Unity in Satiety
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Today. Well, what a day. My closest Republican friend stopped following me on Twitter today. Then resumed following me by day end. I understood her need for space not hearing us pat each other on the back. Then one of the Republican attorneys I work with said he appreciated Obama’s speech, reaching to those that did not vote for him. He felt that was the right start for Obama.
Then Obama started to assemble his transition team and it’s got a number of familiar names, familiar from Clinton’s cabinet. What? Where’s the change?
Then my Rebulican brother called and said he will not bad-mouth Obama. That Obama will be his president too and he wants us to all come together and work hard. It’s gonna be a hard four years regardless of who has won.
And in the meantime, my blog post from yesterday stirred a lot of commotion in the comments and ultimately on Twitter. I try to stay positive and nice. But I stumbled. Passive aggressive behavior gets me damn near every time.
But at the end of the day, it was dinner with my Republican friend as usual with no ugly talk of politics.
I said it earlier today on Twitter, and I’ll say it again now: I love that the NOLA people are already back to talk of food and drink. Priorities, I tell ya! Unity in satiety.
Now for me to fix myself a martini. After a day like today, I earned it.
So right after they announced it last night, a close Republican friend (who hates Obama, but I actually think it’s because she’s racist), messaged me and cursed me out. “You happy? You got your f-ing change.” She went on and on about how angry she was at me (and the country) and how she didn’t want to talk to me, although she was the one that initiated the conversation. Bizarre.
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I can’t believe the emotions of some people. It is overwhelming the hatered and anger. I think they need to really look at themselves if they feel that way. Hell I didn’t stop talking to my Republican friends for the past 8 years. No I am not any better than them…but I channel that energy different ways.
I need a martini and the day is just starting.
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I don’t think you stumbled (unless I missed something!). You’re human and you dealt with him a lot better than I would have. I have no problem deleting comments!!
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Yeah. You. Rite! Don’t forget the New Orleans Po-Boy Preservation Festival November 23!
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Maybe that is what’s called for here a good, old-fashioned church homecoming potluck dinner. You can’t stay mad at anyone when you’re eating grandma’s biscuits and drinking glass after glass of sweet tea.
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Wow Nola, it got hot here, and I think you handled it very well.
Um, Conservative friend. There is a difference.
First off, there was no hatred. Second, you can’t tell me that if Obama didn’t win that some of his supporters would have been, “Oh well” and gone on with their lives like nothing happened. People were disappointed that the candidate THEY believed in didn’t win and needed some time to get over their grief. Yes, I said it, grief.
Today was a new and good day. There is no ill will and we are watching to see how this plays out like everyone else.
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Um, yes it is conservative and there is nothing wrong with having beliefs in family, country and God. My strongest conservative belief is “personal responsiblity”. And I believe that the “spread the wealth” recipients should be more appreciative of their conservative bretheren. How else do they expect to have any pockets to pick from?
My wife and I are proud to be conservative and we believe in America, the constitution and the Bill of Rights. We only pray that the far left of the Democratic party doesn’t take our beloved country so far to the left that all of the “eyes glazed-over koolaid drinkers” fall off the cliff into the next level of the left. Social Sciences describe the “Social Democrat” as only a step away from Socialist then to Marxist then to Communist. Why else did Obama’s campaign offices have Che Guerra hanging on their walls?
“Wait and see” that’s what we do now “Wait and see”. Obama has already started his pick and the Democratic Party leaders are starting their attacks on those that opposed them.
Maybe this is a good time for all you Obama-nuts to look at history. Who was the “enforcer wing” of the democratic party back in the 1800s? Look at the roots of the democratic party and you will be shocked and amazed at where this liberal party sprang up from. Look at how they used those “enforcers” and watch how today’s democrats will resort to similiar tactics.
And speaking of Lincoln who freed the slaves, what party was he with again?
“Wait and see” it is a good thing that there is not a fillibuster proof congress. Watch for Pelosi and Reid and “emergency powers act”. “Wait and see”.
We will still be here to come to the defense of those that were mislead. And don’t go talkin’ you’re shmack ’bout ole Bush. Like Obama, Bush had to pick up with the mess left by the guy before him. And anyone with an ounce of common sense should realize that an economy like ours take more than one president and eight years to screw it up. That turd’s been brewing for a long time and many are guilty of it. Just be honest with yourselves.
“Wait and see”
Sorry to upset you. I will still not agree that I was passive aggressive. I was asking questions to get a better understanding of the mindset that I do not share. And the only way we can come together and work together as your brother suggests is if we understand the other side. And as SoMo said we have to grieve and be angry as you would have been too if Obama didn’t win.
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