Photo care of the Facebook group: You
can't have a Tea Party without some Fruitcakes and Nuts
The election has been over for a few
weeks now and some people cannot handle the truth.
First there was denial, many people the
next day could not believe that our country re-elected President
Obama. They thought they had made their case, and were ignoring any
polling or especially any polling aggregate who was telling them
something they did not want to hear. Karl
Rove seemed to deny the Ohio vote on election night. Although
the way it was publicized, you would think he was throwing a temper
tantrum only a 2 year old could love, he just seemed to be in denial.
And that was just the start.
Next, there are people
in all 50 states who want to secdee, um I mean secede from the
union. Well I am beginning to think that 48% of electorate who
actually voted for the Romney/Ryan ticket want to secede. It is
interesting that it is one percentage point off from Gov. Romney's
supposedly private discussion to the Richey Riches of that poor 47%
who won't vote for him. It turned out that he was actually four
percentage points off for those who would vote for him. I also find
it hilarious now that many
Republicans (like AZ Gov. Jan Brewer) are now considering abolishing
the electoral college. The thing is: that would not have helped
Mitt Romney, he still would have lost by about 3,474,000 votes. I am
all for a proper election. I know our founding fathers did not think
we were “mature” enough for the popular vote, but perhaps we have
grown up as a country. If we do not split up into Red America and
Blue America, perhaps we will be just fine.
There also in our sour grape juice is
the story
of a woman in Mesa who tried to run over her husband because he did
not vote. She was so upset that Obama won and think his
election will hurt her family. But she is pregnant, I wonder if
she will use the “hormone defense.” Not that hormones, just like
excess sugar, should be a defense. You are always responsible for
your own actions. I would say that jail time and a divorce are in
her future and I say “Lady, stop listening to Rush Limbaugh! It is
bad for your families health.” Also in Arizona is the owner of a
gun shop who put out a full
page ad telling anyone who voted for Obama that they were not welcome
in his store. No problem there, since there are plenty of other
gun shops in Arizona and at least 10 others in the Pinetop area.
Then there was the guy in Florida (not
Arizona for once) who committed
suicide supposedly because of the results of the election. Now
he was not at all mentally stable, and perhaps just thought this was
a good reason for something he already wanted to do. Any which way,
it is kind of scary to me.
So, what does this leave us with?
Lastly, I would like to quote a famous
saying that has gotten some legs lately. It was from the UK war
propaganda department and it encouraged the citizens to “Keep
Calm and Carry On.” Keep in mind that this was during the
London blitz by the Nazis where bombs were destroying London. Are
things for us now in the USA really that bad? We had an election
that did not work out the way 48% of us wanted, well that 48% has two
years to do better in the next election. So please, calm down, it is
not the apocalypse, it was just an election. I posted last week my
disgust that Prop. 204 did not get passed here in AZ, but I have
gotten over it. So, keep calm and carry on. Have a nice
Thanksgiving. Be thankful we live in a country where you can vote.
Perhaps also rethink your stance on a few topics. Just sayin'!
From the wikipedia
page on Keep Calm and Carry On.
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