I Feel SICK
GAH~! Stupid, stupid, STUPID Republican Primary in Iowa. Romney may not have been the best of candidates, but he was one of the few that were, "acceptable," to me. And he lost, he lost big, not because of his track record, not because of his stance on the major issues, oh no, he lost because he was a Mormon, and Huckabee was not. Huckabee's been playing up the fact that he was a former Southern Baptist Minister for weeks, he's been encouraging voters to vote for somebody with strong Christian values, and has brought up Romney's religion numerous times. Combine that, with that fact that a record breaking 2/3rds of the Republicans who voted in Iowa described themselves as Evangelicals, and the fact that of these the vast majority claimed Huckabee sharing their beliefs was the reason they voted for him, and it becomes BLATANTLY obvious that Huckabee used Anti-Mormon paranoia to stir up Evangelicals and supercharge his campaign.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Evangelicals, I'm a pretty spiritual person myself, and in general I love other highly spiritual people so long as they don't attack my beliefs. This however, feels like somebody spat in my face, and then punched me in the stomach. I mean, I've often fantasized about, someday running for President myself, totally unrealistic I know,, but I always figured if I could get enough money, and get past a couple hurdles, that I might actually stand a decent shot. This however, has pretty much shattered those fantasies into little pieces.
*sigh*
Sorry, I know I shouldn't take it this way. However, this entire process has left me feeling like an entire portion of the country, has risen up and clearly stated that they don't want anybody like me. Whether or not that's fair or not, it still really hurts.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Evangelicals, I'm a pretty spiritual person myself, and in general I love other highly spiritual people so long as they don't attack my beliefs. This however, feels like somebody spat in my face, and then punched me in the stomach. I mean, I've often fantasized about, someday running for President myself, totally unrealistic I know,, but I always figured if I could get enough money, and get past a couple hurdles, that I might actually stand a decent shot. This however, has pretty much shattered those fantasies into little pieces.
*sigh*
Sorry, I know I shouldn't take it this way. However, this entire process has left me feeling like an entire portion of the country, has risen up and clearly stated that they don't want anybody like me. Whether or not that's fair or not, it still really hurts.