McCain voters who won't let it go; losing humbly revealed!

*Originally created and posted on Facebook on November, 7, 2008*

Reading a lot of posts that are still surfacing on Facebook and the web I see lots of grumbling going on from some of those who voted McCain (or against Obama, however you see it), especially the right-wing part of the media, I only thought it necessary to settle you all down a little bit.

There are general concerns about the direction the country is going on among some who don't support Obama but you might as well can it and let your sore losing slide. That's exactly what it is, being a sore loser. We won't have any idea if the election turned out for the better or for worse until several years from now (and if it's for worse, just remember, McCain might have done worse!).

But hate messages really need to end. Questions like did he buy the election, did McCain's VP pick cost him...do the answers really matter? The fact is, Democrats just ran a better election and the bad economy is being blamed on the Bush administration. The last time I checked Bush was Republican and it has a major trickle down effect on the rest of the party.

Before I'm condemned and written off for what might be seen as tooting the Democrats horn, the exact opposite happened eight years ago. The Republicans ran the better election. They got in the White House and gained a lot of seats throughout Congress. Democrats slowly regained seats back and now they have the situation the Republicans and Bush had eight years ago. It also happened the eight years prior to Bush II. Clinton and the Democrats gained control and Republicans slowly gained some seats back.

The point is...relax. Unless in the next two years the entire country gets turned around for the drastically better, Republicans will regain seats in Congress and make a run at the White House in 2012. Even if you didn't like Bush, no one could predict how his presidency would turn out. No one knew 9/11 would happen and he would spend the majority of his time fighting two wars and arguing over the security of our nation. It's easy to look back now and say his policies made the country worse (or better for some).

When Obama's policies take effect we'll make judgments then (since that's what everyone seems to be so good at). To address a friend's claim that the windfall tax has been tried before, he's right it has. But that was 30 years ago, with different policies and different leaders. With our current energy policies, it might work today. Then again it might not (see Iraq-Vietnam comparisons).

Lastly, this goes to those "Christian" voters. I've seen plenty of people online (you know who you are) claim the current economic issues don't affect them. They have good jobs cause they went to college and the current situation doesn't have anything to do with them. Maybe you missed the memo but everyone is affected by the economy. If you're salary doesn't increase when prices do, eventually you won't have as much income. If you invest, the dollar will be weaker if you wish to trade foreign stock. It surprises me that voters who are so "religious" and stand for "traditional moral values" would cater to such a stance on this issue. I don't understand where "Christianity" and the adjectives greedy and snobby associate with each other. After all, just because someone lost their job doesn't mean they aren't college educated or that some unfortunate circumstances didn't befall them. I guess that means that all of you are lawyers, doctors, politicians, pastors, or garbage men (since all these jobs are the only ones that are secure no matter what). I guess following Christ's teachings and helping those who are poor or needy is getting outdated (or maybe that didn't make the cut when everyone got together and decided what "traditional morals and values" really are).

Morals and values aren't the exclusive property or playground to the religious amongst us. Traditional morals and values might be but it doesn't mean liberals or those who aren't religious don't have morals or values. I'm not religious and I know I have plenty of values. Judging others isn't one of them. I was Christian for the first 20 years of my life by the way, so I don't need lectures like I don't know what I'm talking about as far as religion goes. All I know is I didn't like the way it restricted logic and my ability to rationalize but that doesn't mean it holds true for everyone else and that I feel that way about anyone who is religious (or isn't religious).

There are those out there who have it worse than me and you. We need to keep that in mind. Because everyone is in this together as a country, as Americans. At least, that's what I thought...is there a different definition to all those "United We Stand" bumper stickers and signs I see everywhere?