{"id":856,"date":"2004-10-30T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2004-10-30T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=856"},"modified":"2004-10-30T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2004-10-30T17:23:12","slug":"losing-the-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2004\/10\/30\/losing-the-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing the Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I watched a man shout out of his auto to a passing pedesterian. Best I can come up with is the pedestrian jay-walked or didn’t give the man the proper right-of-way… maybe. After giving the driver a nominal backward glance and shrug — more or less what I would do in that situation– the driver swirved to a park, rushed out, rushed over, and shoved the guy hard into the brick sidewalk.<\/p>\n

“I’m calling the police!” the bruised, bloodied man shivered, as he tried to get himself up.
\n“I don’t fucking give a shit!” the man who just committed battery yelled back, muttering “Serves him right.”<\/p>\n

I stood there, stunned. The rest of the crowd had more or less the same “WTF” reaction as I. I walked backward as a small crowd gathered necessary information, and left after I was certain someone had gotten the license plate number.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in Florida, a man tried to drive over Katherine Harris. And another man threatened to kill his girlfriend for supporting Kerry.<\/p>\n

Later, I watch from the distance the gathering of the weekly war protesters. Charming group, but I’m not sure any of them — or the majority of them — should be voting for Kerry. A majority of them probably will be or have, though certainly not all of them. From their perspective, I’m not certain there really is a difference<\/i>. Granted, the two “Protest Warriors” (http:\/\/www.protestwarrior.com) with their Bush hats and their signs saying “Peace Through Ignorance” can say that there’s a difference.<\/p>\n

I asked a LaRouchite why LaRouche endorsed John Kerry. The answer: “Basically we need to take over the Democratic Party.” Roughly the same answer that the peaceniks would have for why they’re voting for Kerry: vote for him, then hold his feet to the fire<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I take my leave. We’re at Orange, by the way. Which was the state we knew we’d be at now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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