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There are no words to describe how happy I am that this
election is over. Not because President Obama is starting his second term and,
I hope, gearing up to make good on the potential we saw in his last four years,
although I did vote for the man. No, today marks a bigger day for me.
The end of the party-clashing nastiness that has dominated
my Facebook page, news headlines, Twitter stream and much, much more for the
past 12 months.
I went on an unfriending spree this morning in the wake of
party-clashing rhetoric on my page. I’m tired of it. The election is OVER. We
need to work TOGETHER for the next four years if we want to do better than we
have the last four years.
For four years, all I’ve
seen in our government is party politics, stonewalling, stalling (to the point
that our government was on the verge of shutting down) and an unwillingness to
compromise. We have financial geniuses in office right now. So why is our
budget off? Don’t tell me it’s because of our president. One man does not an
economy make. Many people are responsible for the mess we’re in, and many
people need to grow the (bleep) up, step up to the plate and fix it.
In honor of that, I propose we send all of our politicians
back to Kindergarten. And I’d like to send the venom-spewing, propaganda
spouting, hateful party members that have made this election the nightmare that
it’s been right along with them. Why? Because if we’re going to have a prayer
of pulling our economy, our government and our way of life into tomorrow while
still in one piece, they need to learn to:
·
- Treat others with respect
- · Stay out of the mud
- · Focus on the task at hand
- · Let bygones be bygones
- · Clean up after themselves
- · Compromise
- · Pool their resources to get the job done
- · Show consideration for the opinions and choices of others
- · Move beyond their differences to achieve a common goal
And, most importantly…
If you can’t say
something nice, don’t say anything at all!!!!!!
