I Told You So

At what point is it no longer rude to say "I told you so?"

Now, I'm a little afraid to date myself because I am pretty young, but I was in high school the first time that Bush was running for president/elected. I was a freshman...

At that time, I was busy trying to prove to Jesus that I deserved this one favor I was asking of him by reading his book and going to church and whatnot- part of that was this new thing at my church- a cell group (think of a bible study led by equally clueless high school students). One of my most striking memories of high school was sitting in one girl's house during a cell group meeting, the Jesus part was over, and we were hotly debating the upcoming elections in the most eloquent way that 15 year olds who have been herded into Christianity can.

As a note: I do not have a problem with people who investigate the religion and decide that Jesus is for them. Personally, I try to live by most of his maxims, I just think 99.9% of churches lost the plot and are full of shit.

Anyway, even as my 15-year-old "Oh, Jesus, I love you so much...look at how much I go to church!" self, I was fully aware of the fact that George W. Bush was the biggest crock to come along since the "Moral Majority." And, for that reason, I got a pretty creepy vibe off of him and his "I'm a Christian, I'll make 'Murka bedder!" campaign.

And sitting in Jessica's living room, I realized just how alone I was. Now, thinking back, I blame a lot of it on Clinton's cock. Had it kept to itself- or at least only hung out around less gossipy bitches, the Democrats may have had a chance. But, at that time I can remember thinking "Well, I hope all of you retards aren't so dense that you will eventually realize it when the shit hits the fan."

And now, I think "I wonder if those retards ever figured it out." I wonder if I should look up their email addresses and ask them one question that has been burning me for 6 years now.

"How does it feel to be wrong? You made me feel wrong about my very existence since puberty. You've made me the minority and the outcast. How does it feel? I want you to know that every morning when I read the newspaper, I think of you and your stupid blind support of any old monkey who can fool you by calling a couple of names and wearing a suit on Sunday. I think of how immensely short-sighted you were when you told me that my morals were backward because I was backing a candidate who supported the enrichment of the environment, the feeding of the hungry, the care of the sick and peace around the world. I think every day that I wish that things had been different, and now, 6 years later, I've gotten my vindication- and I'll bet you don't even remember what I said that Tuesday night. I'll bet you don't remember that I said that any candidate who parades his faith in order to garner votes is a fraud and more trouble that imaginable."

So, I don't care if it's tacky, but I told you so. I told you so in the beginning. I told you this was going to be a disaster. I told you to look up the facts. I told you that running around calling the GOP the "Party of God" was as silly as calling the left wing the "coalition of the exceedingly tall."

I told you so.