However, given that both candidates represented hope and historic opportunity to roughly equal halves of the population, it was inevitable that a vast number of people would be left feeling intensely disappointed and perhaps even resentful. We have seen a lot of understandable and, to some, even justifiable anger expressed on TV about Clinton's loss.
Doesn't this sound like a case where Spider-Woman needs to swoop in with Radical Forgiveness to save them all from a terrible case of victimitis? (Spider-Woman became a Radical Forgiveness Coach last year, but she's keeping it a secret.) After all, you put disappointment, anger and resentment together and you'll get a pretty strong brew of victim consciousness, right? And we (as well as Spider-Woman), know the antidote to that, don't we?
On the assumption that the people on our mailing list reflect the general population, we can imagine that half of you might be Democrats and the other half Republicans. Of the half who lean Democratic lets say one third were backing Hillary, and one third for Obama. The other third we might consider politically disengaged. (A lot of spiritual people are, unfortunately, but that's another issue.)
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Excellent article, Colin!
I don’t feel I need to complete a worksheet on the political race between Obama and Hillary, though I know a number of people who do. Some women I know believe that because Hillary is female, she should be automatically given the chance. Says who? I don’t believe in entitlement. We all have to “earn” our success. She worked hard…no one can deny that and in the end, it was not meant to be. At least not right now.
With political races in particular, I always hope that the candidate best qualified for the job will be nominated and/or elected. Of course, that’s often not true. That’s sad, but one can dream. Hillary’s camp made mistakes, Obama made a few too. I think ultimately it is less about the male/female, black/white thing (though there is that of course) and more about the message delivered. Yes, Hillary has experience. But she has baggage also and I'm certain that a lot of people will remember the healthcare boondoggle.
It seems to me that there is just something about Obama’s message that resonates with people, especially young people. We should celebrate that he’s woken some people from their coma's and inspired them to get involved. People want change! Unfortunately Hillary’s husband was probably more of a hindrance than help to her in achieving her goal.
Many of us are totally fed up with ineffective governmental leaders and more of the same ole...well, you know...year after year. Obama may not be as experienced, but the possibility that we could go from Bush to Clinton to Bush to Clinton was not a palatable idea.
As for me, I hadn’t totally decided who I was supporting. For once, I was really listening carefully and observing both sides. I'm betting I'm not the only one, so if nothing else the Obama/Clinton race was interesting enough to cause people to pay attention.
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