Bushland America and the aftermath of the election

Bushland is that expanse of land, across the south up through western heartland of the United States. It served as the heartland for the popular vote that not only put George W. Bush back into the White House but has given him the extra measure of confidence that the people are behind him. We know that it was the electoral college numbers that has actually given President Bush a second term. It was the swing vote State of Ohio with its 20 votes that gave him the magic number of votes to exceed the required 270 to win the presidency. Had John Kerry won Ohio, he would have won the presidency.

When the political analysts complete their writings on the election it will become amply clear that the election was won on the basis of moral values as perceived by the electorate. Such questions as same-sex marriage, stem cell research, the abortion issue all contributed to the religious wave that has swept George W. Bush back into the White House.

If other nations of the world could have voted, The President would not have been elected. Outside the United states he is viewed as the leader of the nation that "invaded" a sovereign state under the guise that there were weapons of mass destruction there. No weapons have ever been found. Had any been been found, the United States would be a modern state hero. Such has not been the case.

The U.S. now finds itself in a quagmire of a war that is draining the American treasury of monies that could have been used to resolve some of the internal problems of the American nation. How well can the U.S. extricate itself from Iraq? How soon can it be done?