Posted on 11/06/2008 5:55:13 AM PST by RobinMasters
In this thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2126850/posts?page=13) some people shared their experiences about what they saw after the Election.
Carley said : "You could see shock and awe on the faces of most people yesterday. The commuter train in NJ was filled with silent people, black and white, wondering just what they hell they had done.
The trip was eerily silent when it’s usually filled with people chatting away."
or jnygrl : "My husband takes NJ Transit. He said his train was silent yesterday until it stopped at Newark."
Please, feel free to share what you've experienced around you. It would be useful for some FReepers or others.
You know, I noticed the same thing in my DC office. My co-workers are probably 80% Dem, but no one was talking about it yesterday. The only person who brought it up was the homeless guy selling the Street Sense paper. Very strange.
“I’m having a hard time shaking the impending sense of doom I have had since Tuesday night. My husband thinks I’m borderline crazy, but then again he doesn’t think too deeply about the implications of this election. He even suggested I stay off of FR. Fat chance of that. :)”
My boyfriend is a good man who comes from a staunch union Pennsylvania family...straight D for them (as much as it pains me). When I go issue by issue, my boyfriend agrees with me, but he can’t not vote D. It’s been ingrained.
Last night, he said, “Things have been great. The Phillies won! Barack won!!” I had a MELTDOWN. I just couldn’t stop sobbing. And I think he finally saw that my months of anxiety and impassioned pleas weren’t just to rile him up. I also can’t shake the impending doom.
It’s interesting how others have mentioned the subways/trains being unusually quiet. I had the same observation on the subway into Manhattan yesterday morning.
In 1993, the Republicans became very good at pointing out to the public what the Democrats were doing. That’s our best role. They have the votes to ignore us. But they can’t ignore the voters in 2010.
I’m at a university, so there was general euphoria from the Obama supporters yesterday. They can’t wait for the whole world to change into utopia in January. Some of them are committed leftists who hate America and will delight in seeing our history, traditions, and economic & military power dismantled. These are mostly faculty. The others are students, who, like, totally feel that, like, you know, the whole world will, like, totally be changed, dude. I mean, like, you know?
I agree that's going to be a temptation. But if such friendships diminish, it should be on their impetus, not ours. Of course, I do recommend us being more frank and bold with our statements -- which may have the same effect.
Think of it: Michael Medved said yesterday that 7 out of 10 single women voted O. He then asked, "Do you think they had a good reason to do so?" To paraphrase him, he said, "Yes. Think of single moms and widows. Do they often feel dependant and feel someone needs to take care of them? Yes." (Medved then said that friends shouldn't let their friends remain unmarried -- that they should try to usher single women into marriages)
So, if people turn their back on the biggest block of O voters, that would mean turning our back on single women -- often women who need the help/support of Christians (single moms & widows) and younger women who need the network of good friends to help find eligible men.
And frankly, for too many O voters, Uncle Sam has become their provider-god. They know of no bigger divinity. So they worship it as the provider-god. Yes, that's idolatry. And yes, God judges such idolatry. But such folks need to be weened off Sam and Son of Sam -- and they're going to need real friendships from people who are committed to them unconditionally.
So, I would suggest that we simply "re-purpose" these friendships and communication with such relatives. I would suggest, starting with Thanksgiving meals, that we be real in our loving such people (minus political conditions) but also be bold in speaking the truth...(come well-armed with some key bumper-sticker phrases because many of these folks are so propagandized by one-liners).
I suggest we don't back down on loving O people -- for they often feel they have the least support & need Sam to do it. But I would also suggest we don't worry about what people think when we speak the truth. We have to stop calculating what others' reaction will be. That's patronizing to such people, and we need to repent of it.
The GW Bush economy did us in.
NYC Liberals from NYC flooded the rural areas, and brought with them city liberalism.
Orange county being the fastest growing county in the state of NY 9 of the last 11 years.
Hello Virginia ? (among many, many others)
If you ever watched an old cowboy and indian movie, one cowboy would say to the other as they crouched behind a barricade; "It's quiet". The other would say; "Yeah. Too quiet".
bttt
Well, here we are in America the morning after the night before, and as the great George Jones once sang...
I don't want no stranger's footsteps in my bedroom
Pullin' down my window shades and messin' up my spread
I don't want nobody fluffin' up my pillow
I don't want no stranger sleepin' in my bed.
New tagline alert! Sorry, but there isn’t enough space to give you the credit....
Do you know the name of the song where the carpet comes up and hits him in the eye? Been trying to find it.
Don't laugh - I actually heard that story from a friend who heard it from a homeless man.
Shall we all just resign our jobs now and await the perks from O or stay the course and be taxed into oblivion?
Yep, I saw that Tuesday night, also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2125441/posts?page=27#27
Gotta hand it to MicheleMaBelle, she’s real subtle (c;
We should be less gracious, and more like Braveheart.
No, but I have had the experience.
i have already been at it in email with someone after i sent him the Obama not paying his workers piece of today. he said don’t be bitter, support your new president. i said hey, i am going to be every bit as supportive and loving as the Kerry/Gore voters have been for the past 8 years. WHERE’S MY DANG PIE, it’s OBAMA’s FAULT. i am just getting tuned up : )
When they change I’ll change.
I suspect that the October figures will be much worse, especially for blacks and hispanics who make up a large part of the unskilled labor force. Obama will have to come up with some sort of excuse once he takes office, i.e., it is Bush's fault. That will only work for so long.
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