After eight years of being evicted from the White House, several of them spent in the wilderness of legislative minority status under an opposition President, some Democrats may be quick to start dancing on the graves of the current GOP and licking their chops at the prospect of taking revenge on their former tormentors. I would caution you against such actions. Frankly, the behavior of some of the more liberal Democratic supporters during their time in the minority was highly disappointing. The best advice I could offer would be to remember the complaints you had about the Republicans and the tactics they employed as a single party majority in control of everything, and then make sure that you don’t duplicate that behavior.
And for our Republican friends, I feel your pain. I know that yesterday was likely a bitter pill to swallow. But here is some similar medicine for you to ponder. You complained mightily about the rancor and uncouth behavior of the Democrats when they were screeching from the cheap seats. Before you get swept up in a wave of similar feelings, please take a moment and consider the more hopeful, positive attitude being taken by another Republican… the Lady Logician.
Barack Obama is our President elect. The people have spoken and the world has NOT come to an end. The sun rose and the flag flew and life goes on. Yes we will fight on the issues, but this conservative will not drink the hemlock kool-aid. THIS Conservative will work all the harder to make sure that we do better in 2010 and 2012 and all the while I will NOT stoop to the level of hatred toward President Obama that the progressive movement stooped to with President Bush. There will be no cries of “selected not elected”, no bumper stickers calling for impeachment over any slight, no “Not MY President”, no “Don’t Blame Me I Voted McCain” or “Somewhere in Illinois a village is missing it’s idiot”. None of that. Yes I will argue against issues and ideology, but arguing issues and ideology are NOT THE SAME as the bumper sticker hate that we have seen from the left.