I want to live in a blue state. For a while, West Virginia went from red to pink, but this morning it's red again. And I just read an article that says that many West Virginians won't vote for Obama just because he is black and/or he's not endorsed by the NRA.Now I like living in this beautiful state, and I at least admire the honesty of those people who speak their minds and say flat out what many people think but won't say. It's disheartening, but there it is.
Blue is my color. Blue skies. Bluebells. The Blue Man Group. Bluer than blue. True blue. Blue bayou. The blues. And the polls all tell me that at long last, blue will prevail a week from today. Still, I'm afraid of saying it out loud. No yard sign. No bumper sticker. It's almost as if I fear that voicing my support, my hope, will jinx the whole thing. Two close elections in 2000 and 2004. Two terrible disappointments. Will I finally be able to let out the breath I've been holding for eight long years?
On election night, I want to be in a blue state. But I'm just a few miles from Maryland, from Virginia and from Pennsylvania. And Shepherdstown is about as blue as it gets. That will be close enough for me.
Let the shoe be on the other foot. Let those who have had the power for so long know how it feels to watch from the sidelines. But then let there be a time of making up, of realizing we really are all in this together, of beating our swords into ploughshares, of forgiveness and reconcilement. If blue triumphs over red next week, just remember if you're red that we can feel your pain. We've been in solitary confinement for a long, long time. Maybe we'll finally see blue skies again.
17 comments:
I am in a blue state. I'll take a picture for you.
:) Go New Hampshire!
Cecilia is a sweetheart!
I wish you knew her. You'd be smitten like the rest of us are! And you get to live in a BLUE state too.
snowing.
George told me. Bummer. It's going to be a l-o-n-g winter for you. We voted today! Two votes for the good guys! Yay!
And we've both already voted, too, and for the good guys, of course! Frankly, I wish someone would knock me out until Tuesday. I asked Johnny to assure me that I don't need to sharpen my kitchen knife to kill myself if the grandpa and beauty queen win. I'm a wreck!
Just pack that van full of voters and get them to the polls, woman! Put a sign on your van that says "Obamamobile."
Perhaps some day soon, we'll actually get to vote for a candidate who isn't red, nor blue, but red, white and blue.
Be careful---You're voting for the "Pied Piper", but I believe he was wearing green, not blue!
That BE CAREFUL makes me suspicious that it's someone within our very own blood family. That Simpkins "Be careful" was designed by Peck to send a chill up our spine while never saying where the danger lay. Mostly it meant CONFORM. So stand up and speak your name, Anonymous, and let us see if your reasons hold water. Dad was furious when we campaigned for JFK, the "Catholic," too, and 48 years later, I have never regreted it nor felt I was lead by the pied piper who then was supposedly the pope. The big fat cat white men who have left this country in a mess are not the ones who are able to fix it. They've lied, ransacked and pilfered, and we want it to STOP. And Bill O'Reilly represents the WORST of them. Talk about a pied piper! GAG. He's a bigot and a maniac. So you "BE CAREFUL," too.
To set the record straight, I'm the one who deleted my own entry on October 28.
Pied piper! The boogeyman! Grandad might not have voted for Obama, but he wouldn't fall for this horseshit argument either.
Wake up and get in the real conversation with the rest of us.
Besides, I also read that John MCain was seen in a boat full of Somali pirates raiding an Exxon Tanker.
Look it up- true story.
If Obama wins, don't trouble yourself to help "anonymous." We will fix this country either way.
For the record, I'm the "anonymous" who left the red, white and blue comment, and I intend to vote for Obama. I'm simply not convinced that either candidate is placing the country's best interests above those of himself and his party. I don't know that any politician can really afford to openly do that and still win an election.
I don't know who made the Pied Piper comment, but it wasn't me.
But a candidate CAN do that even if his campaign rhetoric is geared towards winning. Losing is not a winning strategy. As G.K. Chesterton said, "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice, however, there is." I think the best we can hope for is that in practice Obama will give us his all. I believe (perhaps because I'm a Leo, too) that Obama is willing to do this thankless job for the sheer need to lead and make a difference. With the mess he'll inherit, miracles are a bit much to hope for, but leadership isn't.
new hampshire has gone completely blue. i'm so proud.
"in New England there are no republicans left in the congress"
YES
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