When I saw the concession speech by McCain I was particularly impressed with the shots of the gathered McCain supporters. Many of them looked stunned and lost - bereft of whatever it was that kept them hanging onto the mindset of aged, outdated beliefs.
Something shifted in the election process and it is clear that we have moved beyond the old paradigm. It is a time of amazing movement and opportunity. There is no room for the old hatreds. It just doesn't make sense to expend that kind of energy when we have a whole new day ahead.
I think the way the Republican party behaved these past several years abhorant and inconsistent with the future I would like to see.
But at some point, we also need to model ourselves what we want to see in the world. Bashing a group of people who know only fear and hatred of anyone that does not agree with their philosophy does not promote the future that we elected to come into being.
I think that it is a tribute to our compassion that we have the capacity to reach out to those who were so vehemently opposed to Obama and understand that in times of great change, there are always those who do not have the same vision.
My hope is that we can truly be the change we want to see in the world.
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Date: 2008-11-07 03:16 am (UTC)When I saw the concession speech by McCain I was particularly impressed with the shots of the gathered McCain supporters. Many of them looked stunned and lost - bereft of whatever it was that kept them hanging onto the mindset of aged, outdated beliefs.
Something shifted in the election process and it is clear that we have moved beyond the old paradigm. It is a time of amazing movement and opportunity. There is no room for the old hatreds. It just doesn't make sense to expend that kind of energy when we have a whole new day ahead.
I think the way the Republican party behaved these past several years abhorant and inconsistent with the future I would like to see.
But at some point, we also need to model ourselves what we want to see in the world. Bashing a group of people who know only fear and hatred of anyone that does not agree with their philosophy does not promote the future that we elected to come into being.
I think that it is a tribute to our compassion that we have the capacity to reach out to those who were so vehemently opposed to Obama and understand that in times of great change, there are always those who do not have the same vision.
My hope is that we can truly be the change we want to see in the world.