My Obscurities

Well, crap.  I’m always blogging while I’m tired and dull.  My mind is not as rapier sharp at 1030pm as it is at 1030a.  As a result, it proves trying to find suitable topics to weigh in on.  To be perfectly honest, the election is still the monkey on my back.  I would be remiss if I did not say that I have trepidations about Obama’s ability to lead.  It’s true.  Please don’t throw me under a bus, rapid Democratic extremists.  To qualify, I really am only addressing the crazed leftists.  You know who you are.  Right now, should you be afflicted with an urge to mail dead fish to me because I am skeptical of Barack…then I’m talking about you.  Here’s an interesting link.  It will explain how wacking fish with knives proves to be therapeutic.  However, if one takes it a step further and mails the offensive fish to an equally offensive adversary…

Let’s just say it’s a perfectly healthy and appropriate way to handle political disagreements.

I wish I had known that eons ago.  I know a few unsuspecting individuals that should have received some Halibut along with their New York Times.  I jest.  Still, this man was appointed Chief of Staff.  It’s unnerving.  I know that we all have Playground moments where logic and reason are silenced by the urge to kick people in the shins.  Metaphorically speaking, of course.  Still, this is an individual who will aid in the governing of this country and you wonder why I am a wee bit concerned?

But then again I’m just the crotchety, sour McCain supporter who cannot let bygones be bygones.  Right.  I’m also one of sundry individuals who were selfish enough to have voted for John.  Let the back biting and joyously smug happy dances begin. 

Ugh.  Political extremity is foul.  Dead fish in your mail box is smelly.  Challenging a person’s integrity over their political decisions is just outright boorish.  I have plenty of friends who operate on the opposite side of the partisan fence.  We all get on well because we refuse to hold each other accountable for political leanings.  That is to say that we recognize the myriad reasons for our choices.  What works for them does not always work for me and back again.  I do not consider them horrible in any way for voting for someone I did not choose.  That would be unethical and not at all the merit of a true friend.  

I was once a Democrat.  My life and my experiences have pushed me farther right.  There is nothing wrong with either.  Unfortunately, the nasty comments I’ve heard since Tuesday night have further instilled a sense of dread in my heart.  The insensitivity is in no way a reflection of President - Elect Obama but it does not make my transition into his leadership any easier.  

So, I pray that God blesses his decisions and gives him the courage to help our phoenix country rise from its ashes.  I pray that He will aid our President - Elect in the challenges to come.  I pray that He will guide his heart toward what is best for this nation.  Finally, I pray that the people who consider themselves among the elite because they voted Democratic will realize that it is this very divisiveness that keeps us from achieving true unity.  

Addendum: I still wish Gerard Butler as King Leonidas would have run for President.  Just saying.  God bless!

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