Well, I am resigned to taking this country in a new direction today. Yes, my liberal candidates lost...some of them so weak I am not surprised. I can only hope that moderate conservatives exist to fight against radical tea party guardians who want to pretty much abolish this government and turn it over to the rich to run as their own little tea party. The winners are now claiming they will go forward and get stuff done. This has been touted as a 'sweeping' victory but I see us very much as a divided country with no strong majority on either side. I do not think we are going to get big things done for the next two years. I am an elder and it will not affect me much one way or the other. I have economic security and thus will not have to suffer. It is up to the young to decide if the poor are a lazy drain on society, working poor have no initiative or right to a voice, immigrants cannot make a contribution, we no longer have racial or gender biases, a profit motive is better for prisons and schools, health care is not a right, and science is a fraud.
It was a disappointing night especially considering what some believe who got elected (thinking Iowa). I will write about it for my Saturday blog and then try to release it. We can't get all upset and make our own lives happy. I worry more about who our country is than even who got elected. Who are we as a people? The Oligarchs are delighted today. Money talks it appears and voters are easily manipulated by lies. As Mark Twain said (roughly) It's easier to lie to people than convince them they have been lied to.
ReplyDeletesad sad commentary on what this country has become...a nation of cold hearted hateful fearful slaves.
ReplyDeleteOh, my, such dialogue on the outcome of the election. Do you really want to become puppets of the government and have the government run all aspects of your life. There has to be some sense of medium here.
ReplyDeleteYes. And after the first few moments this morning, I could no longer watch the returns. I don't think becoming a hermit is the better part of valor, but oh boy it's tempting.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad day for liberals. But no president has been able to govern as a liberal in ages. The Republicans will probably war on each other and pave the way for Hillary.
ReplyDeleteI think classifying either side of the aisle is dangerous. Saying all conservatives are heartless penny pinchers and all liberals are moral-less whatevers is ridiculous. On social issues I am liberal. On other issues (big government) I am more conservative. I find it incredibly difficult to find an official that fits my views. I wish we could just vote on issues and not have to put our trust in any politician. At this point I find it very difficult to believe that a politician will make any difference in America. It is up to the citizens. And judging from this post, posts on Facebook, and some of the comments, coming together for a common good, or hoping for an open dialogue, will not be happening anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteDisappointing. I quit watching the returns as well. I really don't think the changes will produce anymore action or cooperation than we've had. It's pretty sad.
ReplyDeleteWe can hope for intelligent compromise that takes everyones needs into account. That's what i will always hope for.
ReplyDeleteWhat got me is those who voted for the right winger, the tea partier and then voted in their state for the very policies that the right winger is doing all they can to block-- like raising the minimum wage. It was a very strange election. Be interesting to see what they do.
ReplyDeleteMy right wing friends say the social issues aren't what they want-- but they are what they are more likely to get given who they elected. I listened to one right wing friend list off all he wanted done, mostly make the government smaller. Except the right grows it as much as the left-- just in different ways. Spending has gone down under Obama after the disaster left by the previous administration with unmerited tax cuts on the wealthiest.
He said he wanted less regulation so like less on the environment, mine safety, air quality, etc. I guess.
It's hard to understand because most of what I've read them saying is how much they hate Obama and it's not like this election gets rid of him. We'll see what they really try to do...
I get irritated the way people want change and don't care whether it's good or bad. I'd much rather a government that is slow to change than one in a ditch. We still have a Democratic senator, Mark Warner.
ReplyDeleteI was not encouraged in any way by the election news. It seems the country is more polarized than ever, but I still hope that reason will prevail--ever the optimist.
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ReplyDeleteIt seems to me the voting was punishing the status quo , n the new generations voting don't value what the older folks have in the past.
ReplyDeleteHopefully my state survives a Republican Governor who has lost elections before... Charlie Baker.
I like your photos. I just agreed with Olga on another site; but I disagree with her here. I do not believe the country is more polarized than ever. It's Washington that's more polarized than ever. Most of the people you meet in real life (as opposed to the pundits on TV) are reasonable people who are somewhere in or near the middle, maybe a little left, or a little right, or changeable depending on the issue. But they are not out on the extremes. The polls show the same thing on issue after issue.
ReplyDeleteWell put. A friend of mine believes that we are still fighting the Civil War, and I tend to concur. I also believe that a fair majority of Americans are mentally lazy rubes and have no intention of learning anything new.
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