conservative guilt

[drunkensailor]

It didn't hit me on any conscious level until today. Earlier this afternoon, prior to any polls or results, I found myself silently but desperately hoping that Obama would win the presidency, and likewise considering the potential ramifications of a McCain-Palin victory. But faced with the sharp imminence of these outcomes, I felt something

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[katayla]

I firmly that this is the change that America and the rest of the world needs.

[drunkensailor]

I believe it too, but with a sort of slight reservation that comes directly from the background I explained in this entry.

[wondershot]

*claps* Pretty inspiring narrative there.

I don't like a lot of the conservative tenets but I think there's a place for them, in moderation. I think that when either side gets too much power they start doing stupid things with it. It's like they need to hold each other back or they'll go crazy like a bull in a china shop.

[drunkensailor]

Thanks. I really sort of got caught up in writing the narrative and lost my intended focus, which was this subtle-but-haunting guilt I've been feeling for the last four or five years now. But I just wrote what came.

I agree with you. I think that both mainstream political ideologies have at least some redeeming tenets, and that a balance between the two is not only required but ideal (though I wouldn't begin to know exactly when and how to draw the line). Personally, I'm relieved that it's looking less likely that the Democrats will hold 60 seats in the Senate. Liberal though I am, the idea of any single party, even the Democrats, holding the entire House, Senate, and Presidency scares me.

[wondershot]

Yeah, at first I was thinking "yeah Dems go for the jugular!" And then I was like, whoa wait a second. That might not be good.

[birdsmile]

where are you gorgeous boy?! I miss you, here because here is the only place I sense/read/find you.

[drunkensailor]

Sorry, gorgeous girl, I don't write a lot in my own journal anymore, at least not lately. It's not cathartic anymore most of the time; in fact, usually it stresses me out to sit and focus and write about my life. I don't feel like I'm explaining this well, but I guess I just don't feel like writing much lately.

I do flit about my friends page, but I'm not always sure what to say to all of your entries. I hurt for you sometimes, girlie.