We decided, as a collective whole, to "follow the wrong god home."
I wish I could be as amazingly gracious as John McCain was in his concession speech last night. He was truly genuine in every word he uttered. That touched me. I honestly didn't think he had it in him, and I'll bet more than half the country and 99% of the mainstream media didn't think so either. Good for him.
I unfortunately cannot be as gracious, knowing all that I know about the President-elect and the many lies, misinformation and omissions of truth he utilized to get where he is now. Sorry. That's just how I think and feel right now. And those of you who are supposedly so adamant about "free speech" and people's "choices", let us see how "tolerant" you are in reality.
And if, as this radio interviewer suggested, Obama's going to be "coming after" the likes of Jill Stanek and those of us who report and write as we do here, well, who would be abusing power now?
It was true in recent years with the Republicans, it was true of the first two years of Bill Clinton's presidency and it will be especially true now with Obama that:
"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
~ Lord Acton, British historian.
Even if Obama could resist (and I don't believe he can), Pelosi/Reid and the Democrat-controlled Congress won't be able to.
We need to start working for a sweep in the 2010 midterm elections.
We need to cheer up because it looks as though the pro-life movement only lost four Senate seats (and three if Sarah Palin gets to replace Ted Stevens in Alaska). It could have been a lot worse.
We all need to go to:
WWW.OBAMACRIMES.COM
to find out about the lawsuit now at the Supreme Court challenging Obama's constitutional eligibility to take power as President.
what are you talking about. I went on the site just to see what the responses are and it astounds me. Is a blogger seriously worried about someone coming after them. The president elect has many things on his plate and you or any other person exercising their right to free speech is not one of them. I hope I read this incorrectly, but elected officials do not care what bloggers say in their own little corners of the world. What needs to be understood, is that on both the left and the right, bloggers are speaking to a select audience that already gives credence to their beliefs. People don't actually look to bloggers for actual information, because what is provided, on both the right and the left, is usually unsubstantiated propaganda. Beyond the issue of abortion, which is an extremely complex issue and one that can abolutely become a deal breaker if one truly believes that abortion is murder, most of what I have read is truly ridiculous and could not pass for logical arguments for or against. Annie B's comments are silly and inconsequential. John Mccain and Barrack Obama are both decent human beings who love this country. They simply have different views as to the direction we need to take. They both have problematic relationships and have both made decisions that do not seem to reflect good judgement. Mccain's repeated efforts to deny the MLK holiday are concerning, but does that make him a racist? Obama's ties to his reverend are troubling but does anyone really think that he is anti-American? I am a practicing catholic and a teacher. A friend of mine who teaches in a Catholic school, is about to lose his job because of the lack of money in the school due to the multi-million dollar settlements the Diocese has doled out over the years to quietly settle cases of child molestation. The fact that our leaders have shuffled priests around after they have been accused of molestation, multiple times, without regard for the safety of parish members is sickening. The fact that contributions I make every Sunday go to restitution settlements is even worse. But does that make me an advocate of child molestation or does it shake my faith in the church. Absolutely not. My faith and belief in Jesus and his teachings is as strong as ever. It is the belief in the weakness of human beings that has been challenged. The fact of the matter remains that we need to stop with the fear mongering, the character assaults, and the ridiculous flights of silliness that distracts us from real issues. Should we or should we not move towards some sort of basic nationalized system of health care. Many things in our country are completely nationalized on a basic level(i.e police, fire protection,physical infrastructure ect.). The question has nothing to do with socialism. The question is whether or not we should include basic health care to that list. If you say yes, then go with Obama, if you disagree vote with Mccain. If you can only vote with a Pro-life candidate, than go with Mccain. But then be honest about that. Don't try to make your decision seem well rounded unless it actually is. Moving forward let us please try to look at the issues and try to find the best course together. The right and the left need to put down their gloves and let actual ideas do the work for once
umm, jyporras, it was a radio interviewer who asked if we "knew" that this was going to happen, to one of our co-bloggers here. All you had to do was click the link that I gave in quoting what had happened. We don't make this stuff up, believe me. This isn't us with "delusions of grandeur" so you can calm down, but haven't you read that Obama wants to strengthen that ol' fair use doctrine which will effectively muzzle right-leaning talk radio? Check your facts before you start accusing us of "ridiculous flights of silliness."
And God forbid it ever happens where we are getting pressure tactics of any kind (like this one may very well have been, PRE-election, since it still hasn't been debunked almost a month later, NOW GO TO THIS LINK, OK?), can we come back to this combox and mock you then? If you don't think unfettered power in the hands of Democrats is going to be abused, just as it was when the GOP had it, you are woefully naive.
"What needs to be understood, is that" on this blog, we've unintentionally attracted a lot from the left, so we aren't just "speaking to a select audience that already gives credence to their beliefs" for whatever that is worth.