tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post109950587609154343..comments2024-01-26T01:52:53.198-05:00Comments on PolySigh: Don't Mourn, OrganizePhilip Klinknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559722693896372701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1099563274558152452004-11-04T05:14:00.000-05:002004-11-04T05:14:00.000-05:00The American elections left us with one certainty,...The American elections left us with one certainty, the certainty that the majority of American voters wanted Bush as president.<br />I just hope that their reasons will prove the right ones.<br />Carlos<br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fcosmos.oninetspeed.pt%2Fcarlos.segura">Imagination</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1099543887965016002004-11-03T23:51:00.000-05:002004-11-03T23:51:00.000-05:00For election analysis by an Illinois man who has b...For election analysis by an Illinois man who has been very spot on for the past few weeks. He has a lengthy critique of the Kerry campaign from primary to election night. Tomorrow he will have the same for the Bush campaign. You might take a look, its quite good and I expect the final 2 parts to be engrossing as well. Here is the address: http://jaycost.blogspot.com/Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030931734636783474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1099524131335271392004-11-03T18:22:00.000-05:002004-11-03T18:22:00.000-05:00Speaking from Illinois I can tell you Barak Obama'...Speaking from Illinois I can tell you Barak Obama's big win has more to do with the ineptness of the IlGOP in choosing Alan Keyes as his opponent. No one took the Keyes candidacy seriously and savvy voters, both republican and democrat voted for the man who will be able to do the most for this state. Obama's good showing in Republican DuPage County does not mean anything much as far as the future is concerned. The county wide offices went almost 100 percent republican. <br /><br />I'm sorry everyone is unhappy about the election, but in another vein, I thought this blog was an arm of a college political science department. I hope the predominance of pro democratic party thought and reaction isn't the sum of all that is taught.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030931734636783474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1099513355427915662004-11-03T15:22:00.000-05:002004-11-03T15:22:00.000-05:00this has been a total defeat for progressives and ...this has been a total defeat for progressives and liberals, as well as people of color and gays and lesbians. we really have to reflect on how we have prioritized issues, how we have framed the issues, how and whether we have engaged in meaningful dialogue with non-believers in ways that either change our position(s) or persuade non-believers to join us and how to avoid these kinds of defeat in the future. <br /> <br />being intellectually/morally right and on the wrong side of the election outcome is no longer satisfying. <br /><br />-- ALKPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1099512090815331362004-11-03T15:01:00.000-05:002004-11-03T15:01:00.000-05:00Can we get past depression and anger and move, jus...Can we get past depression and anger and move, just for a moment, towards hopefulness?<br /><br />I am a passionate liberal Democrat. I wish the result was different. I wish that Bush hadn't made his victory so difficult to swallow by his callous treatment of his opponents over the last four years. By that I mean, I wish he had been a more centrist leader (as he campaigned as and as the circumstances of his victory should have dictated) instead of being a leader just for his base. I think he would have won by a significantly larger margin if he had been more moderate. That said, he is my president too. I hope he takes the next four years as an opportunity to unite us. Hard as it may seem to believe, I want to like him. I want him to succeed. Not that I want the Republican, hard-right agenda to succeed. I want him to be successful in making America a demonstrably better place for all citizens through his leadership.<br /><br />His success belongs to all of us. So he's officially on the clock with me as far as his honeymoon goes.<br /><br />As for the downtrodden Democrats I say this: Be strong and be positive. They want us to be devastated and lost in the woods. You have to get up off the mat. There is a real opportunity to turn the Party around and to rebuild it into something better. We can start by not whining about voter intimidation. These are white guys with bad haircuts, not Ak47's...Rothkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832633312633615510noreply@blogger.com