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meirwen_1988I can embrace neither the enthusiastic dance nor the abject despair and anger I have seen expressed by various people on my flist.
He will inevitably disappoint his supporters--no one can live up to what they apparently expect of him. That will be true no matter how good or bad he is at the job. It just is what is.
We are not DOOMED. Have a little faith in the Republic.
Things will change. They always do. We might like some of it, we will certainly not like some of it.
In short, number 44 is just that--44th in a list of 44 patriots, all differently abled, all with different flaws.
I am glad that number 43 is nearly done. I never had confidence in him, and nothing he or his team have done has been what I thought was good for the nation, or the world.
Leave.
Go.
With dignity,
for 8 years of service to our nation, no matter how we feel about that service, when given with a full heart, is still something that should be respected.
However, I do believe that our nation's ability to elect a man President who is of obvious mixed race heritage does speak to how much the nation has changed since I was a girl. And I think that change is good. I do not overestimate it, but what change there has been says to me that we are growing as a people.
He will inevitably disappoint his supporters--no one can live up to what they apparently expect of him. That will be true no matter how good or bad he is at the job. It just is what is.
We are not DOOMED. Have a little faith in the Republic.
Things will change. They always do. We might like some of it, we will certainly not like some of it.
In short, number 44 is just that--44th in a list of 44 patriots, all differently abled, all with different flaws.
I am glad that number 43 is nearly done. I never had confidence in him, and nothing he or his team have done has been what I thought was good for the nation, or the world.
Leave.
Go.
With dignity,
for 8 years of service to our nation, no matter how we feel about that service, when given with a full heart, is still something that should be respected.
However, I do believe that our nation's ability to elect a man President who is of obvious mixed race heritage does speak to how much the nation has changed since I was a girl. And I think that change is good. I do not overestimate it, but what change there has been says to me that we are growing as a people.
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Date: 2008-11-06 01:33 am (UTC)Mind If I direct people to this?
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Date: 2008-11-06 02:55 am (UTC)