Comments on: And Crown Thy Good

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:46:47 +0000

Your post reminded me of a comment made at a recent workshop I attended. Ed Cone (http://edcone.typepad.com/wordup/) stated he hoped that (if Obama won) the nation didn’t assume civil rights issues were solved. One of our president-elect’s best features is that he doesn’t pull the race card. He never has. Yet he is literally risking his life by being in office. All presidents have risk of assasination but Obama’s risk is higher because there are so many ignorant bigots with weapons.
Bush is a spoiled dumb rich kid that has pillaged this country to his own amusement. Obama is in touch with the plight of the underdog yet Joe the Plumbers in this country can’t quit yelling “socialism” long enough to actually HEAR how they will benefit by our new president’s leadership.
It’s bad enough to have politicians abusing power to push down on the populace but when ignorant conservatives start putting pressure from below, I start feeling like the squished filling of a PB&J sandwich.
As for the Prop 8 issue – I’m with you 100% I’m working on my own blog for that because I have far more to say than just a few comments!

By: angelina (in oakland)

angelina (in oakland) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:09:41 +0000

oops…youR, with an “R”

By: angelina (in oakland)

angelina (in oakland) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:08:46 +0000

thank you. My Obama parade is still being rained on, but the evidence that our hetero-allies are still in the fight with us, and the fact that the momentum from the NO on 8 campaign has not stopped are helping. I cannot express how THRILLED I am about our country decisively electing our new president-to-be, and how APPALLED I am that our fellow country-folk (and my fellow Californians!) have voted to constitutionalize bigotry. I’m only echoing much more eloquent voices, but this has definitely been a bittersweet victory. Thank you for you post!

By: Queen of Spain

Queen of Spain — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:29:19 +0000

yeah, I have some friends who would call neoconservative who have some the most insane comments ever. it’s beyond disturbing.

By: kccat

kccat — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:24:21 +0000

Another wonderful post about equality. I hope the suits filed yesterday against prop 8 are successful.

As far as Obama, I have heard some disturbing things myself. One of my republican co-workers told a fellow democrat that “she should becareful what she wishes for”. What exactly he meant by that, we aren’t sure but we do know it wasn’t positive. We have a long way to go.

By: Elizabeth Marie

Elizabeth Marie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:43:55 +0000

This is a great way to put it – yes we’ve come SO far by electing an African-American president but our work is anything but done. Obama is taking on challenges that previous presidents have never had to deal with and it’s going to require a new kind of political system to get things done. I’m right there with you – ready to do whatever it takes to turn this country around.

By: Patrick D.

Patrick D. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:40:16 +0000

I’ve got my helmet and shield…let’s go. (As in battling with you, not against…just to clarify.)

By: Queen of Spain

Queen of Spain — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:52:58 +0000

ooooh, Christine. you’ve been such a beacon of GOOD for me. when I get mad at the right, at religion, I always think of YOU and know how it should be. you give me HOPE

By: christine

christine — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:50:28 +0000

Yesterday on my blog, I came out that this Southern Baptist pastor’s wife voted for Obama.

Last night at church, my kids defended Obama as one of the other kids finally said, “Well, Obama’s gonna’ die just like Lincoln – shot in the head!”

Ooooooooooklahoma!