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Congratulations.
- Nov 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
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This will be my one and only effort to be magnanimous. I will first say that it has been a very close race, and both sides fought valiantly. In some cases the push was too hard, and in some, not hard enough. Nevertheless, tomorrow will be another day, and it will be the same day that it would have been had things gone the other way.
I sincerely hope that the majority of you have seen what I cannot or have not. I hope that the change you are hoping for will be a change that benefits all of us. I hope that come January, when we return to the business of politics as usual, people will still care so passionately about the future of this country.
Mostly, I hope that we will all be able to put this behind us, in spite of the bitterness of defeat, and the jubilation of success.
It surprises me, how hard I am taking this, since I didn't vote for either of the two major candidates. I won't know until tomorrow if my vote came to anything, although initial reports indicate that no third party came anywhere near five percent.
My disappointment is twofold then, and that much more difficult to swallow. Equally discouraging is the notion that in spite of the overwhelming victory of electoral votes, the popular vote currently separates itself by less than one hundred thousand votes. In a country of over three hundred million, that speaks volumes about our divisiveness as a whole.
However, this isn't about me. It's about all of you, and the victory you have earned. It's odd for me to imagine saying the words President Obama. What I do know is that, no matter what, this is a great victory for racial equality. It means that no matter what has been said, the majority or white people aren't racist. And despite how I feel about the politics of the matter, that is something to celebrate.
Finally, I hope that your victory will be everything that you hoped for. Come tomorrow, I hope that you will be magnanimous, and celebrate your victory with decorum.
Comments:
Sadly sugar, for alot of us, this race was not about voting FOR someone, it was about voting AGAINST someone. I know it is that way for myself, as well as for many, many people that I talk to. I voted against Palin, that was my BIG sticking point this year, but it was not due to huge faith in Obama either. It was more that I was voting for the "lesser evil" at this point. I figure he may be an idiot, but his chances of criminalizing abortion, or bashing alternative religions was considerably less than his opponents.
Now, THAT to me, is a sad state of affairs. When it becomes "well, which one will screw up the least" instead of "Who can really turn this country around". :(
I agree with you, I would hope that people would learn, would care, would be more involved. However, I doubt it. This race became about all sorts of things, and it was not the things that we need to worry about politically. Our country is truly... a mess.
Then I'm disappointed that you didn't vote for a third party, Beck. If what you say is true, and Obama won because he is the lesser of two evils for so many people, then this country will never see change.
"I sincerely hope that the majority of you have seen what I cannot or have not."
This is my hope as well. Briar, one day we will get our five percent.
We debated voting for the third party, but we figured it wouldn't amount to enough and we voted for what we thought was the lesser of the evils. That was not Obama. Living in the Air Capital USA, 70% of the high paying jobs here are in the aircraft industry. We have Leer Jet, Cessna, Boeing/Spirit, and Hawker/Beechcraft formerly Ratheon. Boeing has finally ended the strike, but are now so far behind that any Spirit workers are still on three day work weeks until the beginning of the year and they fear layoffs. Hawker/Beechcraft just gave notice to let go 5% of their workforce. Unfortunately I fear that Cessna is next. With Obama in office this is an even bigger fear. My husband works for Cessna. If there are layoffs that more than likely means again moving to find a job. After 9/11 there were over 20,000 people out of work all trying to apply for the same limited amount of jobs. That is how we ended up in North Carolina. I hope I am wrong. I hope Obama can pull us out of the slump we are in and not permanently screw this great country up, but I am not holding my breath. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my husband will still have a job come the beginning of the year and we will not be trying to figure out how to pay our bills and feed our kids.
Sorry this was not supposed to become a journal post in and of itself.
I hear you, Keri. We're very nearly in the same employment straits. I fear for our livelihood now.
And still, I hope that I am wrong.
I hope that he does what he's promised but realistically don't see how it is possible.
*sigh* I hope for this country that he does though.
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I don't have high hopes, briar... People will forget that Obama has only one by mere margins. He won't act as though half the country doesn't want him or trust him in office... No, rather- I feel that we will be in for a show.
I hope that I am wrong- and I really hope that this man is up to the task...
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