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With all the right-wing whining about the recent presidential election, it’s hard to believe that those involved are really adults instead of what they sound like: eight-year-old spoiled brats. The reaction to Obama’s re-election has taken many forms with people whom seem to be aghast that their fellow citizens would actually vote for the other fellow.
One common reaction I’ve seen on this and other political forums comes from the self-appointed geniuses who seem actually glad that Obama won. Now, they relish the opportunity to watch the nation disintegrate under Obama’s watch, if only to prove that they were right and the Obama supporters were wrong. Why anyone would wish for the destruction of the nation just because their candidate lost the election is beyond me. That’s not just cutting off your nose to spite your face, that’s cheerfully cutting your throat.
These smug know-it-alls remind me of the survivalists, such as those portrayed on National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers.” There’s nothing wrong with making common-sense preparations for natural disasters such as storms or floods, but many of these people are getting set for the collapse of civilization. One gets a sense, however, that the survivalists don’t actually fear such a collapse, but welcome it. If everything fell apart, after all, the survivalists would be able to say that they were right to pursue their obsession while the rest of us made fun of them.
Then there’s the “impeach Obama” crowd. In examining their websites, you find that they don’t actually have any solid grounds for impeachment yet, disregarding the “birther” nonsense that has raged on for the last four years. Rather, they are getting set to impeach him for what they claim he’s about to do. These future misdeeds include confiscating everyone’s guns, turning the nation over to U.N. control, and converting the U.S. into a genuine Marxist-socialist state. Gee, I thought he was supposed to do all that stuff during his first term. I guess he’ll still have plenty of time to push though his evil agenda, though, since we’re also told he will abolish the election process.
For sheer nuttiness, however, it’s hard to top the secessionist movement. Following the election, a number of secession petitions for states such as Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Vermont and Missouri was submitted to a White House site. The petitions all cited the desire to “peacefully” withdraw their states from the Union.
As we know, that secession thing, since ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, worked out so well for the late Confederacy. Eleven Southern states tried to leave the Union to protect slavery. Four years later, not only had slavery been abolished, but the South was left in ruins, with many of its men dead or disabled.
How exactly do the signers of these petitions think their states are going to leave the Union peacefully? I live in Ohio, nominally a Red State, although Obama won Ohio in the past two elections. Still, Ohio has a history of voting Republican in presidential elections, and currently has a Republican governor and a GOP. If someone wanted to take Ohio out of the Union, they would have a real problem with me and millions like me. We like living in Ohio, have no intention of leaving the state, and also would refuse to switch our allegiance from the United States to some phony Red State Republic or Tea Party Commonwealth.
Since peaceful secession is out of the question, the petitioners would seem to have three choices. They could leave the country and emigrate to somewhere more suitable to their views. They could man the barricades and try to secede by force. Or, they could grow up and realize that people with different political viewpoints have the right to vote as they wish.
During my voting life, the presidential candidates I supported have lost more than half the time. During most of my time in the Army, Richard Nixon was president. I have never been an admirer of the man or his politics, but his election victories gave him the right to govern whether I liked it or not. During all the times that a Republican has been president in my lifetime, I guess I could have thrown a hissy fit and declared I would hold my breath until the election results changed. Instead, like most responsible citizens, I wished the best for my country under his leadership. It doesn’t sound like much to ask of reasonable Americans.
One common reaction I’ve seen on this and other political forums comes from the self-appointed geniuses who seem actually glad that Obama won. Now, they relish the opportunity to watch the nation disintegrate under Obama’s watch, if only to prove that they were right and the Obama supporters were wrong. Why anyone would wish for the destruction of the nation just because their candidate lost the election is beyond me. That’s not just cutting off your nose to spite your face, that’s cheerfully cutting your throat.
These smug know-it-alls remind me of the survivalists, such as those portrayed on National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers.” There’s nothing wrong with making common-sense preparations for natural disasters such as storms or floods, but many of these people are getting set for the collapse of civilization. One gets a sense, however, that the survivalists don’t actually fear such a collapse, but welcome it. If everything fell apart, after all, the survivalists would be able to say that they were right to pursue their obsession while the rest of us made fun of them.
Then there’s the “impeach Obama” crowd. In examining their websites, you find that they don’t actually have any solid grounds for impeachment yet, disregarding the “birther” nonsense that has raged on for the last four years. Rather, they are getting set to impeach him for what they claim he’s about to do. These future misdeeds include confiscating everyone’s guns, turning the nation over to U.N. control, and converting the U.S. into a genuine Marxist-socialist state. Gee, I thought he was supposed to do all that stuff during his first term. I guess he’ll still have plenty of time to push though his evil agenda, though, since we’re also told he will abolish the election process.
For sheer nuttiness, however, it’s hard to top the secessionist movement. Following the election, a number of secession petitions for states such as Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Vermont and Missouri was submitted to a White House site. The petitions all cited the desire to “peacefully” withdraw their states from the Union.
As we know, that secession thing, since ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, worked out so well for the late Confederacy. Eleven Southern states tried to leave the Union to protect slavery. Four years later, not only had slavery been abolished, but the South was left in ruins, with many of its men dead or disabled.
How exactly do the signers of these petitions think their states are going to leave the Union peacefully? I live in Ohio, nominally a Red State, although Obama won Ohio in the past two elections. Still, Ohio has a history of voting Republican in presidential elections, and currently has a Republican governor and a GOP. If someone wanted to take Ohio out of the Union, they would have a real problem with me and millions like me. We like living in Ohio, have no intention of leaving the state, and also would refuse to switch our allegiance from the United States to some phony Red State Republic or Tea Party Commonwealth.
Since peaceful secession is out of the question, the petitioners would seem to have three choices. They could leave the country and emigrate to somewhere more suitable to their views. They could man the barricades and try to secede by force. Or, they could grow up and realize that people with different political viewpoints have the right to vote as they wish.
During my voting life, the presidential candidates I supported have lost more than half the time. During most of my time in the Army, Richard Nixon was president. I have never been an admirer of the man or his politics, but his election victories gave him the right to govern whether I liked it or not. During all the times that a Republican has been president in my lifetime, I guess I could have thrown a hissy fit and declared I would hold my breath until the election results changed. Instead, like most responsible citizens, I wished the best for my country under his leadership. It doesn’t sound like much to ask of reasonable Americans.
