So, I have to Admit

I'm a little disappointed with a lot of conservatives after the election.

Not the politicians so much as the people I know personally.

I am hearing a whole lot about people wanting to move to Canada. Uh, duh, you want to move TO the source of socialized healthcare? And, seriously, you really think anyone will miss you and that your vote meant so much that you are indisposable? Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya on the way out, coward. You cannot make a change when you aren't here. And you're not helping anyone, least of all yourself, by moving to another country, where you have no vote their either!

And then there are the people who are flying in the face of Christianity and Christian charity by behaving like sore losers. I've seen a few putting, "He's not MY president" bumper stickers. Well, then, maybe you do need to leave, and how exactly did you vote without citizenship?

I put a status report on my facebook page after the election that said this: Disappointment is human. Bad sportsmanship is un-American.

If you are unwilling to work with others whose opinion differs from your own on some issues than you will get the world NOWHERE. We can have all the hurt feelings and all the wounds we like, but if we don't pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and get going, we'll be in the same heap four years from now!

But most disconcerting to me is the sour grapes people are serving up to the national Conservative leadership. I was so proud to see, on election night on NBC news, NY Governor David Paterson (D-NY) and former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) sitting across the table from each other and saying that this election, no matter who won, was historic and that tomorrow, regardless of the winner, they would stand behind him as Americans standing behind the President of the US. This lit up con blogs about how people will never follow that "terrorist and Muslim".

The following day, I listened on NPR as Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a Catholic senator, stated that he was so proud to be in Topeka, KS on that historic day. He mentioned that as he was in the land where Brown v Board of Education started he was so proud to be part of a nation that could put some ugliness of the past aside and move forward in healing. When asked about the GOP's future, he spoke of a growing support for pro-life work, not just for the unborn, but all life. His resolve was firm, but he wasn't going to not support his president-elect.

I am one of Newt Gingrich's friends on facebook and saw some very ugly comments posted on his page by his other "friends" but they couldn't bring Newt down. He stood by his convictions that a UNITED States of America was what was most important. That the Republican Party cannot fall back into the negativism of Karl Rove. That we are all Americans and can disagree with one another, but should not harbor hatred toward each other.

I guess I expected more from people. But no matter what I still agree with Anne Frank: Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.