It feels like the end of the world

I have been a Republican minded person for many years. I never thought I'd switch my point of view. And I can't help feeling this sinking feeling of doom contemplating the next four years. I don't engage in the arguments that surround me from friends, classmates, and co workers. I am not writing this in my journal so that anyone else can then argue with me or give their opinion. I am very educated and I do my homework. Unlike in the past, I've actually decided to use my own brain instead of letting others tell me how I am supposed to think and feel. My feelings about this presidency and about Republican vs. Democrat have never been cut and dry. There are strong points and weak points to both parties. I hear on NPR that the over all feeling from people who voted for Bush was more because of his "morality" and that's the very thing about him that made me switch parties and vote Democrat. I've been appalled at the manipulations, the lies, and the basic bullshit that we've been handed and are expected to put up with. That's not MY definition of moral. All year I've been thinking to myself, SURELY people aren't falling for this crap? Surely, someone out there has a PROBLEM with what's been going on in regards to this war. And I had to shake my head yesterday as I saw the election results, and then would hear reasons for why it happened. "He seems so strong, unwavering". "He should be allowed to finish what he started". That's like saying that the factory up the river might as well keep dumping their shit in the water, and finish off the fish since they might as well finish what they started. And speaking of pollution, I can't wait for my great grandchildren to read this and other journals I've written describing life in a world where they don't have to live in a bubble to survive. Maybe while I am here I should describe the forests and the beauty that still remains as part of our earth. I'll quit ranting now. I hope to God we don't all regret putting such a puppet back in the White House.