Election 2004 -- Ignorance of facts won out

It is truly a sad day for the United States, when the citizens of the world's greatest nation would rather keep a gay couple from gaining hospital visitation rights than vote for a better economy, more jobs and health care. When receiving a tax cut is more important than helping your neighbor who is living in poverty, it is nothing less than a shame. When you look at the distribution of votes in the U.S., you see key states consistently voting Democratic: New York, , New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, California, and Florida (from Orlando south). These are the most progressive, modernized states in America -- and yet Ohio and Iowa take priority in the end. These progressive states (particularly their cities) are a snapshot of what America is -- a diverse people in every sense of the term, committed to moving forward. They vote Democratic because they understand the importance of responsible fiscal policy, and they understand that though Republicans claim that the U.S. health care system is the best in the world, the infant mortality rate and life expectancy in the U.S. come in last when compared with other industrialized nations. The infant mortality in some parts of the U.S. -- Harlem, for example -- is higher than in Bangladesh. [more]