true, you received it, and that you deserved it. Aside from the comedic nature of your statement in an attempt to punish all those so unfortunate as to have been born in the USA, there is no substance inside and makes YOU folk look very silly.
(4) What about those who voted for Nadar? I say kill them all. What say you?
And last but not least, the Americanophobes in saying that we “got what we deserved” is ironic when all we hear from you is “pity me” and stories of woe as to how the Bush administration has “ruined your lives” and how Amerikkkans only think of themselves…. [insert continued whiny rhetoric]… So, can we yanks say that YOU got what YOU deserved since ultimately you got “worse” punishment than we did? 
If you think you know what Punishment IS, wait until Palin takes over with her pack-o-wolves (or what’s left of them) administration. My advice to the whiny spoiled brats: Try to use different scare tactics against the Americans, come 2009, because the ones you’ve been using for the last two centuries…. well,…. haven’t worked. 
*****DISCLAIMER (for those that don’t understand AmeriKKKan politics):***** BUSH WAS *NOT* I REPEAT *NOT* VOTED IN TWICE. IN ELECTION 2000, IT WAS AL GORE THAT WON. WE HAVE AN ELECTORAL VOTING SYSTEM HERE AND HE WON VIA THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE. WE ARE NOT A 100% DEMOCRACY. FOR MORE INFORMATION READ THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS.
According to “How Stuff Works”,
It may surprise you to know that Russia has a more direct presidential election process than the United States. In the United States, a system called the Electoral College periodically allows a candidate who receives fewer popular votes to win an election. In fact, there have been several presidential candidates who won the popular vote, but lost the election because they received fewer electoral votes. In Russia, where no such system exists, the candidate who receives a majority of popular votes wins the election.
Read more here.
Thank you.
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Well,let me say that first off, your new format or whatever it is, looks far more appealing to the websurfing eye, but for whatever reason tends to add a bit of confusion to us expat-canucks for ease of use. I have been waiting for this type of post from you my dear so I could rip into the soul of the American spirit for voting for George Bush 2, twice! You do know that Americans voted for George W. Bush twice, right?! Well, you let me down a bit I must say. There was a choice, although not that much more appealing in both 2000 and 2004. Look, the US voted for GW2 twice, just give it up, if we want to get past the whole anti american thing, the first thing is to get past the fact that the worst president in the history of the world has been in charge for the past 8 years. And yes, by bad luck, the worst cabinet and congress has come along with him. Well, maybe y’all deserve it in the end, but I tend to believe that its mostly bad luck. C’mon, voting for Nadar may have been the worst thing to do strategically, but aren’t you supposed to vote for what you believe in? It’s the system my dear, and you know it deep down inside, don’t you?
Omg…No, we didn’t vote for him twice. I’ve discussed this in my blog numerous times already, and so have you!! Actually, in the 2000 election, the winner of the popular vote was Al Gore. Bush only won via the electoral vote and even that was hacked. Yes, that’s right. Bush didn’t even win the electoral vote. So, no — that is incorrect information. We didn’t vote him in “as president” “two times”.
The bit about Nadar was a joke. C’mon, I thought you would have been used to my sarcastic humor by now, no?
And why hasn’t Canada and Britain stopped electing in Conservative leaders? You know as well as I do that they all wind up in our White House as lap dogs. Why? Canada DID go to Iraq too. I made a blog post out of that.
I am aghast at your latest comment. It is hate speech based on how I define Anti-Americanism. Do you not even realize that 70% of this blog (back from 2005 and on) consists of my rantings about how my government is run? You should start reading backwards from 2005. I am very bold in my blog about how I feel about Bush.
By the way, have you read this post yet? So, yeah, even Democratic presidents have screwed up BIG TIME and have made us and other countries go to war ILLEGALLY.
Please read my political profile on the face of my page. If you don’t like my politics, so be it. I’m not going to change. I’d rather be judged on who I am as a person and not because my next store neighbor voted for Bush. You’d think someone who is a world traveler and who writes up very intelligently written posts wouldn’t lower themselves to advocating collective guilt, but …. oh well. Maybe you’re just having a bad day??? Or if YOU see Anti-Americanism as just simply being critical of the government, then fine. I am just as critical (if not more) than you are! If it is true that you condone prejudice based on one’s birthplace, than I have lost all my respect for you.
Hey Virgo, think I mentioned that I’m back in Polska at some point, anyway, got into the vodka a bit last night with the girlfriends family (teehee) and was looking to rant a bit about politics. I agree with you, the 2000 election was won by Al Gore no matter how you look at it, popular vote and electoral college. In a way, it just makes things worse though. It’s definitely not an anti american thing with me, its an anti right wing politician thing, and I get angry at how blind people are to their evil ways, especially in Canada!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/id_tories/s/cbc/080922/canada/vancouver_bc_insite_genocide_montaner
VODKA? Well, that explains everything.