Anyone who knows me well knows that I
do not talk about politics very often. It may because I don’t like hearing
people bash on other people, or that I don’t know enough to make valid
arguments, or that sometimes it just doesn’t interest me that much (I’d much
rather discuss who is going to direct the next Star Wars movie). After this
last election I thought that maybe it was time to share with everyone what I
thought about this past election.
Last Tuesday, November
6, 2012, from the hours of 9pm to 1am my Facebook wall blew up like crazy! It
seemed as though almost every one of my friends had something to say. Some were
happy and excited about the election results, and some were furious and outraged.
I’m sure that anyone who has Facebook experienced this overload of opinions. As I
was reading everyone’s posts there were some that I really liked and agreed
with, and some that I completely disagreed with. There were others that were funny, some that
were hateful. Overall though there were many that I really connected with and even a few that expressed exactly how I was
feeling. So I thought rather than trying to come up with my own words I would
highlight my favorite quotes from some of my Facebook friends.
“In a whirlwind of negative forecasts
of the future, I think it's good to remind myself that my future, my success,
and my personal happiness do not depend on a politician nearly as much as they
do on myself.”
Nate Noble
“All we can do is vote, now we can
support. Let's show patriotism as hard as it may be. Some countries can't even
choose their leaders.”
Jackson Halm
“Well, now that that's
settled...there's some Hurricane Sandy victims who could all use our help in
one form or another.”
Jonathan Decker
“What blows my mind the most is that
as humans we are capable of such passionate polar opposite thoughts.”
Afton Willis Oliver
“Proud to be an American. Even if
things didn't go the way I had hoped, I'm so happy I got to exercise my right
to vote. And I will continue to support the leaders of our great nation and
pray that they make some good decisions in the years to come. God Bless
America.”
Allora McHardy
“At this point, no matter who you
sided with, it's time to pray for our elected leader and that our country can
find some middle ground, work together, and make things better. Congrats Obama.
Good race Romney.”
Mormon Movie Guy
“Alright this is gonna be my last
political post for a while. I hope we can learn after this election that
neither side seems to have a strong foothold on what should be done to solve
some big problems ahead of us. But they need to be solved. We need true compromise
from both sides, and neither can have the attitude of "everyone get out of
the way so we can progress here." This is America after all. It started by
a great compromise and has continued to prosper. Once we lose our ability to
have true compromise we will be a truly different nation.”
Jeff Cooper
“This country won't fail because Obama
is the president. This country will fail because people are too prideful and
thus divided when we need to back him up. I don't agree with many of his
political views and I too wish Romney would have won but of course Obama will
fail if he doesn't have the support of his own country.”
Tyler Pete Arnett
There you go….my thoughts on this year’s
presidential election. Words of wisdom from some of my friends!
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