Historic Election Today, Two Sides of the Story.

My Hopeful Side

We are going to elect a Democratic White House, Senate, and House. They are going to get to work cleaning up the mess that was left from the party. The place is trashed. It is beyond trashed, they pretty much set it on fire and watched it burn down.

Looking forward, there is a lot of work to do and as usual the middle class has the brunt of it. That is a fact we cannot change. We are willing as long as we get our country back. We are the people to get it done.

We will have a restoration of Honor, Dignity, Integrity, Truth, Justice, we will again abide by our U.S. Constitution, our Bill of Rights. Our Justice Department will again concern itself with justice for all.

Our United Nations ambassador will again concern himself with working to unite the nations of the world toward a goal of peace and prosperity.

The department of Homeland Security will dismantle.

We will begin to rebuild our infrastructure with new technology development of wind, solar and geo-thermo power, creating jobs and reducing pollution and our dependence on fossil fuels.

Great strides will be made in our cities toward mass transit and public transportation. Our suburbs will build intelligently planned communities with services and amenities remaining local.

We will no longer live in the Bizarro world where simply saying something makes it so in the minds of the masses, while the powers that be proceed to do exactly the opposite of what they are telling us.

Instead of leaving every child behind, we will invest in our education systems and there will be renewed community participation in local issues, like education and local politics. We will better use our retirees to mentor our young learners and allow parents to actively participate in the educational process.

We will end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by fighting ignorance and hatred and separatism. We will render impotent the likes of Al Queda and tyranny and despotism will no longer roam free on the face of the earth.

There is a lot to get done. But I am hopeful that we can get a good start. Starting today.

My Cynical Side

They are handing us the keys. The complete and total dismantling of all that is sacredly American is serving their purpose in multifold splendiforousness.

On one count they are richer than they have ever been. By the blood and tears and sweat and toil of the middle class, they have it all and feast on our young soldiers, our workers, our now unable to retire retirees. They smack their lips and belch on our young people’s funds for a college education that they so eagerly and guiltlessly hoard.

We are so tired and angry. We are sickened by the greed. We are aching for a hero. We want justice and we want it now. We can’t take any more bad news. We want a changing of the guard so badly that record numbers of citizens are voting today. The sleeping giant has awoken. Finally.

Why is this good news for Republicans? Because they will let us have it, yes they are allowing us to have this, because there is nothing left for them to steal. This is Ash Wednesday after the biggest Mardi gras gluttony in the history of US politics.

The debauchery and hedonism that has been the Republican Party is going to take a break. They are going to let us build it back up and get it chugging again. They will be back. Just like Cheney and Rumsfeld came back from Nixon, Bigger and Badder and better at their craft than ever.

Obama is our cake. They are going to let us eat it. We’ll feel better. Sure, our taxes will go up and everything will get more expensive while wages freeze. But we know nothing is easy and rebuilding will take time and patience and hard work. And they are willing to let us do it. They are the cockroaches in the walls that hide when we turn on the lights.

They will be easy to ignore, especially if we take it upon ourselves to keep the place clean. If we are diligent and work hard to make it hard for them to survive, we will feel better about it all.

The problem is, they will still be hiding in the walls.