Well. Enough moping, back to work. Art waits for no angst.

So, my final statement. Since most of us are sick of politics, go ahead and skip it. It’s harsh and not at all conciliatory, and keeps the partisan rift nicely bloody. You’ve been warned.

If you voted for Bush, I’m holding you personally responsible for every single lousy, stupid, unethical thing his administration does. The first time, sure–that came out of left field. Coulda been blindsided. No hard feelings. But you all know exactly who he is now, and you voted for him anyway. That makes you entirely morally culpable. It’s your fault from here on out.

He pushes for anti-abortion laws? Your fault. He pushes for an anti-gay amendment? Your fault. He wrecks the environment by pandering to industry? Guess who’s fault! He fucks up the war in Iraq even more? You get half credit for that, we need to save some for insurgencies, but I’m sure there’ll be plenty of blood for everbody’s hands to get a nice speckling.

Somebody at this point will doubtless say “But I’m pro-choice, too!” or something like that. Tough shit. You voted for him. People should know by now that what you believe means nothing compared to what you’ve DONE. If I stole something, and then tried to claim that I knew stealing was wrong, so I shouldn’t be held accountable, what kind of defense is that? It may even be worse! If you believed differently, you should have acted differently.* You made your choice. Beliefs are great, but actions are real.

Now, if you’re a mature adult, I imagine this really shouldn’t be a problem. You’ll be willing to be held accountable for your actions. I certainly am. I’ll be held responsible if the people I voted for get in office and do bad things. If the governor here tries to secede from the union or ban religion or something, I’ll take my lumps. I voted for him. I share the blame. That’s the way it works. I voted for Nader in 2000, and he turned out to be a crazy jackass, and I share a moral culpability for having supported him. I accept that. You want to go off about what an idiot Nader is, I’ll sit here and take it. I deserve every word. Hell, I’ll chime in during the slow bits. I know all kinds of synonyms for “barking moonbat” and I’m willing to use ’em.

We are responsible for the actions of administrations we support. If you don’t want to be responsible, don’t support them.

But there’s a silver lining! If Bush does something really great, I’m happy to dispense credit to y’all too. Fair is fair. He cures cancer or negotiates a working Palestinian peace accord, it’s all yours. I’m bitter and angry and petty, but if he turns out to be Rushmore material, accolades will be forthcoming for all who supported him, and I’ll freely admit that I was wrong.

And come on. Surely you must believe that Bush will do great things rather than stupid or dangerous things. After all, if you thought he was an idiot who’d screw things up, you surely wouldn’t have voted for him in the first place! So really, you shouldn’t have anything to worry about at all. As long as Bush is good for this country, you have absolutely nothing to fear at all.

And that, gang, is my last word on the subject until Bush does something stupid. Tune in next time for nothing to do with politics whatsoever.

*Not neccessarily voting Kerry, mind you, there are lots of moral issues there that I can easily see people disagreeing with, but there’s a handy write-in slot too. The options were limitless. What you chose binds you.