James and Barry have some thoughts on this.

In 2000 I was outraged. Today I'm just deeply disappointed.

I still think the election in 2000 was stolen and I felt Americans were forced into a situation that many of them didn't want. That's not the case anymore. We've seen how nasty this administration wants to be, how much they care about their wallets, and how little they care about our rights. We've lost many of our friends, and many of our freedoms. And now we just voted to keep on keepin' on.

I'm disappointed that I'm so disconnected from a good chunk of Americans. That something I *know* is wrong, they are happy to accept. Something that disgusts me, they just voted in favor of. Certainly it could be worse, I could live in one of the states that passed one of these bills, so it's a little comforting to know at the very least, the people surrounding me don't feel that way. I just wish I could say the same for the rest of the country. It's embarrassing to be honest. How am I supposed to tell my friends in other parts of the world that I'm not one of the bad ones? How do I tell them that just because "America" feels this way, that I as an "American" don't?

What has happened in the last for years has been upsetting. What could happen in the next 4 scares the shit out of me.