Why haven’t I been able to celebrate Obama’s historic victory, either here or personally?
Partly, I guess, it’s the exhaustion that follows a great release of tension. I couldn’t believe that America would elect George Bush in 2000, and I was shocked that he was re-elected in 2004. I’ve been angry and frightened for eight years, and I was desperately afraid of eight more. That won’t go away overnight, nor will the rage I still feel at being called anti-American, unChristian, and “socialist” for seeing what everyone now knows: the Bush administration was heinously wrong about, basically, everything.
I need to heal from that anger, I guess. I agree with Obama that we are all real Americans, and I deeply believe that we need everyone to participate in the solutions to our current problems. I know that doing a taunting “in your face” victory dance won’t get us closer to that vision — but maybe I need a little more time to, as they told us in 2000, “get over it.”
If it is negative feelings and depression, then yes one needs to work on the root feelings, which may not be very clear as to source and emotional logic.
If it is just tired, or let down, well almost all emotional activity, motivations are effort, and up on the tide, a bit of ebb is to be expected.
I do not think we exactly have a good word, for the moment when we start looking to see how much clay, the feet are or how much moon cheese we have imagined in our mouse hunger.
I have been thinking however, about some verses to an attack political song against Ms. Palin…now that it would have no particular value?
“the snow mo bile hymn”
les
November 6th, 2008
… how much moon cheese we have imagined in our mouse hunger.
That’s actually profoundly beautiful. Mind if I borrow it for the title of my (imaginary) novel?
Satchel
November 6th, 2008
I for one have always loved that whole “you ain’t a Christian unless you’re a Republican” line. Being called a traitor, un-American, and a satanic socialist were like the cherries on top.
Angel
November 7th, 2008