I copied this from The Corner at NRO It is an example of what our votes today have triumphed over: bitterness, divisiveness, anger, fear, and negativity.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Sour Loser [John Derbyshire]
Just watched Wonder Boy's speech. Hmph. "Callused hands"? When did he ever have callused hands?
All right, I'm sour. The most liberal member of the U.S. Senate! And that shakedown-artist of a wife, with the permanent frown! And Joe Biden! ...
I'm sour about the GOP too. What did it all get us, those 8 years of pandering and spending? If GWB had turned his face against from new entitlements, closed the borders, deported the illegals, held the line on calls to loosen mortgage-lending standards, starved the Department of Education, and declined those invitations to mosque functions, would the GOP be in any worse shape now?
What won this election was the packaging skills of David Axelrod, the swooning complicity of the media, the ruthless opportunism of Barack Obama, and the unprincipled thuggishness of his supporters.
What lost this election was the cloth-eared cluelessness of George W. Bush, the timid squeamishness of John McCain, and the deep lack of interest in conservative principles among Republican primary voters.
Sour? You bet I'm sour. Where was conservatism in this election? Where was restraint in government? Where was national sovereignty? Where was liberty? Where was self-support? And where are those things now? Where are they headed this next four years? Down the toilet, that's where. Pah!
Now, watch this and smile:
Doesn't that video just sharpen your sight and allow you to see what we might become? Doesn't it ease the pain of the injustice we've endured these last 8 years? Doesn't it make your heart well with pride that we now have a President who trades in hope rather than fear?
YES. WE. DID!!!