You're very welcome! I was wondering what that mood would be in other countries after the election. I remember the day after Election Day in 2008, and being at work to see how optimistic everyone was then. It was really something. We'd been forever "at war" against some nameless faceless enemy, people were starting to be out of work in droves, and we were tired of seeing GW Bush's hair get whiter and whiter and his brain get dumber and dumber. I don't think there's quite the level of optimism now that there was in 2008, but it might be a little more domestic, a little more human than when it was about money and guns. A lot of interesting things have happened during Obama's presidency. (Death of Bin Laden, repeal of DADT, for example.) The worst thing about it, for us, was the negative campaigning and television adverts stretching all the way back to January. (We seriously need to put some kind of time and monetary restraint on campaigning, but, of course, that would be seen as, gasp, unconstitutional, but, heck, slavery was constitutional at one point!) And the adverts were just reaching ridiculous heights. For one thing, they (both sides) kept trying to tell us things were different than they were four years ago, and we were just supposed to conveniently forget that people were out of work by the thousands before Obama took office. In Ohio, you can go back to the 1980's and see that people have been out of work since manufacturing jobs started to be shipped overseas. And as for Romney, we were just supposed to forget that he was governor of Massachusetts, that he used to be more of a middle of the road republican, and not one who tended to pander to the majority of conservative sentiment now sadly rampant in his party. I heard on the radio the other day some conservative talk show host say, "Why do democratic voters continue to see republicans as anti-woman, anti-Hispanic, and homophobic? Why does not having [insert woman republican governor here] and [insert Hispanic Republican man's name here] the [so and so] of New Mexico, stand up at the Convention, with Mitt Romney, why does that NOT help the Republican image?" Uh, because you have people like Michele Bachmann and Josh Mandel, and you have people voting for your party who refuse to open up their hearts and minds a little, because you don't have any humanitarians, just politicians masking their hate behind religion and innuendo. That's why... But, all and all, yeah... you're welcome.
Sorry for the huge rant. Maybe you really wanted to see another American perspective on the whole thing, in case you've not read enough of it off your flist lately...? My perspective is definitely different than most, since I do live in a battleground state that is not sure yet if it wants to be progressive or conservative. I feel very much that Ohio is at its tipping point.
I thought you might ... I'm not even sure why I thought you might. Just something about your comment.
While I was at the craft show, these two WASP women were, of course, talking about the election's outcome, THEN went on to say that Mitt Romney would've been a better representation of America at this time, and that Obama wasn't.
If Romney's wishy-washy, anti-women ways was a representation of American right now, I would've cried. Cried, cried, cried... To make it worse, these were WOMEN saying this. I mean, who are these people? Do they not care about their bodies? Are they really happy that, potentially, men sitting on a committee somewhere can decide whether or not birth control is included in health insurance coverage? How is that representing American values? It's so defeatist. Anyone with tits may as well just be barefoot and pregnant and in a kitchen (if not in the bedroom). My viewpoint is a little extreme, but, in reality there actually was such a committee formed this past spring... It's really sickening how easily women's rights in this country can get squashed, and how many women, professional women and homemakers, just don't give a damn.
eta... I should point out the fact that Romney doesn't have any daughters... Obama has only daughters... I think the world changes for men when they have daughters.
There's something you should probably know about the majority of Americans: They have NO IDEA what the rest of the world thinks about them. They don't care. It never occurs to them that people in other parts of the world actually pay attention to our presidential (aka Figurehead) election, and that they have their fingers crossed for a certain candidate, too... and that such a bias is created for a specific reason. I don't think that the rest of the world likes the fact that America, which is supposed to be so great and powerful, keeps trying to go backwards.
I am right in thinking you live in another country, yes-no?
Sorry for the huge rant. Maybe you really wanted to see another American perspective on the whole thing, in case you've not read enough of it off your flist lately...? My perspective is definitely different than most, since I do live in a battleground state that is not sure yet if it wants to be progressive or conservative. I feel very much that Ohio is at its tipping point.
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While I was at the craft show, these two WASP women were, of course, talking about the election's outcome, THEN went on to say that Mitt Romney would've been a better representation of America at this time, and that Obama wasn't.
If Romney's wishy-washy, anti-women ways was a representation of American right now, I would've cried. Cried, cried, cried... To make it worse, these were WOMEN saying this. I mean, who are these people? Do they not care about their bodies? Are they really happy that, potentially, men sitting on a committee somewhere can decide whether or not birth control is included in health insurance coverage? How is that representing American values? It's so defeatist. Anyone with tits may as well just be barefoot and pregnant and in a kitchen (if not in the bedroom). My viewpoint is a little extreme, but, in reality there actually was such a committee formed this past spring... It's really sickening how easily women's rights in this country can get squashed, and how many women, professional women and homemakers, just don't give a damn.
eta... I should point out the fact that Romney doesn't have any daughters... Obama has only daughters... I think the world changes for men when they have daughters.
There's something you should probably know about the majority of Americans: They have NO IDEA what the rest of the world thinks about them. They don't care. It never occurs to them that people in other parts of the world actually pay attention to our presidential (aka Figurehead) election, and that they have their fingers crossed for a certain candidate, too... and that such a bias is created for a specific reason. I don't think that the rest of the world likes the fact that America, which is supposed to be so great and powerful, keeps trying to go backwards.
I am right in thinking you live in another country, yes-no?
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