John Kerry hasn't conceded yet (UPDATE: Wait, nevermind. It's over), but we can all do the math -- and it ain't pretty.

Congratulations to George W. Bush, Karl Rove and all the evangelical Christians of the Midwest and South that turned out to the polls. It's gotta be the "Apocalypse Vote" that put Bush over the top: Perhaps the 700 Club faithful are clamoring for a Holy War with Islam to finally lead them to the promised land. Perhaps they spent too much time at "Hell House" over Halloween weekend. I don't know. Both of these theories seem more reasonable than simply saying that 51 percent of Americans are too uninformed to realize what a failure this president has been, both at war and at home. Or that a record 58.3 million voters picked born-again Bush just because of that $300 tax refund. The Republican party has been co-opted by radical religious extremists -- and guess what? It's a successful political strategy. (It also didn't help that the Democrats nominated a Catholic from Massachusetts.) So, for the next four years, the Northeast and the West Coast can only sit and wonder what kind of Kool-Aid they're drinking in the flyover territory. And all you "Security Moms" in Ohio can sleep well at night knowing that your suburb is well below New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, D.C. and Philadelphia (who all, coincidentally, voted for Kerry) on the terrorist-attack wish list.

But we at Fresyes don't want to sound bitter. The sun is shining in New York, and unlike yesterday, we're not expecting any bomb scares at our office building today.

Peace be with you.