ANN ALTHOUSE - ....I was happy with the way the election turned out, but I was also confronted by people all around me who were very sad and really angry about the outcome. These people had endured the first term of George Bush's presidency, beginning with outrage at the way he came into office and suffering a growing, festering anger as new events unfolded. That horrible - illegal! - war in Iraq! Yet there was always Election Day -- an end in sight for all of that pain. And now, upon reaching that longed-for end they find it was a mirage. There will be four more years! How unendurable!
I've tried to use my last day on Instapundit to reach out to those people, those people who, after all, make up my real world environment. Can't we put aside the anger and see what we share? An elevator conversation:
Did you hear Kerry's concession speech?
I'm so glad he conceded today and did not drag it out. It was good of him.
You think so?
I think it will help people deal with things in a constructive, positive way. People have been so angry, and I think it will help heal the wounds ...
Except that it won't heal the wounds! George Bush got reelected by a bunch of gay-hating bigots, religious fanatics ... a bunch of gun owners...
My interlocutor got out of the elevator and the doors slid closed in the middle of the list of lowdown, worthless folk from the hinterlands who have unleashed this new atrocity, this second term.
So life goes on in Madison. And I'll go on blogging from Madison, my special, passionate little town, on my little blog, Althouse |
