More on the election

My sister sent around one of those emails where you answer questions and then send it to your friends and then they answer those questions . . . it had nothing to do with the election, but . . .

One of her friends answered the question: What did you do last night? With this: "The usual stuff at home, watched election results and was SO happy,proud, excited and full of hope I thought I'd pee myself !!!!"

Well that just pissed me off.

In the first place the stupid woman hit "reply all" and sent it to everyone my sister had sent it to. Second, my sister wanted McCain to win so I thought her reply was kind of a slap in the face - rude actually.

This was the email I sent back to my sister:

I have a question. Why would she be proud that someone was elected president? She’s proud that people voted for a black man? How shallow is that? I would have preferred people voted for experience and because they thought the person would be a great president instead of looks. PEOPLE!

I know, she’s your friend and she didn’t mean to send this to everyone but still.

Wait a minute, I know, she’s proud because everyone got off their lazy butts and voted. They did that, not because they were voting for color, they did it because they thought he would make a great president.

Oh my . . . I’m old and cranky. What’s that other word? Jaded, I’m jaded.

And I’m right. White people voted for him to prove they weren’t prejudiced and black people voted because they were excited someone who looked like them had a chance to make it into office.

Maybe the country will survive his presidency. Maybe better than that, maybe it will be better. Hopefully he’ll be great. I pray so. (I really am praying so.)

Then the next person who looks different can win on their experience and what they bring to the office instead of what they look like.

That is what I sent her.

I mean, this is how I really feel. If I thought for a second that he had the experience, the knowledge and the judgement, well then, I would have preferred him over McCain because of his youth. The problem is that I just don't see it - and I've researched all I could. I can't find anything that qualifies him to be President. Well, other than he obviously knows how to network. He very obviously speaks well. He has some highly placed people behind him to get him this far this fast.

I just hope those people have good intentions toward the United States.

THAT is what worries me.