That Pennsylvania quote about the angry people clinging to guns and religion is justified. Only Pittsburgh and Philadelphia can be counted on to vote Democratic. Every small town and rural area of PA helped elect someone I consider a monster, for governor. I will probably move in the next year. I can't stand it.

Between my computer being down, my move, and the kid's move, I have had little time for reading posts. I do truly believe we have a lot of people who are just too ignorant to see through the lies. We can blame a lot of that on the fact that we program our children to believe that adults (i.e., teachers, parents, neighbors, etc.) are all-knowing and wise; therefore, we should never question them. In an effort to teach my students when I was a teacher, that even teachers make mistakes, I would occasionally deliberately make a misstatement. If a student caught me, he got an extra "100" averaged into his grade that nine weeks. You would be surprised how rarely someone questioned anything I said.

So, who do we blame when adults swallow everything that comes out of Beck's, Limbaugh's or Palin's mouth as gospel. I once had a woman tell me that she and her husband wouldn't know what the real truth was were it not for Glenn Beck. It is so sad when adults are so dumb that they cannot discern what is truth and what is propoganda.

No wonder people like Hitler can brainwash entire nations.

I read your post and LOVED what you had to say and the way you said it.

I am distressed as well. People don't want facts. They are like the old
woman in the beauty shop that said she didn't want the govt. messing in her health care. She already had it like most senior citizens. We are going to have gridlock and no cooperation.

I lived in California 30 years. After this election I am so PROUD of California voters. The election surged west and when it reached the CA border, the hero voters of my former state rose up and put a stop to the right-wingnut madness!

I looked up the quote -- it's from a fund-raising speech in San Francisco: "You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." He told it like it is. Every word is true. They're killing the messenger.

The election results in my home state weren't as bad as I'd feared they would be, meaning that the majority of the voters voted like I did, but I know what you mean, it is very frustrating. The nasty campaigns and now all the junk the pundits are dishing out have left a bad taste and it will take awhile to get over it, if we ever do.

I will acknowledge my presence with a , but I won't comment on it, as I know nothing at all about the government procedures you have there. (It is quite simple with us Brits, you see it doesn't matter 'who' we vote for, they all do the same thing once they are in office - nothing)

Hm...perhaps I could have ranted a few days ago without fear.

I always feel funny commenting on political posts because I'm not an American and our systems are similar but not the same...same as our issues.

I will, however, say that I really enjoyed this post and reading the comments, too.Oh, and your family values comment made me giggle.

It's annoying. I wish I knew how to fix things...

I couldn't have said it better. Thank you expressing exactly what I'm feeling.

What can I say.All said there.Great post and hope that more people read this to get the understanding of whats going on.The president should stop apologizing and forgiving.Why!does he has to do this.He is doing a great job that Bush left him in the office.Yes,most people are stupid and not paying any attention what he is trying to do.

Dis you read redimpala's post about 'what did you fix today'--it really is about how stupid Americans are.

The most interesting comment by a republicrat leader was when Mitch O'Connell said their number one priority was the defeat President Obama in 2012, instead of creating jobs for the unemployed voters who gave them their "victory." That shows you their true color is not red, but black.

I caught up on all of your posts- the Chinese restaurant and the almond tree. I feel like you too. Hate and lies influenced these elections- and complete ignorance. I agree with you on that!

Agree with all you've said and I have been so saying as well, including to my "going nowhere" diatribes to MSNBC and its pundits. Then in his answer to my comment, Jeremy says he doesn't believe the electorate is stupid. To put the kindest face on it of all, they are uninformed. Most damning is that they are all too eager to believe in right wing rhetoric because it feeds their victimhood which makes them feel martyred and justified. That's why the right succeeds -- it feeds infantile emotions.

I too, felt confused about the results.... You cant fix in 2 years all that is destroyed the 8 years before that.... In my opinion Obama need more support, some results however are not visible yet but he is doing a good job I think