Election postmortem
Nov. 5th, 2008 10:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kellinatorNo, I'm not cut-tagging it. Deal.
The election is over. (And not a minute too soon.)
I volunteered for President-Elect Obama's campaign. I haven't posted anything on LJ about phone-banking for Obama, or canvassing in North Carolina for Obama, because apparently I've decided to let everyone on LJ bully me into censoring myself, but some of the stuff I've seen on LJ this morning... I have to say something.
I have seen several lovely, heartfelt posts this morning that echo Senator McCain's dignified and generous concession speech last night, from people who realize that first and foremost we are all Americans and are willing to give Obama a chance. And I have seen, and not just on LJ, some crazy shit. Bread lines? "Spreading the wealth" as taking money from people who themselves are hurting? Conservatives saying "don't worry, he'll get killed"? Really? There's something called the American ideological consensus, which basically means that the two parties are really a lot closer to the center than anyone gives them credit for. What's up with the Red Terror? We've survived a civil war, two world wars, and a whole lot of other shit; do you really think Obama's election is going to destroy the country? Hell, we all know how I feel about W, and he still hasn't destroyed the country. Can we give America a little more credit?
And here's something I really don't get: So many Republicans say Democrats are lazy and want the government to do everything for them, and then we Obama supporters decide to take responsibility ourselves for what's going on in the nation and get involved, and then the Republicans say that we're in a cult and have clearly been hypnotized and can't think for ourselves. That is an insult to me as an American. (And where were these people when the documentary Jesus Camp showed children praying to cardboard cutouts of W? If that doesn't say "cult," I'm not sure what does.)
The thing that really moves me about Obama is he talks about us, all of us, the United States of America. What's so bad about the country working together to improve things? It's what Americans have done in the toughest times. Can we set aside this partisan insanity and just be Americans for a while, give it a try? If you try it and don't like it, well, then you'll know for the next election.
Also: I am completely pissed off over all the votes for homophobia. I'm just ill.
If you feel the need to defriend me over this post, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
The election is over. (And not a minute too soon.)
I volunteered for President-Elect Obama's campaign. I haven't posted anything on LJ about phone-banking for Obama, or canvassing in North Carolina for Obama, because apparently I've decided to let everyone on LJ bully me into censoring myself, but some of the stuff I've seen on LJ this morning... I have to say something.
I have seen several lovely, heartfelt posts this morning that echo Senator McCain's dignified and generous concession speech last night, from people who realize that first and foremost we are all Americans and are willing to give Obama a chance. And I have seen, and not just on LJ, some crazy shit. Bread lines? "Spreading the wealth" as taking money from people who themselves are hurting? Conservatives saying "don't worry, he'll get killed"? Really? There's something called the American ideological consensus, which basically means that the two parties are really a lot closer to the center than anyone gives them credit for. What's up with the Red Terror? We've survived a civil war, two world wars, and a whole lot of other shit; do you really think Obama's election is going to destroy the country? Hell, we all know how I feel about W, and he still hasn't destroyed the country. Can we give America a little more credit?
And here's something I really don't get: So many Republicans say Democrats are lazy and want the government to do everything for them, and then we Obama supporters decide to take responsibility ourselves for what's going on in the nation and get involved, and then the Republicans say that we're in a cult and have clearly been hypnotized and can't think for ourselves. That is an insult to me as an American. (And where were these people when the documentary Jesus Camp showed children praying to cardboard cutouts of W? If that doesn't say "cult," I'm not sure what does.)
The thing that really moves me about Obama is he talks about us, all of us, the United States of America. What's so bad about the country working together to improve things? It's what Americans have done in the toughest times. Can we set aside this partisan insanity and just be Americans for a while, give it a try? If you try it and don't like it, well, then you'll know for the next election.
Also: I am completely pissed off over all the votes for homophobia. I'm just ill.
If you feel the need to defriend me over this post, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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Date: 2008-11-08 05:32 pm (UTC)But you know I go on Hannity.com forums and the vitriol is worse than anyone here probably knows. Thread after thread about red herrings like the birth certificate, thread after thread with fear-mongering like "he's a secret muslim" and "he has goon squads to silence the opposition" holyfuckme! it was outrageous. and the worst part? The neo-con jackasses keep saying "after 8 years of vitriol from libs about Bush, we're ALLOWED"
Yeah right, you're allowed to be assholes and liars about someone who ISN'T EVEN ELECTED YET because you had to face the truth about your man Bush WHILE he was president!
Sorry neo-cons, yall lose. We criticized Bush DURING his administration because he kept fucking up and then flipping America the finger (as well as the rest of the world)
That doesn't give yall the moral high ground to act like junior high school popularity queens and titter about passing gossip to rival "Heathers"
I'm a libertarian for lots of reasons. I left the dem party because Clinton let me down. Obama has the chance to make me believe again but I'm waiting to see how it works out.
But, I'll NEVER in a million years sympathize with the Repubs. Not since Newt and Robertson and Rove tag-teamed that party into holding the title for "biggest assholes in the world"