Here we sit, on the eve of one of the most important, history-making Presidential elections...I would say THE most important one in my lifetime. I'm pretty certain about who our next President will be; if it turns out that I'm wrong, I already have several theories about how and why the numbers would swing in the other direction, but I'm not going to get into that. What I really wanted to talk about today is what this election has done to our country.
I feel like we have been divided during this race. Republicans hate Democrats, Democrats hate Republicans. There never has been unity between the parties, but at least we used to be somewhat civil towards each other. All decency and tact has now been thrown out the window. So much hate with regard to party affiliation, race and religion has surfaced and escalated.
Towards the beginning of the Primaries, both McCain and Obama advertised themselves as agents for change. Obama talked about change in many different areas, but the one I particularly liked was for party and racial unity. It just struck a chord with me; it's something I'd really like to see happen. Because of his background and his way with people, I thought that if anyone could do it at this point in time, HE could. But as I've watched this Presidential election unfold, I see that we are running full speed ahead in the opposite direction. I see a divide much greater than the one previously there. A divide between parties, races, religions, socio-economic classes...Maybe it was always there and it's just been masked or maybe I've just been blind, REALLY blind. But has it always been this bad? Have I been naive? Living in a fantasy world? Or has it gotten much worse, as I suspect?
It's great that this election has inspired so many; that so many have found their passion because of it, but how did that passion cross over into hatred? Have you ever heard of a group of little old ladies ganging up on young men and beating them down for supporting the opposite ticket? Well, it happened. And that doesn't even begin to tell the story of the past year. I don't even want to get into it in detail.
This country is not coming together at all. Will that POOF! just change overnight when we finally know who our next President will be? I doubt it. Tomorrow we find out which man that will be, and I could bet that no matter who it is there will be riots and fights in the streets all across this nation. There will be fires and vandalism and chaos. And there will be hate run rampant. There will be hate and there will be no such thing as being too naive to see it. It will be like the red koolaid stain on your new white carpet. Not only is there no possible way of missing it when you walk into the room, but when you close your eyes and try to pretend it's not there, you still see it, etched in your mind's eye. Even when you blot it up, soak the carpet in club soda and stain remover and everything else that you can think of, the stain remains. There is no way of going back to the pre-koolaid stain days...your carpet is forever changed. And so will be our country. No missing it, no ignoring it, no fantasy worlds. That's change alright, but not the type of change I wanted to see.
All I have left to say at this point is that I sincerely hope that I am wrong...REALLY wrong.
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malsidDENISE, I SURE HOPE YOUR WRONG, BUT THEN AGAIN YOU COULD BE SO HORRIBLY RIGHT. THE FIGHTING IN THE STREETS AND UPHEAVEL COULD HAPPEN NO MATTER WHO WINS. I REALLY DIDINT LET MYSELF THINK ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I KNEW THAT THINGS WOULD NEVER BE LIKE WE'RE THINKING THEY SHOULD BE. WE WANT A NEW PRESIDENT TO BRING CHANGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL PEOPLE NOT FOR US TO RUE THE DAY HE WAS ELECTED. BUT NO MATTER WHO WINS, THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE PISSED OFF AND I HOPE NOTHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PRAYING VERY VERY HARD ABOUT THIS , ABOUT OUR WHOLE ELECTION, THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE BALLOT FOR INSTANCE. SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE THINGS YOU POSTED DON'T COME TRUE. THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T THINK THE WAY WE DO, ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS SAY A PRAYER AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. G-MA
DENISE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THE WORD VERIFICATION LETTERS SHOWED UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NAME. I SO I WAS'NT CALLING YOU malsidDENISE. LOL G-MA
I INTENDED TO COMMENT BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT HERE IT IS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. I FULLY AGREED WITH ALL YOU HAD TO SAY. I EXPECTED SOME PRETTY TERRIBLE THINGS TO HAPPEN THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE. BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS ( AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN), WOULD THINGS HAVE BEEN SO PEACEFUL IF JOHN MCCAIN HAD BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER.
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