Archive for November, 2008

They waited for the polls to close on the West Coast, and then it cascaded across the networks and feeds. It is a historic moment in so many ways. At the very least, no matter what side of the fence you’re on – it was the first time where both an african american and a woman ran with a realistic possibility of winning on the tickets. (Does anyone even realize it’d happened before, but on fringe parties).

The world was looking to America to get it’s shit together. To step out of being an arrogant bully who played by noone’s rules but those which it made up to suit itself. The red states so badly are chest-thumpingly proud of America, but they don’t realize how low it’s standing on the world scene has dropped. It’s seen as a bully, unethical, and even worse dishonorable. Around the world the news feeds are breathing a sigh of relief.

A few more seats and the Senate will be fillibuster proof. Already the Democrats hold a majority in both houses and the president.

The shrub can get the frack out of the White House and never be heard from again. The Emperor (I mean Cheney) can stay invisible and now irrelevant. I’m even good with dropping legal investigations when they’re out of office. Let’s just move forward.

The Christian Right – Do they have any clue that they’re about as scary (and out of touch) to listen to as it is to listen to a random Muslim fanatic flinging around fatwa’s. Even by a moderate Christian (or lapsed Lutheran), fanatics of both sides are just bewildering to hear talk in the 21st century. People actually preached (and believed) that New Orleans was smitten by God because of it’s immorality.

It’s time to get heads out of the stagnation that’s gripped so much of the country for so long. For the government to have gone so astray. Watch what happens over the next few days on the stock markets around the world.

I’m relieved… so relieved. We can now move forward, hopefully together as a country. But as much as the Republicans demanded that I live in fear for 8 years, I’m angry. It’s time to leave their ethos in the dust, and look far more towards hope.

When I was in High School, I was a Republican. But then it shifted from being the small government policy party to being the big business and bible thumping party. God loving is great. God fearing and bible thumping has no business in business or in government.

Moving on…

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