If you've posted in forums you might remember writing some decent responses. I usually spend a lot of time polishing my discussion forum responses depending on the subject or who I am talking to. Often I want to remember what I said about something, but finding the original post can be difficult. So it makes sense to capture the better responses for later review. Welcome to Clint's Reposts.Wednesday, November 03, 2004
After Election Hangover Recovery
Someone on the Politics forum who does not live in the U.S. wrote:
May I ask what the general mood is now that the election is over...from an outsider point of view your country seems pretty divided.
Another question - from what we hear the election was mainly fought on issues like Iraq and abortion - is that how it really was? I ask this because in this country the main issues are always health, education, taxes and so on…
The general mood is very positive, kind of like recovering from a drunk hangover and getting your energy back again. I feel a palpable sense of relief among the citizens.
Those whose candidate did not win I'm sure have some sense of sadness, while those whose candidate did win are not as happy as you would think. There is much soul searching for everyone here because the issues are not black and white though some think they are. How can you be very happy when your own citizens are dying in a war?
Yes, the country is divided, but divided in the way a family might be when one sibling is mad at another because they don't agree with each other's point of view. In the end, however, we are still a family, just like any nation's citizens are collectively. Division is not necessarily a bad thing, as division can create a good energy by encouraging discussions about what is important in the world.
The election was mainly fought on the Democratic side over job, health, and economy issues, and against Bushes approach to it. On the Republican side, the issue was terrorist fears, including Iraq's place within that fear, and for Bushes approach to it.
You would think that with only 10 to 15% of Europe supporting Bush, that he could not possibly have won here. But always remember that America marches to the sound of its own drummer, for better or for worse.
One thing I think we citizens have learned most clearly this election cycle is that our press mis-represents Americans to the world. It must have come as a shock to the great majority of the world that we re-elected Bush.
Did it to you?
C
May I ask what the general mood is now that the election is over...from an outsider point of view your country seems pretty divided.
Another question - from what we hear the election was mainly fought on issues like Iraq and abortion - is that how it really was? I ask this because in this country the main issues are always health, education, taxes and so on…
The general mood is very positive, kind of like recovering from a drunk hangover and getting your energy back again. I feel a palpable sense of relief among the citizens.
Those whose candidate did not win I'm sure have some sense of sadness, while those whose candidate did win are not as happy as you would think. There is much soul searching for everyone here because the issues are not black and white though some think they are. How can you be very happy when your own citizens are dying in a war?
Yes, the country is divided, but divided in the way a family might be when one sibling is mad at another because they don't agree with each other's point of view. In the end, however, we are still a family, just like any nation's citizens are collectively. Division is not necessarily a bad thing, as division can create a good energy by encouraging discussions about what is important in the world.
The election was mainly fought on the Democratic side over job, health, and economy issues, and against Bushes approach to it. On the Republican side, the issue was terrorist fears, including Iraq's place within that fear, and for Bushes approach to it.
You would think that with only 10 to 15% of Europe supporting Bush, that he could not possibly have won here. But always remember that America marches to the sound of its own drummer, for better or for worse.
One thing I think we citizens have learned most clearly this election cycle is that our press mis-represents Americans to the world. It must have come as a shock to the great majority of the world that we re-elected Bush.
Did it to you?
C
