I woke up this morning and had to pinch myself to be sure that his election wasn't a big dream.
Unfortunately I have seen nothing but negativity coming from McCain supporters. Some that I am very close to.. and some that i barely know at all. i understand that everyone has their own opinions and right to voice them.. but I've got a big problem with people making totally unwarranted claims about our nation being doomed... and over... and done as we know it. so here's a little piece of my mind..
FIRST of all.. I personally could not be happier with what happened last night. I think that's probably pretty obvious if any of you have talked to me even once over the past 6 months.
SECOND of all.. I completely understand that there are a LOT... and a lot MORE than I realized... young people out there who did not vote for barack obama. who did not support him. who tried everything that they could to make sure that he didn't win.
THIRD... he DID win though. and by a LOT. which leads me to bringing up the point that apparently there were a lot more people out there ready for REAL change... full of REAL hope for a NEW nation. not a bad nation. not a scary nation. not a nation that is 'doomed'.. or 'dead'... or 'over'. a nation where EVERYONE... republican, democratic, liberal, conservative, moderate, hell - green party, can, should, and hopefully WILL unite around the idea that this nation NEEDS to be saved. and the person who i think is most likely to get that ball rolling quicker... is obviously our new president-elect. nothing against mccain... i mean.. he's probably a really cool guy in reality.. and yes... he WAS one of the most openly moderate politicians that our nation has ever known. but he ISN'T anymore. and if he IS... he didn't give a damn to maintain that image and to keep his beliefs true and out front. instead... he changed who he was for the sake of politics.. for the sake of an election. he molded himself into a character. OH... and don't EVEN get me started on Sarah Palin. who btw WASN'T his first choice for the VP ticket. however... of course... the republican party and his advisors thought it'd be GREAT to get a woman in there to steal all of the lost hilary votes... the votes from some of the most VAPID women this nation has. now i'm not saying that ALL hilary supporters are of this nature... bc there are some who supported her for her beliefs and platform rather than just because she was a woman. but there were a LOT of women who as soon as barack won the ticket for President... could not WAIT to jump the boat and vote against him out of spite. OH... yea.. and then S-Pal came along.. and they had a fucking FIELD day!! a WOMAN! a WOMAN who wouldn't even DARE to consider YOUR rights as a woman to dictate what you choose to do with your body in the case of an unplanned pregnancy. a woman who couldn't name ONE of the supreme court justices. a woman who was the mayor of a town 5,000 people large... and managed to screw that up by approving a 15 million dollar project to build the town a new ice skating rink. this all happening when wasilla's YEARLY budget is only 20 million!!... oh yea.. and that rink never happened... bc she approved the whole thing before making absolutely sure that the land was going be hers to use for this thing. so the citizens ended up having to pay what averaged out to be about 200 dollars per person to make up for all of the legal fees due after the lost battle for this thing. a woman who didn't know what the bush doctrine is. a woman who couldn't even answer correctly in an interview what the job of the Vice President IS!! a woman who LEGITIMATELY thought that by living in alaska and being able to "see Russia from [her] own backyard" was by FAR enough foreign policy experience to qualify her for the job of 2nd in command in the United States. i'm sorry... but sarah palin scares me a LOT more than Barack Hussein Obama.
If you want to leave America... go for it. I quite frankly would rather not share the same public goods with people who are too close minded and hard headed to back our president, regardless of his race, age, and platforms. he is our LEADER. NOT our RULER. if you think moving to another country is going to help you out... I won't be the first person i bet to tell you that America is probably one of the LEAST liberal nations in the world. any other country you go to.. espECially canada is going to be a hell of a lot more liberal than the united states of america will EVER be.
so hold on to your guns... i betcha you're NOT gonna lose them. hold on to your faith.. i PROMISE you're not going to have to change YOUR ideas and beliefs just because the president is a black man who's middle name, Hussein, means "handsome one" (SCARY, right??? ... :\). Hold on to your unplanned pregnancy... nobody's going to MAKE you have an abortion. Hold on to your circle of friends that would NEVER EVER even consider bringing a gay person into the mix. you don't HAVE to become bff with the gays.
HOLD ON TO YOUR BELIEFS! thats why america is so great!! you can be super proud of any and everything that you believe in... and there's nothing that anybody else can do about it. if you don't think that homosexuality is "right" or "good"... that's your opinion. stay away from the gays.. they sure as shit don't want to bother you. Let the people who are "sinners" in your eyes... sin. if that's the path they so choose to take in life... its THEIRS. you CANNOT tell them what to do or how to live. bc if ANYONE tried to turn around on YOU and tell YOU what to do... well.. that wouldn't be fair now, would it?
I must finish this rant in saying that our nation is in a very rough spot right now. anyone could tell you that. and regardless of who would have won the presidency... change WOULD be on the way. but i feel that 4 years of mccain is a lot closer to 4 more years of bush than 4 years of Obama would EVER be.
so just embrace what we've done. embrace our country. embrace your neighbor. more than anything what we need right now is unity and love for our nation.. regardless of whether or not you're very fond of the president-elect. McCain's slogan became "country first"... now.. if you were a mccain supporter.. and you even DARE to reject and complain and shit on the fact that our president to be is Barack Obama and that our nation is headed in a new dircetion... well that, "my friends", isn't exactly putting the COUNTRY first, is it?
That's all.
I'm just voicing my opinion. I'm glad this whole thing is over.. and I'm excited to see where Barack Obama can take us.
Sincerely American,
Katie
P.s... if you didn't even VOTE in this election... PLEASE don't think you have the right to complain about anything. kthx. :)
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