Posted by
Matthew on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:21:25 AM
About once every generation, we do this. We hand control of the country - lock, stock, and barrel - to our liberal brethren.
It lasts for two to four years, and then we swear we'll never do that again.
But we do. We forget.
So now we wait and see.
"Dance with the one who brung ya," goes the old saying. President Obama will have to choose between the ones who brung him to Washington and through the primaries, versus those who elected him. I have my doubts and suspicions, but I choose to grit my teeth and hope for the best. Meanwhile, I'll keep teaching my kids the truths that seem lost on so many, and I'll continue to try to win people's minds and hearts toward the mindset that America is neither about what we can get out of it nor what it can pull from us.
The pendulum swings. I believe in two years the electorate, when they realize they're still paying for their gas and mortgage, will toss most of the new bums out.
Meanwhile, I'm not going to go out of my way to insult those who disagree with me on the major issues; emotion is what got us where we are this morning.