Brother, that day sure ain't today. I'm walking on eggshells, when I feel like I should be walkin on sunshine. It's hard, because I'm happy. But there are a lot of people around who are upset - to put it mildly. I've seen evidence of crying, denial, shock. Scary. One girl took a look at the tv, read the banner that said Kerry was going to make a concession speech and the look on her face as she turned away and walked off spoke volumes. Disgust, anger, surprise. Someone said something about how "anyone who voted for Bush should be ashamed". Maybe the country is not bitterly divided. Maybe it's just parts of the country that are.
And I realized something. It's not the President's job to unite the country. It's mine. It's yours. Maybe it's too soon to reach out. Maybe it's too late. I hope not. It shouldn't be. But I'm legitimately scared to reach out to anyone, for fear that my outstretched arm would simply be scratched to hell. If that's the inevitable response from my peers here at the law school when it becomes obvious whom I voted for, then there's no reason for me not to reach out.
After all, today, I'm the Cheshire Cat. Big happy grin. Liable to pop up at odd moments and spout what seems like nonsense. Now you see me... *poof*
[Listening to: U.N.I.T.Y./Greatest Hits Clean Version - Queen Latifah ]
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Some personal accountability here my friend. You can't complain about the divisiveness that you helped create. I wouldn't bet on it getting any better any time soon. You won, your values and beliefs carried the day, but don't ever expect me to be reconciled to it. I think there are a lot of Republicans out there who have no idea how much anger and animosity there is going to be over the next four years, well you reap what you sow, you elected a candidate who has made a habitat of disrespecting, disregarding, and sometimes flargarntly antagoninzing a good portion of the country, so you'll excuse me if I don't feel to bad that you are a little on edge today. Welcome to what you're vote has created.
Mr. Anonymous my only question to you is why you feel so bitter? You have done the unthinkable...let someone else determine how you feel.
Have you no confidence in yourself?
To prove your point you are going to let hate rule your days and blame that on something or someone else.
Very shallow thinking.
You are responsible for our own feelings and actions. To think otherwise is to admit that someone else has total control of your existence. Sad thought isn't it?
No blame game here.
Look first inside yourself to see what manner of man you are.
I will be as brave as you are by identifying myself as
Anonymous II.
Man, I was all in the mood for a fisking, and somebody beat me to it. I'll just add to the above by adding the following.
Personal accountability. Ha. That's funny. I'm openly admitting that I voted for Bush. And I'm perfectly willing to accept responsibility for my choice. You, however, lack the personal accountability to put a name to a comment on a blog that so far usually gets less than 50-odd hits a day. (Hello, Kettle? This is Pot. Guess what?) If you've read many of my previous rants (and the odd lack of anonymous comments to them leads me to believe that you're a recent newcomer here - search my blog for "Ben Affleck", and enjoy!), you'll know that I'm a big fan of personal accountability.
As for the anger and animosity, anonymous, that's something that with all due respect you also need to accept your own personal responsibility for. I have no control over your actions or your emotions. (Thank goodness)
Maybe you don't agree with Bush's decisions. That's okay. After all, this is America. But guess what? Most Americans did agree with him, at least more so than they did with the other guy. And the other guy had his chance to convince those of us who voted for Bush to do otherwise. So at this point, take a day or two to lick your wounds. Make it a week. Then, may I humbly suggest you find a way to cope? After all, nursing your hate will only eat you up. You know what they say... Fear of Bush leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Hate leads... (Sorry, I'm such a fanboy.) But you're welcome to go on hatin' as long as you want to (or as long as my mental probulator {pat. pending} continues to force you to nurse that anger). I could suggest any number of alternative activities to hatin'.
Oh, BTW, for whatever therapeutic value you derive from posting anonymous comments to my blog: you're welcome. ^.^
Zach, I think you've got it right. A lot of people think terrible things about Bush's reelection. We have the responsibility to talk about why those who voted for Bush did. A lot of them genuinely can't understand how we look at things. If we don't speak, it will be natural for them to believe that this election was decided on the basis of bigotry, stupidity, and ignorance. That's what they are hearing from many voices. So we must explain.
But gloating is out. The entire country has a lot of hard work to do. We have real problems and real decisions to make.
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