So I watched John McCain's concession speech after sifting through the national tallies and the local poll results (Way to go Lawrence! You supported public transportation by 70%! Ya-hoo!), and watching Obama's acceptance speech.
The man who conceded the election to the first president-elect of color, who called for unity, who spoke of his pride for Obama as an American, and for his pride in America, that is the man I remember thinking of as a great Republican candidate for president. The man who blamed himself for the failings of his campaign, who hushed the crowd in consternation when they booed Obama (frightful), that's guy I defended back in April, who I thought would fight a good campaign, who would talk about issues, who would stand by his record of election reform and calls for an ethical campaign.
Where was that guy these past few months? I have no fucking idea. And I am deeply disappointed that he failed to show up, and allowed his campaign flunkies and that lipsticked pit bull of a running mate turn on the hate-mongering, lie-spewing machine that makes the Republican party seems so distasteful.
He totally sold out. I hope he's thinking about that, and thinking about the damage he's done, and maybe — just maybe — he's thinking about what he can do to fix it.
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