Euphoria?
About that Euphoria. The media seem to believe that the election result was greeted with overwhelming, unanimous glee. Where did they get that idea? No, we aren’t protesting in the streets like the folks in California who once again lost their shot at allowing same sex marriage. That doesn’t mean, however, that we are sitting back contented and appeased by the visions of Camelot painted on the front cover of every magazine.
While 67 million Americans may be euphoric, catatonic even, there are a good 58 million Americans who wanted a different outcome and are downright unhappy. Fortunately our resolve is strong and many of us are coming out of our grieving process about now. We realize that there is still a lot of work to do and there’s just no time for crying.
We are also starting to be honest with ourselves, and those of us who dare, are becoming honest with each other: McCain wasn’t really our guy anyway. We actually, for the most part, wanted someone more conservative!! If you can fathom that. So, anyway, have a heart. Reach across the aisle. Give us some time to heal. Peace and love and all that.