The American people have spoken.
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
John McCain conceded. There are no hanging chads or recounts. The election is over.
There will be many days ahead where I will offer everything from analysis to criticism to self reflection.
Today, as much as I am disappointed, I offer only congratulations.
Senator Barack Obama won this race fair and square. We can argue about merit and policy, and in the coming months we absolutely will. However, getting elected in politics is a game, and Barack Obama played it well enough within the established rules to win.
Was he lucky? Absolutely. Yet winners capitalize on lucky breaks. Barack Obama cannot have predicted the financial crisis, but enough Americans felt that they could trust him with the nation’s highest office.
Am I worried? Absolutely. However, I am willing to wait and see. Barack Obama is a complete mystery to me. There is still much about him that we do not know.
Is he a stark raving leftist ideologue or a ruthless cold pragmatist?
Will he govern from the left or the center?
I want to see his cabinet.
For now, I want Senator Obama to know that I love my nation more than I ever disagreed with him. I saw how the left treated George W. Bush. I will not become part of an angry mob. I do not hate this man. I genuinely want to work with him.
If he truly wants to govern in a bipartisan manner, I will hear him out. If he decides that those that disagree with him are enemies, than I will work full throttle to protect and defend what I believe in.
For now, I offer some disjointed thoughts.
For one, it is a genuine shame that his grandmother did not live to see his achievement. I lost my grandmother 6 months ago. Given that my grandmother was a democrat, I am sure both of these women are in Heaven smiling right now.
For another thing, I pray to God for Obama’s safety. God forbid…I do not even say, since it is unthinkable…it would rip this country apart for half of a century. Get this man double or triple the Secret Service protection, whatever it takes to keep him and his family safe. Our very survival as a nation could depend on this.
I am also thinking how much I love America. I am not bitter today. I am a republican, and republicans have won 7 of 10 Presidential elections prior to this one. We cannot win every single one of them.
I am grateful that we live in a land where the transition of power is peaceful.
I hope that Barack Obama has the decency and class to now recede into the background until January 20th, 2009. George W. Bush is still our President, and he deserves to finish his term with dignity.
The tone in Washington has been poisonous for the last 20 years. The way George W. Bush is treated in the next 10 weeks could impact how Barack Obama is treated over the next several years. For those who think that George W. Bush does not deserve an ounce of good will, just remember that Obama has promised unity.
I believe that Barack Obama is more interested in accomplishing things than in exacting revenge. After all, he has not been part of the acrimony. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were not part of it, and yet the hatred that has been going back and forth since Robert Bork was “Borked” by Ted Kennedy has not subsided.
Barack Obama keeps speaking of wanting to unite people, and a few kind words about our current President would be a well received olive branch.
Beyond that, I can only say that we live in a nation where a black man can become President. We will one day have a female President, a Jewish President, and perhaps even a black female Jewish President. Farfetched? Not in America.
Some will criticize the voters for making the wrong choice. I refuse to do this. As Karl Rove has said many times, “The masses are not @sses.”
The American people are the ones that won liberty from England, invented television, put a man on the moon, invented the internet, defeated Nazism and Communism, and found a way to balance deep religious convictions with a functioning secular democracy.
The American people chose Barack Obama. I disagree with the verdict, but respect the American people too much to question it.
I have spent years castigating the left for never giving George W. Bush a fair shot.
I will extend the courtesy to Barack Obama.
Most importantly, I will not despair over this election. I determine my own fate. My success is not defined by who wins elections. Rush Limbaugh has said that phrase, and even those who disagree with him should agree with this view.
I will go to work, love my family, be good to my friends, and continue to build a life with the love of my life.
On Sundays, I will watch football.
This campaign has been draining for me, and I am only a blogger. Like everybody else involved on any level with the campaign, I could use a break. There are other topics.
I will do what we should all do. I will live my life as best as I can.
Good luck Senator Obama.
Excuse me. Make that President Elect Obama.
You earned this, as well as the upgraded title you will get again in 10 weeks.
Use your future title wisely. America and the rest of the world depends on this.
eric
Graceful. Well said.
Even if I do fear you’re back in the USSA, and have grown sideburns to welcome the return of the 1970s.
The opportunity in America to rise to President is open to everyone folks.
If a churchgoing deaf-mute can do it so can I.
Michelle Malkin has been accused by the left wing media of mistaken identity, Peggy the Moocher is now our First Lady.
“The American people have spoken.”
The American people have been brainwashed”
“Senator Barack Obama won this race fair and square”
Nothing can be further than the truth! He won it through lies, deciet, intimidation, illegal fundraising, mezmerizing, and Saul Alinsky platitudes
among the few I can remember. Obama lies every, that’s EVERY, single time he speaks at any public forum…or haven’t you noticed…Obama has never met a lie he didn’t like! And by the way he commited criminal act along the way. And where is that birth cerificate? I am an American and I have the right to know!
“Today,…, I offer only congratulations”
How could you! This is as much an act of surrending to the enemy as anything that defines surrender, submission, and above all, anti-American!
He is the enemey within so aptly described by Cicero and any American that surrenders to the enemy is called a coward and traitor to the cause of freedom…if sound too harsh, so be it! It is in fact a reality that one must deal with! Never, never, give up for the enemy within is the most dangerous…he speaks our language and infiltrates the peoples minds with familar sounds that poison any thoughts of reality.
“We cannot win every single one of them.”
We may never win another! They (the enemy within) have already decided upon the year 2010 for the dissolution of American borders.
Which party will you be voting for? Mexico’s National Action Party, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Party of the Democratic Revolution, Labor Party, Green Ecological Party of Mexico , Convergence Party, Socialdemocratic Party , New Alliance Party, or Canada’s many provincial parties…here’s just one Province: Ontario Liberal Party, Ontario New Democratic Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Communist Party of Ontario, Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party, Family Coalition Party of Ontario, Freedom Party of Ontario,Green Party of Ontario, Ontario Libertarian Party, Reform Party of Ontario, Republican Party of Ontario, Party for People with Special Needs…and the list gets bigger with each Province. Just how the heck are we suppose to find OUR Republican Party in that mess?
“Barack Obama keeps speaking of wanting to unite people”
Repeat from above, “Barrack Obama never met a lie he didn’t like!” You just have to recognise when he’s lying…and this is a prime example. This poor excuse for a leader has but one intention in the arena of people; He will divide and conquer…and he seems to be doing a pretty good job of it here.
“I hope that Barack Obama has the decency and class to now recede into the background until January 20th, 2009.”
He won’t! …’nough said!
“I believe that Barack Obama is more interested in accomplishing things than in exacting revenge.” You obviously have not studied Saul Alinsky!
Also Bill & hillary are in the tank with Obama… all percieved differences are simply distractions. Obama knows only how to decieve ‘decency’! or haven’t you noticed? Again, I may be sounding harsh, but I cannot reject the facts of my observations…my entire career consisted of my observational skills…and I am very good at it! Bar none!
Sorry…then again, no I’m not…for being so critical…I will live, I will fight, and I will die to preserve the truth and no-one will stand in my way, not even Obama!
The hour is late and the sun will rise in a short time hopefully I will get some sleep over this…I could have gone so much further but I think my views were made clear…never, never, give up!
Love that TYGRRRR !
I lived through Jimmy Carter I will live through Barack Obama. I am not going to pretend I am happy. I will state I am glad this election is finally over.
http://takeourcountryback-snooper.blogspot.com/2008/11/lenin-has-aged-well.html
We have a whole generation of Americans that is about to experience a monster case of “buyer’s remorse.” America will survive this.
Ditto Norm. The Obama Campaign proved one thing: “America has the Best That Money Can Buy” Obama with over 700 million dollars in questionable campaign funds and a MSM who gave him billions of free Campaign Advertising disguised as The Evening News, The Morning News, The Mid Day News, and so called News Alerts. This country’s future has been purchased with Money and Lies. The MSM and the Obama Campaign being managed by Hollywood and Marxist Propagandists knew what they were doing. They were appealing to ignorance and they were appealing to the young and foolish who know nothing about world or national affairs but do understand things like, “We are going to take from those greedy rich white folks and the Corporations they own, and we are going to distribute that money to you deadbeats.”
Stock in Smith and Wesson, Remington, Winchester and other arms and munitions sales will go up in the next few months, because anybody who truly understands the aim of Barack Obama and the Marxists and Terrorists who Funded Him know that Obama’s words on the campaign trail when he was not paying attention to this teleprompter told us what he Truly Is and What He Truly Intends To Do. He and those scurulous Senators and Congressmen/women plan to Ban Gun Ownership through Legislation From The Courts after they pack it with scumbag Liberal Judges; They plan to Abolish All State Laws and Rules governing any limits on abortions, especially a parents Right To Know; They plan to make mandatory Government School Attendance for children as young as two years Old. In Short, Obama and the Left intend to Do Away With The U.S. Constitution and Our Bill Of Rights. Obama was and still is a Marxist and He is Dangerous. But, never fear, the Fight To Take This Country Back begins Right Now. We have to create an absolutely Independent Third Party that challenges both these sellout Parties that George Wallace Called: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, and there is not a dime’s worth of difference between them. We have to start in our neighborhoods and defeat the existing local, county and state governments, and eventually, one community and one state at a time, we will replace the Dems and Repubs. John McCAin and Sarah Palin were the last people standing between We The People and Absolute Communism, and they got beaten by Money and Media. The Fight Is On. Pray, Organize, and Do Not Give Up The Fight. We have children and grandchildren depending on us.
There is a Poll here the question is what should Governor Sarah Palin do now.
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/
“Senator Barack Obama won this race fair and square.”
I disagree. He lied on the campaign financing issue.
Plain and simple.
Along with a selective and leftist media there was nothing fair about it at all.
While the media did not drag McCain through the mud as handidly as they could of, they intentionally did not approach/report/or mention many of the questions surrounding Obama. Along with his own lack of will to define himself, this is why you and I still see this man as a mystery.
“Was he lucky?”
A very small percentage of his votes were due to luck. He played on race, peoples lack of gratitude, greed, “things cant get any worse” and the hatred of a good man in office. Much of that hate, he created himself.
Almost every black person in the country voted for him.
Racism is alive and well on the left.
Not every white person voted for McCain
“For another thing, I pray to God for Obama’s safety. ”
You’re braver than I am for bringing this up
Just the suggestion that he double his protection has lead some to say that we are presenting something in a suggestive manner.
When I said I would do everything in my power to see that he is replaced mid term or never re elected I was automatically accused of propelling a violent act.
Few realize that hurting the man physically is not whithin my power, or intention.
Because hes a decent enough guy with people who love him and racism is still alive and well in America we should pray our rumps off that nothing ever happens to this man.
“Beyond that, I can only say that we live in a nation where a black man can become President.”
I still am not sure if I should be dissappointed or impressed.
I’ve run into so many people that placed their vote only to show the world our abilty to be diverse instead of voting on the mans merits.
And then there was the simple loyalty vote that makes me ill to even think about.
I have always been oblivious to race in my decisions.
This is why it always blows my mind whenever it becomes an issue, it has never played a role in my decisions or thoughts unless some else brings it up or puts it in the mix first.
“Barack Obama keeps speaking of wanting to unite people, and a few kind words about our current President would be a well received olive branch.”
If he does I believe it will be for expedient purposes only.
His campaign was was centered on beating this man up for almost everything he did.
In my opinion it would be a huge example of hypocrisy unless he admits at the same time that some of his attacks on Bush were unfair and even spiteful to some extent.
He has no record whatsoever of ever uniting left and right.
His record clearly shows he has always gone with the left.
I sincerely hope that all he wants to accomplish will work for this country, and especially those who voted for him.
I’m absolutley sure the man means well and that his intentions for America are that of peace and prosperity.
However, one mans prosperity is another mans trash.
Hopefully when he sits in that oval office for the first time he will be able to look around and see that our country is greater than he has been lead to believe by some rather unsavory elements and influences in his life.
And at the same time, I hope that the briefings he’s going to recieve in the next couple of months will enable him to see our enemies for what they really are.
I hope it works, I really do. And if I can support the man on what I believe will be best for us I will.
But I still have more doubts and more questions than I’ve ever had for any candidate ever
Great post, Tygrrrrr. I don’t think the acrimony in Washington started, even metaphorically, with Robert Bork getting “borked,” or that Bush didn’t deserve the acrimony his own administartion cultivated, but I’m glad to see you willing to put all that behind you – as we all should.
Things are actually, really, finally going to change. Over nhe next four years we’ll see that change in action. We may finally see America catch up with the 21st century, and electing Obama was the first step. More than just symbolically, this choice showed that America is truly ready for real change. The Reagan Era of the past 28 years is over. The Obama Era is about to begin. I couldn’t possibly be happier.
JMJ
Micky, thank you for reminding us where the unfounded acrimony really comes from.
Obama didn’t “lie” about public financing. He simply changed his mind. While he outraised McCain one-on-one, the RNC tripled the DNC in fundraising and Obama knew that if he was to compete against them he would not be on an equal footing if he’d stuck with just public financing. He made a strategic decision. As we can see now, he made the right choice.
And Obama did not run on “race.” In fact, he did just the opposite, much to the conternation of many from the old Civil Rights movement, and frustration of the white cultural rightwing. If he had made race a central issue, he wouldn’t have won. There are just not enough black voters out tere to tip an election one way or the other. He won because huge numbers of young “post-racial” voters came out for him and the democrats. This race was about “change,” about a repudiation of the Reagan Era and the beginning of a new age.
As for the rest of your cynical post, I feel sorry for you. This is a historic election, with implications so far-reaching, so mind-bogglingly revolutionary, it’s just awesome. We really have come a long way. I was sure Obama would lose, right up until about eight claock last night. I was sure Americans were still too racist, too gullibly swayed by the rightwing press, too uneasy with change. I was wrong. I was soooooo wrong. I’ve never been so wrong – or so happy to be wrong.
I am sooooo happy today. I’ve never been prouder of my country. Never been prouder to be an American. Never been so happy to be so wrong.
For the first time in my life, I’m going to go out, buy a flag and pole and put it up in my yard.
JMJ
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To: JMJ
ReF:”The Obama Era is about to begin. I couldn’t possibly be happier.”
Huh? ….Huh? What is this? You obviously do not know who this man is!
You obviously display adoration for someone determined to to destroy the country by self-admitting such…you too were mesmerized for you certainly wasn’t listening to his words…just words…just words
Hi, g.
It is not often that a disagree with you. I do always appreciate your attempts to be gracious and fair. But, you must know something I don’t to be so quick with such conclusions.
I disagree that the electee won fair and square. Let’s just say that $600,000,000.00 dollars and a whole media at your disposal can buy a lot of influence…or as one of your commentors said, brainwashing.
And for the life of me, I do not have the power to blithely say ‘Let’s put the acrimony behind us’. Somehow, the past 28 years of being slandered with ideological bigotry – read, ignorant undeserved bias against a group that is different than you…you know…kinda like racism? – has not engendered a single positive feeling toward the people that bought the presidency.
And lest anyone misunderstand where I come from: I am for the WHOLE…..that WILL NOT THRIVE until it’s two sides quit pushing each other away, and recognize the beauty and validity of combining the strengths of both.
As a believer, I have one hope, and that is, I am open to the Lord changing my heart towards those that have excoriated, villified, and ‘tolerated’ those people like me who see things differently than they. If that IS their idea of tolerance, then I’ll have none of it….and I think I’ll need a little more time…and possibly even some sign of CHANGE before I feel a LITTLE bit better about the whole political scene.
Until then, the best I can say is….our system functioned. Whether it functioned well, is a huge question….and for once, I am not able to give my opposition the benefit of the doubt. Sorry. You don’t create unity by destroying half of the whole.
It does say something that the pundits will not be able to ramble on incessantly about The Bradley Effect, or latent racism as a reason for a McCain victory (and you know they would).
The Presidency is a meat grinder, let’s see how President Elect BO handles it.
(BTW – let’s lay to rest the idea that ‘inexperience’ is a disqualifier for the Presidency. Personally, I think a bent sh*t can lid makes a better representative of the people than some career pol).
Norm is right, folks. The children opened the door to the hen house and the fox walked right in.
One more thing: for any of you who don’t know about this, take a look:
http://jihadwatch.org/
Nice try, “Norm” (apropos moniker, by the way). I’m not some “Obamaniac.” I’m not a Democrat, and Obama was far from my first choice for President. I’m way to the Left of the Dems for the most part. I’m just being realistic. The Reagan Era, which I would say ran from 1980-2006, is over. The party turnover is historic, and that is the proof of what I say. We haven’t seen a turnover like this since the Great Depression. So I dubbed this new era the Obama Era, not as some idolic homage to Obama, but as a historical marker. After all, he is the president, the first black president at that, and the Dems are now firmly in power on the Hill, with a senate that is tipped so that filibusters will be hard to come by. And the divisive Us v Them Era of the past two generations may well be coming to an end. Despite the loony paranoia of the Far Right, Obama is in fact a Centrist – a stateman who understands that compromise is a better angel than consistancy.
It really is a new era. It may not be Left enough for me, but it’s the best I could have ever hoped for.
JMJ
Jersey, he said he wouldnt do it and then turned around and did it.
The man lied. he said he would not do something, and then he did.
He’s a liar in a very accurate sense of the word.
Look it up and restudy the english language.
He did not commit to his word.
hes already screwing you.
In his speech last might he warned that much will not be done in his first term.
Crust o mighty the man has nothing to how for his first term and hes already looking for re election. And at the same time making a buffer for himself after all his promises by saying dont expect too much from me in the first 4 years.
YOU GOT HOSED BROTHER !!!!
He ran on race, the facts dictate this as he knowingly mentioned it with intent many times, presidents on dollar bills, funny name etc … played to the race minded.
“This is a historic election, with implications so far-reaching, so mind-bogglingly revolutionary, it’s just awesome. We really have come a long way. ”
I’m not impressed at all.
Had the man had some merit to run on I would be.
Had the people elected a man for his ability instead of voting against percieved failures of others iu might be impressed.
This vote was spawned of a hatred for Bush that was created by the left and inflated by Obama.
“Hey world, look at us, we elected a black man, arent we great ?”
If anyone worries about what the world thinks of us right now thet’re laughing their rumps off at us from here to Timbuktu.
Only now you’re proud of your country ?
Only now you find the patriotism to hang a flag when millions have died for your freedom before this man was elected ?.
You astound me! HOW will the ‘us vs. them’ era end, now? Because there is a monopoly? Because ‘them’ doesn’t have to listen to ‘us’ if they don’t want to? Or is it because, for US – the conservative view – to exist as a consideration in government, much less be considered as valid in its own right, is to be divisive? Or is it because you think conservatives are the cause of the divisiveness? God help you if you believe any of that. If there was actual civil discourse, and MUTUAL respect for the validity and NEED for all sides, ON all sides, there wouldn’t BE a divisiveness. But the democrat power mongers idea of compromise is the opposition does what THEY want. And the republican power mongers idea is to be gonadless.
I am sick to death of being the recipient of such democrat compassion and tolerance. I no longer have it in me to try and be positive about this. Maybe I’ll feel better if the current electee steps up and shows true respect for all views. But so far? uniter? yeah. right. Just like Bush thought he was. Sure maybe on the statewide level, but nationally! Pshhh…..
The only unity will come when BOTH sides respect and honor the good BOTH sides bring to the table. As long as it is an ‘us vs them’ power grab, there will be NO unity.
JMJ, Obama is an out and out communist, and Obama will not express it openly and honestly, but that is exactly what this man is. His entire background has been with Marxist Radicals and criminals of the Rezko variety. What do you really expect from the South Side of Chicago where being a Black Racist and Militant criminal is seen as a badge of honor. Community Organizer, my A$$. Community Terrorist Cell is what ACORN and other Marxist Front Groups are really all about. Bill Ayers teaches Teacher Education Classes at the University of Illinois Chicago Campus and teaches teachers to use their classrooms as places to teach Radicalism and Revolution. Only in Chicago, Illinois could a criminal and admitted terrorist who openly states his hatred for this country and it’s system and avows to overthrow the government to not only be tolerated but adored. And, in spite of what Obama officially says, He and Bill Ayers have been friends and conidants for a long time, and every other association that Obama has in his past has been equally as vile and treasonous as Bill Ayers. His old buddy and spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright, is an out and out Marxist. Do not be fooled by Obama and his shady past.
Watch as Obama surrounds himself with these treacherous individuals and watch as Obama embraces a One World Government where this delusional Narcissist sees himself as Being President of The World, as his old Buddy, the Butcher of Iran, calls him and called him as recently as last night when he called Obama to congratulate him.
We Americans who love this country will defend our country and it’s constitution, and fortunately, we still have 46 U.S. Senators who have courage, integrity and brains. We will defeat these Self Serving Marxists and the Self Serving Ignorant Deadbeaths who voted for this Stooge Obama. When you have bought 40 percent of the electorate who receive Free Money from the government in the form of welfare and other subsidies, you can always count on these deadbeats to vote for you. Dems have the deadbeats sewed up for a while now. In the best of worlds. folks who are illiterate and or are on Public Assistance as their Liveliehood, would not get a vote. So, the 46 percent who voted McCain. We are smarter, harder working, and courageous than the deadbeats and the Limo Liberals who elected Obama. Obama does not have the mandate he has deceptively claimed for himself. He will find out how much opposition he has when the People Who Make this country work reject him and his Communist ideas. We will close up our shops and businesses and then see who Robin Hood Obama can rob from to give to his minions?
Obama is going to have a terrible 4 years as president. He will be glad to get back to the Slums of South Chicago where he is surrounded with liars, thugs, deadbeats, criminals, and communists. He is at home there. he is not at home anyplace in the hearts and heartland of America.
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Let’s see here…
Micky thinks Obama is a liar because he opted out of public finance in the face of the RNC financial juggernaut.
Carole is sick of tolerance.
And Greyhawk thinks Obama is a communist.
Nice bunch.
Any other insane things you guys would like to share?
JMJ
Yea.
Your judgement told you earlier that Obama would lose.
“The frumpy ole white guy will win” is pretty much what you said.
Is that the same judgement that thinks he will be what you think he is ?
His opting out made him a liar.
He said he wouldnt opt out.
And then he did.
He went back on his word, its called lying.
Carole is sick of what the left calls tolerance.
You’re being dishonest again, as usual.
Nice bunch ?
I have a list of all the nasty things you’ve called people simply because of their beliefs.
Dont push it Mother Theresa
I was wrong, Micky. I certainly wasn’t alone. Lots of people thought, as I did, pretty much right up to the last minute, that America just wasn’t mature enough to look past race and elect a man just on his merit. I was wrong, and I’ve never been so happy to be wrong in my life. I underestimated the American people. They proved me wrong, and my faith in my fellow man has just been lifted higher than I ever imagined.
Just once I’d like to see you guys admit you were wrong about anything.
JMJ
So what ?
Point being you and their judgement sucked.
I always said theres a good chance he’ll win.
You are the one who has always doubted Americans and called them stupid etc…
I dont think they’re stupid, I think they were lied to.
Oh, wait a minute.
No, as a matter of fact I dont think it, I have proof he did lie.
Something you were never able to present in your accusations of Bush lying.
He went back on his word.
And used the feeble excuse “I cjanged my mind”
Thats the point, you said you wouldnt change from your original position.
Jeez, hes not even in office yet.
Sure, J. Just a few more insane things;
Fact: Obama did lie about public finance. Why doesn’t change that fact.
Fact: Obama was backed by the communist party. GH has every right to question such an association.
Fact: Oops….you didn’t get Carole right….as usual….not what I said.
Maybe you need glasses. Then you would understand the truth behind what people say.
Sure, I was wrong too, J. I thought the American people weren’t so blinded by rhetoric, media propaganda and the race issue that they would make an intelligent well thought out choice for America. I was wrong. They voted their emotions.
And no, McCain was not all that, either. But he was at least honest about the substance of what he was about…somewhat…and I can live with that.
The problem here is, J. It is one thing to disagree. It is another to put down. Inevitably, you end up disagreeing by being disagreeable. Maybe you like that. Most people understand that it is not the way to influence people and a sure way to obscure any valid points you may have.
I will say this, J. It does my heart good to hear that you are lifted up by these results. I wish I could be blind to my concerns and join you. But until you and others that see his new clothes care to meet us literalist where we are and bring us along, we’re gunna see a naked emperor. Belittling us, calling us names, and ridiculing the validity of our concerns…..doesn’t work so much.
“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.”
In other words, you have to give me as much time as I need and you will more than likely have to re elect me to get anything done.
So, without having done squat yet, I’m asking you to vote for me in 2012.
” There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as president ”
However the house, executive staff and the senate will agree with him, and that’s all that matters.
“In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”
Yea, divisivness and partisanship served him well during the elction. Now that the election is over I expect everyone to see it my way without contest.
Bull.
I always thought it was “united we stand, divided we fall”
He condemns partisanship and then not 2 seconds later says this;
“Let’s remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.”
And now a democrat is doing it with a democrat banner that preaches entitlements, collectivism and little tolerance for anything but.
Yea, those 40% that pay no taxes are being taught self reliance.
The only people playing the Race Card was Obama and his minions. To Black Racists, they truly believe that their Racism is justified and righteous, so in their Feeble Minds, they think that Racism only applies to whites. Well, let me tell you something Jersey, I grew up in the old south and I never witnessed any racism of the sort I see and witness everyday from blacks. The welfare and entitlement mentality has created several generations of deadbeats who have no respect for themselves, others, or for resources. This is what happens to a culture when they lose their dignity and self respect. They lose gratitude. When you do not work for what you have, you have no appreciation for what you have. You lack gratitude, and gratitude is as Cicero said, “The greatest of all Virtues if not the mother of all other virtues.” You see it everyday in the faces of many blacks. They have this arrogance and show of unconcern for others, and when their nasty attitude and behaviors get confronted, the first thing out of their mouth is: “you are picking on me because I am black.” This nonsense has worn out it’s welcome in most places. Nobody wants to hear that crap any more. The government programs of welfare and all this other nonsense such as Affirmative Action have destroyed the once proud and hard working black culture, and blacks don’t even understand that this was the aim to begin with when the liberals created National Welfare called the so called Great Society Programs of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the worst scoundrels who ever lived. LBJ, in fact, was an avowed Racist. He knew that Welfare would destroy the blacks. At the time of LBJ, black radicals such as the Black Panthers, Black Muslims, and others were out there calling Martin Luther King, an Uncle Tom. LBJ was a slick and manipulative politician scoundrel. He had this charcter trait from way back. His plan worked though. He gave the Uncle Toms what they wanted and this quieted the Black Radicals like the Panthers. LBJ bought the black soul with welfare, and look where it has taken your people. You have your kids growing up with out of wedlock teens who cannot even take care of themselves, and they relegate their children to a life of poverty, gangs, violence, crime, prisons, cemetaries, and cause them to kill one another over some so called turf in a government slum project. Is this what MLK and others envisioned for his people. I do not think so, but Obama really has cashed in from it all. A nation of Ingrates and Deadbeats. What a kingodom.
And, unfortuantely, this welfare and entitlement mentality is not possessed by blacks exclusively. There is a lot of white trash out there who also have no self respect, respect for others, or for resources. Welfare is an equal opportunity type enslavement. Thanks LBJ and Socialism for wrecking a once proud nation of hard working people who have been turned into lost and aimless souls looking for the next free lunch they can get, and worse yet believe and feel that they are entitled.
Look Carloe, let’s be honest here.
Do you have proof of your “fact” that Obama originally intended to abstain from public financing when he said that he would take it?
If not, than you are lying that he lied.
Do you have proof that the “communist party” backed Obama? As far as I know the communist and socialist parties respecctively ran their own candidates. And so what if they did? Don’t you think the KKK prefers the GOP to the Dems? Does that make the GOP the party of the KKK? Lots of loons prefer one party or candidate to the other, but that mean that the party of candidate in question is in league with said loonies. C’mon!
I’m not trying to belittle you. I’m just trying, as our good host did in his post, to bring you down to Earth. I saw William Kristol on Jon Stewart the other day. Watch this: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=189772&title=bill-kristol
You’ll note that Kristol isn’t all that worried about Obama being “radical” or anything like that. He said that Obama would be a “conventionally liberal preisdent.” Most thoughtful republican pundits are saying basically the same thing. This fear that somehow Obama is a cult of personality, or that he will bring European socialism to America, or some such nonsense, is just plain paranoid. I’, not belittling you. Just trying to calm you down. Believe me – I only WISH Obama was a socialist!
Micky, I wish you conservatives would stop perpetrating that lie that some 40% of American do not pay taxes. They do. It’s a lie. Please stop. All you cons are doing is insulting and angering 40% of Americans.
JMJ
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“republicans have won 7 of 10 Presidential elections prior to this one”
So, Hussein is responsible for 7-11? :-)
I’m so happy that I don’t have to worry about being called a racist any more just for making innocent jokes. I knew Obama was going to win and I wish it had been otherwise, but I look forward to all the racial unity guaranteed by this win. After work, I’m headed out to South Central where I’ll flash my caucasian grin as I walk down the street and greet all the guys dressed in hip-hop clothes with a universal: “Wassup, my n****s?”. No, I could never actually use that term, but I should now be allowed to. Racism is dead! Racism is dead!
I wish it were so, but nothing in my experience makes me believe that can ever happen in our race-politicized country. We achieved Reverand King’s dream, but no one who didn’t already believe it will accept it. Oh, well.
On the one hand I want to give Obama a free hand to implement policies that the American people elected him for. Elections have consequences. On the other hand, Democrats would never give Republicans the same benefit. I still remember the social security fight. So, I’m still trying to figure out how I can honor the will of my fellow Americans and not become a doormat for the Democrats. Right now the only thing I can think of is fighting as hard as the Democrats did on judicial nominees. Bush got his conservatives, but it was a fight that required John McCain to broker. Do you think his nuclear option defusing will remain? I’m hopeful, but not expectant.
But on to more jokes. A black man, a white man, and a French man walk into a bar…
Here, in the mans own words he origainally intended to abstain, as you asked if it were true if said he would abstain, here it is, in his own words.
Obama: I strongly support public financing…
Obama: We’ve made the decision not to participate in the public financing system for the General Election…
(And then)
Obama: What I’d like to see is a system of public financing of campaigns…
Obama;
“I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.”
He made that agreement with McCain Jersey and he freaking broke it.
You’re just playing dumb again, or are you ?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=5201819&page=1
He broke his pledge.
Thats as good as lying when you cant be held to your word.
OK.
Lets try it this way.
He’s hasnt even been in office yet and he’s already breaking pledges.
So What ?
Are going to deny that also when he pledged in his own words ?
Knock of your lying crap.
The facts are in front of , all your doing is being a little cyber punk.
You are saying we are lying about the 40%
WE are not lying. They do not pay the same taxes and you know it.
They pay the least amount of anyone and they are only payroll taxes. Taxes which employers are required to withhold from employees such as FICA, SS, Medicaid and thats it !!! Not the fed and not the state.
These people get this back later anyway.
Ontop of that Obama wants to give them an additional check that is paid for out of mine and not anything they have contributed to.
This is common knowledge everywhere, confirmed by many financial analysts fro the WSJ all the way to any half brained pundit.
They pay no I N C O M E T A X !!!! Wise up !!!
These are the 40% that will get back from the system what they never put into it.
Micky, I really don’t care at all about Obama’s decision to back out of public financing. It was a smart move. The RNC and rightwing special interests had piles of money for Obama to contend with ontop of McCain. He had no choice but to bak out. he didn’t lie, though. He just saw the writing on the wall and changed his mond. I actually like that in a person. Consistancy in the face of wrong is stupid.
And if you cons keep lying about income taxes, you’re going to be in the minority for a long, long time. Everybody pays income taxes, even if they get most or all of it back the next year. They still pay, and the money they get back is usually worth less than it was when they paid it. They also pay all the other taxes everyone else pays one way or another. SO please stop lying about this. It makes you, and conservatives, look bad.
JMJ
J, you were attacking others points, and I was giving facts….as I have been told in the campaign process…to back them up. Those were not my issues.
The Democrat Party brought us the KKK. Look it up.
Yeah, J. You work hard to calm people down. I should so study your diplomatic example.
Not.
Okay, I’ll say what I should have said. Why is it, J, that instead of addressing the point of what I wrote, you chose to misrepresent what I wrote. Did you think that would calm me down? J, don’t try to BS me! I would have MUCH more respect for you, and your views, if you treated others views with more respect. And that was the point of everything I’ve said….just in cased you missed it again.
Oh, wait. NO. I was challenging your idea that now there might be an end to ‘us vs. them’ now that Hussein has been elected. Sorry…I don’t see that. And maybe, if you had addressed that, it would have ‘calmed me down’. Please don’t patronize me. Yes, I am intense. Yes, I am passionate. And yes, I have had it UP to here with the b.*. that passes as wisdom in the political realm. I am also sick of being told to calm down, after being excoriated – unfairly – by the unhinged “tolerant ” left since I can remember….as if I had no REASON to be offended!!! And yes, I’m letting it out now, because despite reality, despite the MYRIAD things that should have caused many to pause and reconsider their support of Hussein, the rhetoric, the style, the opium to the masses won the day….and all the valid concerns were still left hanging… and that was the straw…
And maybe, J…just maybe….if Hussein had actually addressed the validity of the concerns, instead of belittling them….maybe he WOULD have won by a landslide! But no. There is not enough respect for the ‘diversity’ of views by the left to treat true concerns with EVEN, “I see why you would think that. Let me address that….”. McCain, for all his faults understood that. When he was in the process of being skinned alive on that intellectual show, The View, Whoopi Goldberg said something completely out of line, implying that if he were president, should she be worried about being a slave again. Instead of belittling her, which that question certainly deserved, he said ‘I see your concern.’
And she was happy. See how that works? Probably why he was at all successful in crossing the aisle.
Hey. Why don’t YOU try it? You might find more friends here, you might learn something, and we might all be enriched by listening to you. How about a few sample phrases. “Really? Why do you feel that way?”, or, “Hm…I can see why that might bother you. Let me tell you why it doesn’t bother me”, or even….hard as it is to say sometimes…’Hm. I never thought of it that way’. Then there’s the ever popular ‘I don’t agree….” followed by respectful discourse on the issue.
Glad you are happy with things. I will be VERY happy if Hussein does not screw up the presidency and the nation, as his stated previously-failed-many-times socialist policies indicate. And in the interest of ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it being with me’….if I have misjudged you, my sincerest apologies. Carry on.
Note; The left called George W. Bush ‘W’ all the time, when they weren’t anointing him with other pet names like ‘moron’. I merely return the favor when I call Hussein by his middle name. It is his name, and to me it is more respectful than what I really think at this moment.
First of all Eric, great column I agree with you completely. Although I voted for McCain, I truly hope Barack Obama surprises me and makes a great president. I would love for him to do such a good job that I wanted to vote for him in four years. I am willing to see what he does. One thing I will say is I do believe many on the left and the right are underestimating him. They think he will be a puppet of Nancy Pelosi George Soros and Barney Frank. I do not believe that that will be the case. I cannot tell you for sure whether he will govern form the left right or center for sure as presidents often perform very differently than they campaign once faced with the realities and limitations of the office. I do believe he will be his own man and lead the country in the direction he thinks is appropriate. I just hope it is the correct direction he chooses. Only time will tell.
Obama DID win fair and square. Lies and deception are part of the political system and occur on both sides of the aisle. Fact he got significantly more electoral votes than John McCain. I do not believe that was because of gross irregularities in the voting system. I would not lower myself to the level of the Democrats in 2000 who refused to recognize the results of the election and try to tear apart the integrity of the system which gives our government its legitimacy.
I can’t say exactly when the acrimony started but is has definitely was around during the Bork and Clarence Thomas hearings. but Jersey “Bush didn’t deserve the acrimony his own administration cultivated” is a load of crap. Before he ever took office Democrats would not accept that he had won the election even though after 3 official recounts and countless unofficial recounts there was NEVER a recount which showed Gore won Florida. Furthermore his earliest acts as president were to invite the Kennedy’s to the White House and to work with Ted Kennedy on getting “No Child Left Behind” passed. Although the left trashed him and the bill immediately after it passed. I am not saying there is not too much acrimony on both sides, which there is, but laying it at George Bush’s feet it truly unfair. He has constantly tried to work with the other side whether on immigration reform, medicare prescription drugs or education often to get pilloried mercifully. The one area where he did not compromise was on the issue of national security. That is because he felt passionately on the subject not because of partisanship. Whether you agree with his position or not, any fair reading of his decisions has to admit that they were consistent and based on cre principals he believed in.
Jersey.
Bla bla bla , thats all you ever have
If you continue to lie and misrepresent the truth I will simply not comment here any more.
Its insulting that you expect people to just take your woed for things as fact, and when we dont we are called lunatics, stupid etc..
But when we show you facts , all of a sudden you fall back on saying you dont care about the issue.
If you want to get technical about it the facts aay that the 40% we are talking about pay VIRTUALLY NO INCOME TAX !!
Heres the facts.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/whopaysmost.htm
In 2002 the latest year of available data, the top 5 percent of taxpayers paid more than one-half (53.8 percent) of all individual income taxes, but reported roughly one-third (30.6 percent) of income.
The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 33.7 percent of all individual income taxes in 2002. This group of taxpayers has paid more than 30 percent of individual income taxes since 1995. Moreover, since 1990 this group’s tax share has grown faster than their income share.
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Taxpayers who rank in the top 50 percent of taxpayers by income pay virtually all individual income taxes.
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In all years since 1990, taxpayers in this group have paid over 94 percent of all individual income taxes. In 2000, 2001, and 2002, this group paid over 96 percent of the total.
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Treasury Department analysts credit President Bush’s tax cuts with shifting a larger share of the individual income taxes paid to higher income taxpayers. In 2005, says the Treasury, when most of the tax cut provisions are fully in effect (e.g., lower tax rates, the $1,000 child credit, marriage penalty relief), the projected tax share for lower-income taxpayers will fall, while the tax share for higher-income taxpayers will rise.
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Obama backed out of deal and went against his own words which I have quoted for you.
Its called lying.
Just like the lie you propel by insisting that facts are irrelevant.
You and the left are all talking about coming tegether and all this kumbaya crap as long as its on your terms and you can still make up the rules as you go along by denying the obvious and resorting to the most retarded display of ignorance I have ever seen.
I have done more than my part with facts and documents to prove my claims.
If you cannot do the same you will simply look like the loser you stand to be if you dont do so.
Now cough it up, and I want more than your opinon or insistance that we are all nuts because we just dont fall in line.
Hey Tygrrrr, nice group you have here.
This election was simple. Between the lousy economy, disapproval ratings of George Bush (lower than Nixon when he resigned), an altered electoral map due partly to changing demographics (i.e Nevada), and 8-years of same party rule in the White House, this was an uphill battle for the Republicans from the start.
Matters were made far worse when the capable McCain allowed his campaign team to call all the shots and made terrible mistakes with big gambles that didn’t pay off (Sarah Palin???- WTF!!!!).
The energy was high for change and in the end, more people saw Obama as capable of producing that change than McCain.
I’m glad you are able to put a lid on the hate that so many of your right-wing loonies get such a charge from. For now, wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to stand back and give the president-elect time to get his team together and give him the benefit of the doubt.
“The energy was high for change and in the end, more people saw Obama as capable of producing that change than McCain.”
And yet they were never really clued in as to what that change would be except for what averages out to 1.40 in change a day if your single.
Most people voted simply on distaste for the right that was futher enhanced by Obamas consistent Bush bashing.
Obama minimized the present administration while doing little of anything to elevate himself.
The people voted out rejection, not acceptance.
You made the example yourself.
Parrothead….I enjoyed your post.
Micky, succinct and salient. And sad.
Jafman….”For now, wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to stand back and give the president-elect time to get his team together and give him the benefit of the doubt.”
Well, without a doubt, reality reveals the president-elect HAS the time to get his team together. And whether we want to think so or not, we are standing back. It is just that, for many of us, this has been one of the most frustrating elections for the very reasons you succinctly stated. And thankfully, Eric has provided a place to vent those frustrations. Thanks Eric. You have great patience.
Reality here gives the P-E the benefit of the doubt. He was elected. End of story. He now has a chance to show us he is not what he appears to be to those of us who know the value of the freedom America represents, and have been watching it be eroded by power mongering politicians, and an emotionally swayed electorate for years. There is not a ONE of us that hopes he fails…because if he fails, the country fails. We fear, though, based on what he has said, that he fundamentally does not understand – or support, let’s say – the wisdom of the constitution and the founding fathers of America. These are not baseless fears, and are not right wing loony. ALL of us would be extremely happy to be proved wrong. In fact, I would be totally relieved. THEN my faith in the current system could be restored. And it is that, not the fact of the P-E with which I struggle most.
I, on the other hand, will not go down without a fight. Part of the reason Republicans keep losing this time is they have not been mean enough. They have not fought enough. They have not called out the liberals enough.
Enough of the nicety. Enough of the compliments. Enough of the giving in to our ideals to pretend the other side has values worthy of mention. Enough friendly conversation! That has been used against us.
Conservatives better start standing up and shout from the rooftops profanities, accusations, and all manner of vile words. If not, we will remain isolated and lose the control we have. McCain lost because he wanted to appear gracious. Instead, he appeard weak and unprepared. Time for Conservatives to stop bowing and start pounding.
The liberals gained ground historically by shouting, protesting, provoking violence, and even bombing like some of Obama’s friends. Meanwhile, conservatives stand like deer in headlights. They hold their ground, but eventually get slaughtered. Conservatives must become the proverbial bull in the china shop.
I for one will be a Republican who will root for given em’ what they gave. I will not be nice. I will praise those Republicans who draw political blood. My problem with McCain is that he was too nice and didn’t say what needed to be said. He didn’t fight hard enough, but tried to be civil instead of calling out the Obamanation.
I pray that Conservatives will NOT be “nice” and then they end up dinosaurs. Please Conservatives let the gloves off! The opposition certainly hasn’t worn any.
I will not go silently into the night!
AN END TO RACISM?
I’d like to address the people who engineered the failed McCain campaign. And I’d like to go beyond McCain’s obvious inattention to the Wright/ Resco/ Farrikhan/Ayers associations of his opponent until too late in the campaign, his obvious inarticulation of core Conservative values (underscored by the fact that he’s only posing as a Conservative), and his inability to distance himself from the extreme inarticulation of another Conservative poser, President Bush)…I would like to take a moment to reduce your failure to two, simple words. Hear me now, and believe me later: Teeth whitener!
For months we have been viewing the candidates faces, placed side-by-side in the news, both Senators smiling big toothy grins. Barack Obama with that dazzling set of pearly whites…juxtaposed with John McCain, and those awful, yellowed teeth. Ya know…you can bookend yourself with hot babes all you want, (his hot wife, his hot Veep candidate)…and it doesn’t remove the ‘Eeeuw!’ factor from those old-man, yellow teeth.
Now, I wouldn’t go for the Halogen-glare of Joe ‘Caps-n-Plugs’ Biden…but come on! Put those trays in, John! Forty-five minutes, Cindy will remind you. You’re a war hero, God bless you, but even war heroes can have whiter teeth. Just a word of advice to future campaign strategists – while you’re out there on the stump raising millions, don’t forget a simple $300 treatment for teeth whitening. That could be the best money you spend.
Now on to our national preoccupation of Race! I just witnessed on the news, Condoleeza Rice announce her congrats to Prez-elect Obama, and mentioning a particular ‘pride as an African-American on this historic occasion’.
I guess I’m just naive. I thought the race ceiling was gone, I thought we were beyond that years ago. Past the scenes of Blacks dancing in the streets because O.J. Simpson was released, (even though everyone knew he did it), past racial epithets, Black Panther intimidation, White Power, Black Power, back-of-the-bus racist crap that’s mired our society in division and hatred for centuries. I thought we had grown past all that.
I thought we were all enlightened to the color-blind society Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of so eloquently years ago. Apparently not. Apparently it’s a big deal a Black man gets elected President of the United States, remarkable solely for the color of his skin. Okay, then…I am sufficiently chastened. Consider me clued in.
And yet, something about the comment from the Madame Secretary of State struck me as odd, as plain flat-out weird. I know her to be a Conservative. And yet she announces her pirde that an avowed Liberal, sorry, ‘Progressive’ (some say Socialist) just won the highest office in the land. I’m a white dude…and yet I can’t recall ever citing even an inkling of pride for past presidents, also white guys, pride for a Caucasian being elected. Why should anyone be ‘particularly proud’ that a Black dude got elected President? Guess Dr. King’s vision of a ‘color-blind society’ will have to wait.
But hang on a second! Barack Obama’s father is Black. But his mother is White. Doesn’t that make him also, half Caucasian? Half-White, half-Black? No? So, okay…I’m slow, bear with me, I’m just trying to get the rules right here. Walk me through this, tell me where I’m wrong. If a guy is half-Black or half-White…he’s still called a Black man. Sorry, African-American. (Nevermind that your humble correspondent has, I’ll wager you, spent more actual boots-on-the-ground experience on the continent of Africa than Obama has…) I’m a Scots-Irish-American and though I’ve never been to Ireland or Scotland, I’ll thank you to address me that way from now on. So that’s the rule – if you’re half-Black, you’re Black. And if you’re half-White, you’re still Black. Okay…got it.
But wait just one more freakin’ second. I thought Barak Obama was not the first Black President. (It’s hard to keep up.) Back in the ‘90’s, wasn’t it Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison who called Bill Clinton “the first Black president”? A moniker that was surprisingly picked up and bandied about by the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, and nearly every prominent Black leader in the country? Bill Clinton, a White man – being called the first Back President! Man…I’ve heard of ‘passin’ but that’s nuts.
Okay, so they get a Do-Over. Cool with that. No biggie.
But when, exactly, will we be able to call ourselves a ‘color-blind society’? And do we even want to? Apparently not. A man was just elected President based mostly on Liberal White Guilt, Black Pride, and youthful reverence for style and polish. Joe Biden, V.P.-elect, called Obama “young, good-looking, articulate, and clean”. (John McCain has yellow teeth. Big, ivory smile good — yellow teeth bad.) Oh yeah, that, plus Obama’s gift of sloganeering and an amazingly, almost prodigious talent for speaking in florid, redolent generalities; it all nearly completely masked his message of collectivism dominating over individual liberty.
But – the returns are in, the Dems won big, and the new New Deal is born. The individual will decline and the State will grow. But we’ll feel better about ourselves because we are ‘our brother’s keeper’. Paying higher taxes is ‘patriotic’. ‘Spreading the wealth’ is our moral duty. People are dancing in the streets, proclaiming their unfettered joy that they now “won’t have to worry about paying the mortgage, or putting gas in their car” as one African-America woman was quoted as gushing. The government will take care of them. Feel good about it, citizens! Maybe that feeling will take some of the sting out of your next tax bill.
I will say this about my political opponents. You guys were smart. I genuflect to a brilliantly-run campaign. Simple, chantable slogans that everyone can remember (and can mean pretty much anything… (“Hope”…”Change We Need”… “Yes We Can”)…slick, statesmanlike posturing any Hollywood leading man would envy ( the Chutzpah-Is-Gravitas world tour posing as a world leader was absolutely inspired)…and a spin-savvy disinformation campaign that would make Joseph Goebbels stand up and salute. (too many examples the 20-month campaign produced to site here)
But the centerpiece was pure magic. The timing of the sub-prime mortgage collapse was genius, as engineered by the Bank Oversight committee. Freddie…Fanny…well done, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, excellent work. And Schumer, Reid, and especially Nancy Pelosi for the Plausible Deniability and Reassignment of Republican Blame Campaign…flawlessly executed. Sadly, there are many who are suggesting the demise of Mr. Obama’s grandmother was too coincidentally timely to be of natural causes, that it must have been ‘facilitated’ to evoke an outpouring of sympathy only a day before the election, but I’m here to say that suggestion is reprehensible, however effective it may have been to that end. Yes, the grieving Obama looked transcendent in that close-up in the BBC news, in reverent repose, tears streaking down his chiseled, brave face. But I can only believe that the timing of the sad event was purely coincidental, in no way meant to influence the vote. Only a monster would do something like that. “Uh…Gran…I know you’re on your way out, and I hate to see you suffer…and it would really help my chances in the general election if you could sort of…speed things along? There ya go, that’s a good sport…” Absolutely not. Not buying it. Not even a Democrat would do something like that, and it’s sick to even imagine it. God rest her soul.
But at last the long, way too long campaign is over. And now I take my perch up in my tree of knowledge, philosophic arrows and bow poised and ready to nail the no-doubt countless idiotic acts of government to enter within my radar range.
Somehow… I think I won’t have long to wait.
I have absolutely no problem with the fact that we just elected a Black man as President of the United States. But I don’t celebrate it. I don’t care what color his skin is, and I’m hoping someday soon all of you won’t care about things like that either. And if I thought that this man was elected because he was a Black man…oh, I’d have a huge problem with that.
Tell me where I’m wrong. Am I a racist and don’t know it? Or…are you?
–GG