Election’s Over

Comments?  Thoughts?  Did the good guys win? Or the bad guys?  Anyone want to speculate on why there was a democratic landslide?  I heard Rush Limbaugh today saying that it’s because public schools make kids dumb and dumb people vote for democrats.  Does anyone else subscribe to any such simple and inflammatory sound-byte-ish notions that they’d care to share with us?

12 thoughts on “Election’s Over”

  1. That is not a discussion in which I would ever engage on here. However, I hope other people do so that I can watch. 😉
    As for the single comment and link posted above, I am curious as the identity of the poster and even curiouser (yes, curiouser) as to why they wish to keep their identity a secret. Hmmm…..

  2. (I just explained to Rachel that she can highlight the name, and that it’s not actually anonymous.)
    Good letter, Tricia! I stand with you in those desires. My vote, was, however, for Obama, and I can say that I am quite pleased today.

    Cheers,

    Jonathan

  3. The most important race for me was the Reedley City Council race. My friend Pete Chavez (www.petechavez.org) won his race against a deceased opponent with a very vital campaign. I’m extremely pleased for my friend and for our city. As a matter of fact, just about everything I voted for passed, with the notable exception of Prop 4. Viva democracy!

  4. This was the first election where I felt very informed (informed for me might mean little to a political enthusiast). Tim and I did some research, watched one of the debates, and then finally had to choose which issues are important to us at this time in our lives. Health insurance and small business are important to us right now, so those were things we took into higher consideration. We thought about other things too, and recognize that there are things of great importance besides these two issues, but it’s what we looked at. I think that both men could have done a fine job. Both probably have issues that I would agree with and disagree with. I hope and pray that Obama will surpass our expectations, and be the president that he is claiming he can be.

    One other thing, I wonder how Rush Limbaugh was educated. I hope he went to private school or was home schooled, otherwise there goes his theory.

    Rach

    P.S. Thanks for the tip, Jon, I was also curious as to the identity of poster number one. 🙂

  5. Yeah, I think there are a lot of people like you, Rachel. People who took this election more seriously than previous ones. I know that’s the case for me, as well. In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the election of Jimmy Carter following the Nixon administration. Anyone else think so?

  6. I would contend that it more closely mirrors the Reagan election after Jimmy Carter (1979). Both cases were, for many people, a chance to push our national re-set button after disastrous administrations. Both brought many more people to the process than had previously participated. And both featured campaigns that revolved heavily around cult of personality. Hmmm…Mr. Gorbachev, I HOPE we can CHANGE this wall. Wait, that’s not as effective…I’ll keep working on it.

  7. My thoughts are this. I don’t really think the democrats really know what Obama is going to do. He doesn’t really have a voting record to feed off of, but seems to have quite a few “demons” [affiliations] in his past that could be scary if they resurface. As far a health care goes, I think a universal/social health care is ridiculous. I do think that health care is a important topic, but in Obama’s plan I can see our health care system turning into one like Canada. That is not good. I do think it is a priority to make sure children have health care, but just “giving it away” is not the answer.
    Obama’s stance on abortion speaks for itself.
    Finally, I hope the “scare” tactics the conservatives used against Obama in the campaign are just that. I will pray for the president elect and do my best to support him. However, at this point I am still not very excited.
    That’s my 2 cents.

  8. Thanks for pitching in, Mike! I agree with the bit about scare tactics. This is my favorite: “If Obama is elected, we’ll all be waking at 5 am to the call to prayer from our local Mosque. Our children will go to school where they can’t learn about God because the gays and the Muslims have teamed up to kick God out of our schools.” People who make such baseless and ludicrous predictions clearly have no grounding in reality. What that does for me is call into question the truthiness of ANYONE who makes ill claims about our new president-elect. The man can’t be a saint, but there’s no way he can be as bad as his opponents make him out to be.
    I hope our nation is able to pull together. One of the serious downsides of a 2-year campaign cycle is that we all get used to being divided, and that’s not what our country needs right now.

  9. With it all said and done now, my only hope is that God remains in control. No matter what happens in the next few years, good or bad in our own eyes, it is perfect in the Lord’s eyes, cause it will only happen how He wants it to regardless of what we do or what we may think is right or wrong. All I know, is that our government, our leaders, and this ever changing world will be in my constant prayers, as I hope they will all be in everyone else’s.

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