“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? “ II Cor 6:14
It has been a wonderful week in politics.
Our country in my opinion has done something remarkable.
Unfortunately, many of the Republicans are too busy eating each other to notice.
John McCain gave a very gracious concession speech. I’m inclined to also take him at his word, that he will be a great help to this new President and will put service to his country first. If he had chosen to run his campaign in the same way, the results might have been different.
The Republicans appear committed to the path of self-destruction in their zeal to blame this loss on anyone but themselves. Sarah Palin has been the focus through much of this week with some really horrendous things coming from cowardly anonymous sources. I was not a Palin fan, but she certainly doesn’t deserve the blame either.
The conservative wing of the party is claiming that the loss is because the party just wasn’t conservative enough. Perhaps a public stoning of a gay person might have given the party a better opportunity to separate the apostate moderates from the real conservatives.
The moderates look at what they thought was their party and don’t recognize any of the people or the policies.
All the while, everyone is claiming to be to true decedent of Ronald Reagan.
Then there is the specter of Joe Lieberman – the man without a party. The Democrats don’t need him anymore because they have a majority. They also don’t want him because he actively campaigned for John McCain. The Republicans are having a tough time welcoming back John McCain, much less Joe Lieberman. Poor Joe. But he is going to suffer the consequences of the choices that he has made which will make both Republicans and Democrats happy for different reasons.
While all this is going on, President-elect Obama is getting about the business of the country and enjoying the support of conservatives and liberals.
He needs that and our prayers.