I actually hope the Republicans in this forum will have the
class to avoid gloating.
I will do so insofar as possible. This country needs to come together and be one nation again, and the divide between us needs to be bridged at the individual level. Gloating would be self-defeating at this point.
What is needed is humility and resolve on the part of the winners. It should be humbling to Bush/Cheney and their supporters.
I"m not a particularly religious person, but this election, to me, smacks of destiny. What I mean by that is this. I campaigned hard for Dukakis and Mondale, but looking back, I can't say that I wish now that they had won. The person who won NEEDED TO WIN, and we needed them, as a country.
I believe that Clinton, too, was needed in office, and made many changes that would not have been accepted if pushed by Republicans (welfare reform comes to mind, for example). He was the right man at the right time in the right place.
Ditto, in my view, the 2000 race. One of my first coherent thoughts on 9/12/01 (I didn't think many coherent thoughts on 9/11) was that I was glad the Gore wasn't in office, even though I had been literally physically sickened by his loss in 2000.
I think there is a reason that Bush won...I don't know what the future holds, but he's in office for a reason.
Now, that probably sounds far too religious/mystical for some folks here, guilty as charged, I guess. I hope that Bush is the man I think he is and will look upon his win as a call to serve the people...ALL THE PEOPLE.
It was literally humorous, frankly, for me to wake up this morning and have this almost mystical feeling because typically I am such a non-religious person. But I felt it, strongly, nonetheless.
Catz
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