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On one hand, Dubaya has done great harm to the US, the most one person could ever do. On the other hand, knowing how bad and incompetent he was, he was lawfully re-elected in 2004.
Democracy involves responsibility, pure and simple. Yes, we'd all like to see Bush pay for his incompetence, but it is the electorate that has to share that responsibility, it's the price we pay to live in a representative democracy.
Consider Zimbabwe, for all the damage Mugabe has inflicted on that country, and considering the fact that he has lost the election there, ask yourself, why did he not step down and transfer power? Precisely due to his fear of retribution, no more, no less.
I hate what Dubaya has done to this country, the country that I chose to become a citizen of (formerly Canadian), but I believe the US is better than Zimbabwe. We should accept that Dubaya won in 04, argue as much as you want about your stupid neighbors who voted for him then -- and accept Obama's election of 08 as a direct, and as the only, repudiation of that stupidity.
Another way to say it, the shit has hit the fan, it's not time to search for the guilty. It;s time to rebuild.
