Notes:
1. My 6th Grade daughter's language arts teacher would seriously mark this particular diatribe down for spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
2. I've come to the conclusion that a sign of political narcissism is the constant portrayal of the Current Struggle as The Most Important Election Ever. Both parties (esp. on the fringe) are guilty of this. Not to say that elections aren't in fact important, but the perspective of age allows one to see that every election is portrayed as The Most Important Election Ever, sometimes by people with something ideological to sell, sometimes by people who want to feel important about being part of a cause to Win The Most Important Election Ever.
3. As part of #2, I am fairly well convinced that the United States can survive four, and even eight, years of any given president. We did it with Bush, after all (without any usurpation of power, martial law declaration, etc.). Folks who claim that only armed revolt (or flight from the country) can result from a given person's election are not only lacking in perspective, they are probably guilty of the rhetorical sins in #2.
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I don't like the man but I don't think it's time for armed revolution, yet.
I tend to think of Armed Revolution as an extreme case. And if I didn't think it was justified last administration, it's certainly not justified now.
On a related note, have I mentioned how tired I am of the "THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN OUR LIFETIMES, IF NOT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE" rhetoric?