"That brings us to today. Be it a Red victory, or a Blue victory, nothing will change. The anger and hatred will still exist. Maybe more so. Patriots will not accept populist gun grabbers, and statists will not accept founding principles."
Someone asked on a radio show the other day, when did all this dissension start around election time? The host never did give a straight answer. He hemmed and hawed a bit, and then gave some nebulous nonsense as a response. I was temped to call in. I believe I, along with many others on our side, know the answer to that question. It started with the dawning of the new millennium.
The year was 2000. The election was Bush v. Gore. Many thought that Bush was just some hick Governor from Texas who had no right to seek this office. But - his daddy had been President, and that helped his pedigree.
Gore on the other hand, was going to be the third term of his former boss - Slick Willy. Because so many low information voters were cowed by the Clinton's for eight years, the odds makers were already giving this race to Gore. Then the unthinkable happened. The "hanging chad" issue in Florida issue. Then all of a sudden, this nation was in a real pickle.
After many weeks of torturous evaluation, and still no winner was declared. It was the closest Presidential race in just about forever. It finally had to go to the Supreme Court for adjudication. Once it was over, G. W. Bush was declared the 43rd President of the United States. And the Left HATED him for it! They hated our system for picking him. "Selected, not elected!" was the rant for many months after. Many, many on the Left said "NOT MY PRESIDENT!" For the eight years of Bush (43), the hate machine was turned on. Through terror attack, wars, or whatever - the Left HATED this man.
In 2008, Bush had served his two terms. A young and inexperienced mixed race Senator from the Land of Lincoln decided to run on the Democrat ticket. He beat the snot out of Hillary in the primary, and then went on to trounce McCain in the general. His message was that he was going to "unite" us. His actions, did anything but. Then for eight long years, it was the Right's turn to denounce this impostor in the White House.
Then came 2016. Those who thought the anger and discourse in our country could not get any worse, were in for a rude awakening. After eight years of "lead from behind" and let's "apologize for America" coming from the White House, the Red Team was ready for a "YUGE" change! So they nominated a business man, with one hell of a left hook, to take on the heir apparent - Hillary Clinton.
While very few gave Trump a snowball's chance, someone forgot to tell that to the Donald. He won the electoral vote, and barely lost the popular vote. The Left was SEETHING! The hatred of Donald Trump actually eclipsed the hatred they had of Bush. To this day, the hatred of Trump by the Left is off the scales.
That brings us to today. Be it a Red victory, or a Blue victory, nothing will change after Tuesday. The anger and hatred will still exist. Maybe more so. Patriots will not accept populist gun grabbers, and statists will not accept founding principles. It will be deadlock, once again. Why? We have become two countries living within the same borders.
From a global perspective, what happens on Tuesday really does not matter. The losing side will not be content to lay down by the dog dish and be good. Not any more. This is the new norm folks. Get used to it. At one time, elections were the peaceful way to settle political differences. And today? Stay tuned.
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