not gloating, but I think we all know this time is different is just a tad different.

Somewhat off topic, but I was reading in Isaiah 54 this morning, and the impression I got was that we are supposed to celebrate even before God delivers the promised blessings. Like, His promise is as good as already having it … oh, the implications for life!
Incidentally, I hear from my friend in St. Charles that McCain will be “across the river” in New Town Monday.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Calendar/Detail.aspx?guid=37ba532f-6646-4a94-ba86-63e57c498010

It is possible to rejoice without gloating. It is possible to feel that God will bless us all regardless of who is elected. I am sure you don’t mean to suggest that the election of Obama is any less blessed than the election of McCain. Blessings by definition are transcendent beyond the petty differences of any political fight.
I hope you will think about the way your polarizing and insulting treatment of anyone who has a different idea than you do about how to keep America safe and sustainably prosperous contributes to the kind of destructive politics of insult your daughter faced at her school. Sounds like she responded without sinking to their level, a good example for you to follow.

And, you know, Michelle, you exactly make Obama’s point. But maybe it’s because I live in one of the redder red states that I never see Democrats gloat. Republicans, all the time. If I lived in greater Philadelphia, but for the grace of God, I might be a lot more like you.

You really are thoroughly incapable of giving Obama credit for anything positive, aren’t you Michele? I love how you’re trying to use “historical context” as a way to minimize the accomplishment of an African-American presidential candidate drawing that large of a crowd in this country.
The man drew 100,000 people in St. Louis, Missouri. That’s darned impressive no matter how much you want to try and parse it by comparing it to past events. But of course, you don’t care about that. You just want to dehumanize Barack Obama and anyone who supports him, since that allows you to project your supposed moral superiority on the rest of us.

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IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT YET RELEASED DURING THIS CAMPAIGN TO DENY THE PRESIDENCY TO AN OUT-AND-OUT FRAUD AND CHARLATAN!
This speaks for itself. Paste in your url.
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Since we’ve been talking about kids and politics, I thought I’d share this little story from an article in Salon featuring children’s comments about politics:
“On why you need friends in tough times:
Last weekend, I attended a “meet and greet” for a local Democratic candidate. The event was held at a friend’s house, and when I arrived, her daughter and two of her friends, all of whom I knew well from my children’s school, were standing at the edge of the driveway. They waved at me as I approached the driveway. One of the girls walked up to me and proclaimed, “I’m not a Democrat,” as if it was a secret she’d been keeping and just now had to confess.
My friend’s daughter put her arm around her and patted her shoulder. “It’s OK,” she said. “I’ll still be your friend.”
Uh-oh. No election is worth breaking a little girl’s heart. I put my arms around all three girls in a great big group hug. I told Ms. Non-Democrat, “I will still love you no matter what you are; whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or purple or green or blue. You are still the same person on the inside.” She smiled at me, relieved, and then skipped to the back yard with the other girls.
A lesson we all need to remember:
When it comes down to it, it’s the people who matter. Not the Party.”

Here’s some more historical context.
Missouri went solidly for Bush in 2004. Yet, this year, Obama gets a crowd of 100,000 there, and the state is very much in play.
Meanwhile, next door in Illinois, the Chicago Tribune, which has monitored Barack Obama’s political career since its inception, has endorsed him for President. He is the first Democrat to ever be endorsed for President by that paper since it’s founding in 1847! This is the same paper which was so eager to proclaim a Republican victory 60 years ago that it published the infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline. (Which stands as an eternal warning of overconfidence and the tendency for political zeal to blind people to the facts.)
No, Obama backers should not gloat now, or even after the election. I don’t plan to, even though I have been an enthusiastic supporter. Gloating is born of the self-righteousness which has proven so poisonous to politics.
But there is cause for optimism that we will have reason to celebrate, soon.
Oh, and I seem to recall a fair amount of “righty” crowing when the now disastrous Palin choice caused a brief spike in McCain’s numbers after the convention. Can you tell us why we were supposed to “accept” that?

Here’s some more historical context.
Missouri went solidly for Bush in 2004. Yet, this year, Obama gets a crowd of 100,000 there, and the state is very much in play.
Meanwhile, next door in Illinois, the Chicago Tribune, which has monitored Barack Obama’s political career since its inception, has endorsed him for President. He is the first Democrat to ever be endorsed for President by that paper since it’s founding in 1847! This is the same paper which was so eager to proclaim a Republican victory 60 years ago that it published the infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline. (Which stands as an eternal warning of overconfidence and the tendency for political zeal to blind people to the facts.)
No, Obama backers should not gloat now, or even after the election. I don’t plan to, even though I have been an enthusiastic supporter. Gloating is born of the self-righteousness which has proven so poisonous to politics.
But there is cause for optimism that we will have reason to celebrate, soon.

“But there is cause for optimism that we will have reason to celebrate, soon.”
I will go outside into the park across the street and fall on my knees under the stars and give thanks to God. Then I will set off fireworks. Then I will get rip-roaring drunk for the first time in decades and march up and down my street and sing at the top of my lungs the way we do at Cameron Indoor when the Blue Devils have trounced the other team:
Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah, nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah, hey-hey-hey, GO0D-BYE.
And then I’ll go inside and call everyone I know and cry and laugh and cheer with them. And when I can’t stay awake any longer I’ll go to bed and read “Goodnight, Bush” and fall asleep a happy. happy ol’ Yelladawg. So even if you’re not happy about Obama becoming president, try to be happy for me.

I know, Michelle, we can’t afford to be complacent. That’s why I just gave Obama’s campaign some more money after reading this.

You know what’s really strange? If you take a look at politics globally, you will see that on a general scale, Obama and McCain really aren’t that different. Maybe after this election, the Republican Party will split into it’s more meaningful parts and create a Huckabee Christian/populist party, a Bob Barr Libertarian/conservative party, and a McCain big government/moderate party… and what if the Dem party split into it’s more meaningful parts, too? The yellowdog Dems, the Dems who really should be Greens, and so forth…
Wow, I just felt like I had an out of body experience and drifted into naive-idealist land. America will never escape from the tyranny of the two-paryt system. Nevermind, carry on.