I want to comment about how the “business” of getting people elected interferes with getting the best people elected.I want to continue expressing my concern that Citizen United is an unethical and immoral abuse of financial power that is even making CEOs feel comfortable threatening their employees with actions the company might take if a particular candidate is elected.However, I see the comments being made require a more important comment.Dear Liberal Commentators,The Democratic party is supposed to be the party of compassion, compromise, and social justice. STOP GLOATING!!! You not only make yourselves and other democrats look bad, you make those you need to stand with you even more angry and uncooperative than before.There will always be things on which we cannot agree, but if we are going to move ahead on things with which we do agree, we need to do so with Respect.If Romney had won, I would have been sad and concerned. I would have returned to these forums expressing hopes we would be able to work together over the next four years and I would congratulate the efforts our conservatives neighbors made to get their candidate elected. I did that when W. Bush was elected, and was prepared to do it now. Please treat your neighbors with the respect you want shown to yourselves. I hope Howgozit, Ansonia, Tigger, Ima, and others find the next four years to be less awful than they expect. If it is awful for them, it is most likely because it is awful for all of us. We need a bipartisan government and a united people.Respectfully,C.
I want to comment about how the “business” of getting people elected interferes with getting the best people elected.I want to continue expressing my concern that Citizen United is an unethical and immoral abuse of financial power that is even making CEOs feel comfortable threatening their employees with actions the company might take if a particular candidate is elected.However, I see the comments being made require a more important comment.Dear Liberal Commentators,The Democratic party is supposed to be the party of compassion, compromise, and social justice. STOP GLOATING!!! You not only make yourselves and other democrats look bad, you make those you need to stand with you even more angry and uncooperative than before.There will always be things on which we cannot agree, but if we are going to move ahead on things with which we do agree, we need to do so with Respect.If Romney had won, I would have been sad and concerned. I would have returned to these forums expressing hopes we would be able to work together over the next four years and I would congratulate the efforts our conservatives neighbors made to get their candidate elected. I did that when W. Bush was elected, and was prepared to do it now. Please treat your neighbors with the respect you want shown to yourselves. I hope Howgozit, Ansonia, Tigger, Ima, and others find the next four years to be less awful than they expect. If it is awful for them, it is most likely because it is awful for all of us. We need a bipartisan government and a united people.Respectfully,C.