lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down - fight, fight, fight

BO won the election last night. I was not surprised. I liken the media backing and the hype to the Clinton campaign when I was in college. Well, more like the Clinton campaign on steroids.

In the Media, BO was portrayed as a super hero of epic proportions who will save the nation from all that is unjust. According to truthout.org and a whole bunch of other lefty sources of "information", the racist right made up lies to scare people out of voting for the black guy, McCain is George W's best buddy, and Palin is a clothes whore who should be at home with her children. But none of the lefties want to explore where all BO's campaign money came from. (Please, private donations of this magnitude in the midst of a recession?) There's no discussion about how he spent that money. Only one news source reported in-depth information about BO's associations with a known terrorist, a racist & hate preaching pastor, and the suspect activities of community groups such as ACORN. When I dared try to discuss these topics with BO supporters, I was told that all these things are either lies or irrelevant to the election. How do you figure? Because looking at the whole history of a man who's only human might destroy the super hero image?

The way information was captured, twisted and regurgitated by the left is disgusting and shameful. Very few productive conversations could be had without friends slinging insults around which is why I stopped talking politics with most of you. My opinion could not be expressed or questions asked without verbal attacks or a barrage of tainted reading material. When the discussions turned to politics on my birth board, a group of highly civilized women who share one precious thing in common resulted in hurling accusations, making fun of those who were less articulate, and ridiculing the opinions of others. One of my beloved lefty friends told me to go read newspapers with big words - implying what exactly? That I'm incapable of educating myself? I love my friend and I love the women on my birth board, but I don't love one-sided points of view and half-truths.

All that said, I wouldn't label myself a righty either. I don't think the government should legislate values. Women deserve access to safe medical procedures. All couples in a committed adult relationships deserve equal rights. I don't feel compelled to defend traditional values and morality because these issues are private matters. So claiming that all you do is in the name of God but refusing to see and accept that God made us all different for a reason... well, that's pretty lame, too.

I am deeply concerned about the nation's choice for President. In 77 days and the four years that follow, he will not make good on 95% of the promises he made during the campaign - except the ones that involve the redistribution of what little wealth we have left. Sorry to break it to you, but BO doesn't have super powers.

The country leans left then right then left, and we're all paying for the fallout from decades of corruption and poor financial decisions from the right AND the left. Change just for the sake of change won't happen overnight without a plan... without a willing commitment to be a part of change.

Even though I pretty much stand in the middle of the aisle anyway, I'll lean to the left to shake BO's hand and wish him success. And as a U.S. citizen, I accept that the majority has spoken and will support - not blindly follow - our new leader.