Friday, December 7, 2012

RE: Romney Concession Photo, Internet Comment of the Day

I was trolling Yahoo.com just now and stumbled on an article written about a photo the White House released of Obama taking Romney's concession call.

Of course since we are a month out from the election, I couldn't care less about the gushing article written about the big win for communism in America, so I scrolled down to the real meat and potatoes of this page - user reactions via the comment section. As usual it was dominated by patriots reliving that horrible day America was lost to European style Socialism for all-time. But one stands out miles atop all the rest. The user is "47% SCREWED THEMSELVES." Not sure if he is the author or if it was copied and pasted but I enjoyed it because it makes me glad I'm not the only one that is thinking this:

"Well, It's official; I don't know anything.
I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote for love of country over revenge.I was wrong.I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.I was wrong.I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.I was wrong.I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so dangerously at odds with the American experience.I was wrong.I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.I was wrong.Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.I was wrong.I thought Americans could tell a hawk from a handsaw.I was wrong.We were offered the clearest choice we've had since 1980, where we had malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken entities.We chose to stay broken. And Broke.Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was always over-rated. Maybe life under sharia is fun. Maybe when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper-inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable daughters as payment.I've watched candidates lose elections before but I've never felt the way I did when this one was called for Obama.It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror."

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