No matter what it is, it's called sorryeverybody.com and it expresses, better than any outpouring so far, a sentiment that's omnipresent and palpable and still going strong, and every single Democrat and every single Kerry supporter and every single liberal of any stripe whatsoever probably felt it like a white-hot stab in the heart the minute Kerry's concession speech hit the airwaves... - Mark Morford, San Francisco Gate
The site, begun by a 20-year-old University of Southern California student named James Zetlen, is the first genuine evidence I have seen of a global village that looks like a nice place to live. - Heather Mallick, rabble.ca
And so, Thanksgiving 2005. The morning papers, year in review: All agree that the end of the Iraq, Iran, and Syria wars came in large part from the Sorry Everybody movement, which started as a website but whose creativity fed on its own creativity and soon grew into a benefit album, a hit Broadway musical, and a chain of vegetarian restaurant/music clubs. It is no overstatement to say that, much like the Vietnam War protests of the '60s and '70s, www.sorryeverybody.com was the beginning of a new way of thinking and doing things. - Jim Walsh, Twin Cities CityPages.com
But therefs more to it than that. Zetlen and his friends have stumbled onto something that gets to the core of what, for many of us, it means to be an American, particularly in the post-9/11 world: terror at our own weakness. Thatfs what much of the election was about, after all\questions over whether we were going to allow even the slightest bit of self-doubt to creep into our national self-image, a stance popularized by the victorious president who, famously, couldnft think of a single mistake he made when offered the opportunity. - Mark W Anderson, Columbia Chronicle
hIt's absolutely intriguing, and quite an important example I think, where people are speaking to the rest of the world really and bearing testimony to the fact that what the U.S. government does is not supported by all of the people here,h according to Jim Paul, executive director of the New York-based Global Policy Forum. - Marty Logan, Inter Press Service News Agency
It's one thing for the British press to call Americans dummies, but now Americans are beseeching the rest of the world, please don't give up on us. "You youngsters will have a lot to be sorry about. At least we don't have to live much longer." An apology made out of candies, cookies and crackers makes you want to eat your words. Gee, wonder if the Web site is getting much hate mail. - Jeanne Moos, CNN Transcript
Dozens, then hundreds, of disappointed Kerry voters churned out their own remorseful portraits. On November 4, Zetlen's student account at USC, where the site was housed, was accessed 2.1 million times; 82 percent of the school's Internet traffic that day. - John Bronson, The Free Press, University of Southern Maine
Serious and sometimes seriously funny is http://www.sorryeverybody.com , where dismayed Dems from across the country are exorcising their demons by posting photos of themselves holding signs like "Sorry, world (we tried) (signed) Half of America," and another with "we're sorry" written in candy. - Liz Halloran, Los Angeles Times
"The world needs to understand that there are people in America who don't like what our government is doing," he said answering questions on the site about why he did it. - BBC Online
All the pictures share a common theme, asking forgiveness of the world for the re-election of Bush. - Taipei Times
Wie ein Waldbrand verbreitete sich nur einen Tag nach der Wahl der Link zu einem der wohl originellsten politischen Kommentare aus dem privaten Bastelkeller: "sorryeverybody.com" stand fr kurze Zeit auf einem privaten Server, zog Besucher aus aller Welt an - und Beifall wie Hassmails. - Frank Patalong, Der Spiegel
It's a simple idea and so far more than 5,000 people have taken up its offer, posting pictures of themselves holding up signs with messages such as "Believe me, almost half of us are very goddamn sorry." - Philippe Naughton, Times Online
On a typical page on sorryeverybody.com the contributions ran from belligerent to contrite to funny. - Gary Younge, Guardian Unlimited
For now, he is bemused by a marriage proposal from a 14-year-old in Britain and overwhelmed by the unread e-mails in his inbox. "I have homework, man. I have a test in an hour." Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times
From red states and blue states, thousands of people have posted their faces (and those of their children and pets) and messages, mostly along the lines of "Sorry, world. We did the best we could. Can we sleep on your couch for the next four years?" They are often creative, sometimes bitter, frequently funny and, to those who share their perspective, touching. - The Weston Town Crier
The missive kicked off a torrent of apologies. Other signs include such messages as "Sorry, world, we deserve it. You don't"; "Sorry, world, at least you don't have to live with him" ; "Sorry, world, scientists are sad, too". - iafrica.com
About half of the more than 3,000 e-mails he received came from abroad. The worldwide reaction included responses from Germany, France, Italy, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Chile, Brazil, China and South Korea. - Kerala News, India
It started the day after the U.S. presidential election with one student posting a picture of himself on the Internet with a sign reading "Sorry world (we tried) half of America." - Leyla Linton, The Advertiser, Australia
Both sites are run anonymously. Sorry Everybody's operator noted that the site was created to reassure people in other countries that dissent was still active in America--and also because the idea was funny. - John Borland, CNET News.com
But if you're agonizing about how the rest of the world views the President's reelection, you're not alone. And the folks at www.sorryeverybody.com are providing a handy forum for Americans who'd like to apologize for their fellow citizens. - Isaac Guzman, New York Daily News
SorryEverybody.com is collecting photographs from across America to express to the rest of the world our deepest apologies for the present political situation in our country and how it will affect everyone for the next four years. Check out the pictures. - MichaelMoore.com's Link of the Week
Members of the media interested in contacting us can do so at press@sorryeverybody.com