Sooooo....election is over...YAY! Hopefully, t.v. will go back to normal now. I woke up this morning and was hopeful that the response to Obama winning would be more positive. I'm sure there are a lot of people who are excited (me included), but I went to Facebook this morning and was a little scared of all the negative comments from non-Obama voters. I'm not saying that negative comments should not be made...I'm a firm believer in everyone's opinion counts, but I also believe that there is nothing now that we can do to change the outcome. I also believe that whether John McCain or Obama or Nader had won that America would be better off than we have been for the last 8 years under the direction of the extremely incompetent Bush. People are scared...I get that. Change is always scary, but do we really need to continue the mudslinging? I ask for faith now that things will get better. People say things won't change, but I honestly have faith that they will...maybe not in the ways you want, but they've got to get better than they are now! Let's think about the positives shall we: 1) Not Bush....2) well-spoken....3) passionate and determined. There's more, but I don't want to go into another long speech. I think it's amazing that history was made yesterday in many ways: 1) 1st African-American President...2) the possibility of a woman Vice President...and 3) record-breaking voter turnout. #3 alone is worth being happy for. It's about time Americans stood up and took a stand, whether I agree with it or not! Whether we like it or not, things will change. I have faith that Obama will do the job he's been hired to do and that he'll do it well. Hopefully, people will fall in line and support a united America...instead of holding on to the bitterness they feel now.
Now for something more scary than Obama winning the presidency shall we?
Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern has been reelected for another term. Watch this and tell me this is a someone we want representing American values in our democracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxk7glmMbo
HOW SCARY IS THAT!?!? While Oklahoma is behind on the times for a lot of things, I am ashamed to say I live in a state that would want this woman and her hate to represent my voice. This is just the 2nd instance in the last few weeks that have made me ashamed to live in this state. The first happened when I was driving home a few weeks ago and I looked on an overpass and saw the words "White Power" painted there in big bold letters. No one bothered to clear it off for almost 2 weeks. It pains me to think that people around me still feel that way.
With these things said, Oklahoma is NOT a bad place to live. The people I count as my friends and people I'm proud to know that are native Oklahomans are WONDERFUL people...nicer than you could possibly imagine. I am extremely grateful for the opportunities I've been given since I've moved here, but I have learned more in the last 2 1/2 years since we've lived here about discrimination and hate than I have in my other 27 years of existence. I realize there is hate everywhere in the world...no matter where I go, I'll meet it. I just hope that whereever Justin and I and the bean end up, we can teach our bean the difference between hate and respect, right and wrong, and the freedom of speech. I have to believe I will do better parenting than the most of the parents at the school I teach in and better parenting than those who still believe in those words on the overpass.
So, I leave you with this cartoon b/c I thought it was funny and this last thought: Have faith people...America has survived MUCH worse!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Weighing in on politics
Posted by Angie Gerber at 9:04 AM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Ang, I couldn't agree more. Either way, things are going to change and we should be happy to live in a time when history was made (and would have been made no matter the outcome). What an awesome thing to say to our children and grandchildren that we lived in such a time when barriers came down.
It angers me that people don't see the positive outcomes this past election could have...change is never easy to take, but good things can always come of it. Sure Obama may not share some of the views people have and there will be people who disagree with the decisions he makes -- but he also has a Cabinet, a Senate, and the House to help him in make decisions that are most beneficial to society, same with if McCain was elected.
I just don't get where people have such anger towards this whole topic. If you voted, did your research and made the decision you felt was best, then you did your part -- there is no going back now.
Of course you democrats would have to think it's so wonderful. What if things don't change? What if things get worse? What will you say at the end of the 4 years then? Obviously those of us who voted for another candidate didn't vote for Obama for a reason, so you have to respect that there are a lot of people in this country that don't like him, don't respect him and didn't want him as a leader. What about all of the gloating going on by democrats? If democrats can gloat, republicans can complain... it's an even toss up :)
I, for one, am glad it's overwith. Suddenly people who never had opinions or cared about politics before had to stick their two cents in. I've never been so sick of hearing about politics in my life!
McCain/Palin '12!!!! :)
Post a Comment