Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Real Cause for Shock

This prose was shared with me on facebook today. It is a well-written emotional response to the November 6th election, 2012. It may well capture your own feelings on election night. Give it a quick read:

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAY I FELT ON ELECTION NIGHT 2012. AT THE TIME, I WAS STUNNED AND NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT I WAS FEELING.

My dear friend Earlene from California shared these thoughts with me and I think this kind of sums up how many of us are feeling:

Well, It's official; I don't know anything.

I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote
for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.

I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the
bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.

I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to
still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public
system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and
elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.

I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our
first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so
dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.

I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted
with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of
trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.

Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support
a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies
overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched
in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.

I thought Americans could tell a hawk from a handsaw.
I was wrong.

We were offered the clearest choice we've has since 1980, where we had
malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on
the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the
choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the
new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken
entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.

Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills
will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America
diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a
threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was
always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is not bad at all. Maybe
when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever
paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've
borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper
inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money
and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable
daughters as payment.

I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the
way I did when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a
while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American
people, that we chose this.

It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking
charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to
get high and have sex. We re-elected a guy who doesn't understand that a
growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue
than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military
still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even
knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one
thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and
Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed
policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I
never dreamed America would do that.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!

Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, American dream.

It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we
threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the
plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism
and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills,
alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our
own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent
their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.

When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar')
we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to
our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't
know anything.

Thank you Earlene.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAY I FELT ON ELECTION NIGHT 2012. AT THE TIME, I WAS STUNNED AND NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT I WAS FEELING.

My dear friend Earlene from Cali
fornia shared these thoughts with me and I think this kind of sums up how many of us are feeling:

Well, It's official; I don't know anything.

I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote
for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.

I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the
bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.

I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to
still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public
system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and
elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.

I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our
first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so
dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.

I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted
with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of
trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.

Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support
a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies
overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched
in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.

I thought Americans could tell a hawk from a handsaw.
I was wrong.

We were offered the clearest choice we've has since 1980, where we had
malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on
the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the
choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the
new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken
entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.

Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills
will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America
diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a
threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was
always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is not bad at all. Maybe
when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever
paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've
borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper
inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money
and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable
daughters as payment.

I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the
way I did when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a
while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American
people, that we chose this.

It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking
charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to
get high and have sex. We re-elected a guy who doesn't understand that a
growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue
than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military
still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even
knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one
thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and
Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed
policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I
never dreamed America would do that.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!

Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, American dream.

It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we
threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the
plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism
and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills,
alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our
own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent
their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.

When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar')
we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to
our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't
know anything.

Thank you Earlene.

Earlene has touched on something here that I want to highlight. People accused -- yes, with accusatory tone -- Mitt Romney of being shocked at the results because he lived in some sort of bubble with faulty optimistic polls. When supporters of Romney echoed his shock, they said it was because the conservative media complex had deluded and misled us with false optimism to get us to watch them. Those evil Republican network people, giving us small-minded Republican masses false hope! Later, more analysis would come. We lost because of this or that. We were surprised because the race was legitimately close and nobody could have known the outcome. There were all sorts of reasons given. I gave some of my own. I want to reassert those here, to confirm Earlene's feelings because I felt the same way.

The real cause for surprise had nothing to do with media expectations, but with our own views of our culture and society. It shifted so gradually, we didn't realize when we became the minority. The declaration of the shift on election night felt like a rug pulled out from beneath us, but in reality the shift had been slow and indiscernible.

We can take our culture back by participating in the cultural discussion as passionately and richly as Hollywood does. 


The time for complacent silence has passed.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.humanevents.com/2012/11/07/ann-coulter-dont-blame-romney/

cimbri said...

Well guys, we had our chance. Back in 92 we could have nominated Pat Buchanan. He warned us of everything that has come to pass. We then could have rallied behind Perot who would never gave signed NAFTA, and would have been tough on the budget. A Perot presidency wouldve given us a balanced budget amendment. Instead we have supported all these bums who kept the border open, and American's minds diverted with one phony war after another. Bottom line is we have been importing Democrats for decades. In any immigration "reform" law, the Republicans have to finish the fence on the border.

We have to win in 2016, or the Supreme Court will be liberal for a generation. Our 5 man majority should be good for another 4 years. I'm prepared to get behind anyone who can beat Hillary.

Anonymous said...

http://www.rightwingsoup.blogspot.com/2012/11/election-2012-how-obama-won-and-what-it.html

Anonymous said...

You still don't know that Obama won by cheating? they program their election data in the computer for Obama, as 1. Mitt= Obama(the result respond from the computer)
2. Obama=Obama,
and other cheating to win is they registered the illegal to vote much as much as they can, that why Obama got over 108% of votes in some county,some county Obama got 99%, and some county MItt got zero vote, many Mitt supporter said they voted for MItt but the computer respond the answer for Obama so how can Mitt win, no chance, this dirty tactic they prepared 4 years ago after Obama won the first election and they knew that Mitt sure to be the next challenger, even Jesus still lose for Obama by this cheating tactic.So where the republican and what do the Romney campaign think, and where is the RNC now? why we don't do our job to protect our founding father inheritance for the America next generation? or we will surrounded these and watch them take away our right? Obama won the election by stealing but he doesn't win the job,look he has no ideas to staring his second term, not beginning yet but he started warn the republican already now, what is his legacy will be in the next 4 years? please prepare and do the right thing and find the right path for America so we will be preveal republican and the American people that love
America, is not revenge America, let them revenge America and bring them down in the next 4 years, when the country bankruptcy and the American become poor and poorer, hungry and starve, they will acknowledge and they will regret Mitt and their mistake and knew by themselves that the good worker is better than the good talker.

Paul said...

To Earlene and Katrina: Good call, from both of you.