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dionysus1999I didn't want to know about the election results last night. I choose a good night's sleep, since I knew I'd be depressed by the results.
I'm glad the Senate is still Democratically controlled. The Dems blew their chance to do something useful, they had control, they lost it.
It does make me wonder that many Democratic supporters stayed home this election. My brother-in-law asked me how I felt about Obama's performance. He's a conservative Christian, was curious about my more progressive view.
I didn't go into much detail, but I am disappointed with Obama for not following through with the promise to close Guantanamo Bay. He let me down. My brother-in-law alluded to information that us as average Americans are not privy to, to imply that there are factors we don't know about in the decision to close "Torture Base One". Could be, but unlike the Religous Right who give lip service to wanting to follow rule of law and the Constitution, I do believe in following the Constitution and rule of law. Like not torturing citizens of other nations, or keeping the seperation of church and state intact. And Obama failed to make government more transparent, after Bush's "everything is a secret" administration. A democracy is only as good as the average citizen's knowledge of that government. If we don't know what's going on with our government, how can we make informed choices about representation?
Silly me. And f*ck Rick Snyder and the horse he rode in on. I'm missing you already, Jennifer.
I'm glad the Senate is still Democratically controlled. The Dems blew their chance to do something useful, they had control, they lost it.
It does make me wonder that many Democratic supporters stayed home this election. My brother-in-law asked me how I felt about Obama's performance. He's a conservative Christian, was curious about my more progressive view.
I didn't go into much detail, but I am disappointed with Obama for not following through with the promise to close Guantanamo Bay. He let me down. My brother-in-law alluded to information that us as average Americans are not privy to, to imply that there are factors we don't know about in the decision to close "Torture Base One". Could be, but unlike the Religous Right who give lip service to wanting to follow rule of law and the Constitution, I do believe in following the Constitution and rule of law. Like not torturing citizens of other nations, or keeping the seperation of church and state intact. And Obama failed to make government more transparent, after Bush's "everything is a secret" administration. A democracy is only as good as the average citizen's knowledge of that government. If we don't know what's going on with our government, how can we make informed choices about representation?
Silly me. And f*ck Rick Snyder and the horse he rode in on. I'm missing you already, Jennifer.
