Thank God!
Michelle and I watched the election results late into the night last night. OK, it was about 1:30am when we went to bed. By then, everything that was going to be decided by last night had been announced.
Yes, the people have spoken with a mighty voice. The majority of the country, which is in fact center/right, does not like the current policies, agenda, and attitude of the people and their party that are currently in power. America isn’t about getting something for nothing, and it’s not about losing touch with the principles of free enterprise and a market-based economy. I’m sorry, but nothing is too big to fail.
The politicians also need to realize that they are in office for the purpose of letting the voice and the will of the people be heard and represented. They work for us.
You know the one single thing that bothers me over the past few years? It has been the motivations and actions taken to silence the conservative opposition. Strangely this isn’t a normal attribute of the Democrat party.
But it is the Progressives’ strategy. Maybe with a little of the “Chicago Way” mixed in.
It will not succeed.
Anyone who has to win by silencing the opposition is the enemy of all Americans. Stealing votes, cheating, mud-slinging… all have become too common yet are not true symbols of the American democratic process.
Sure, we may disagree with each other, but when did we part with the spirit of democracy expressed in the following quote:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
When we abide by this single principle in American politics, everyone wins regardless of the winning political party.
That, my friends, is what makes The United States of America the greatest nation on the face of the earth!
