{"id":829,"date":"2009-01-21T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scaredpoet.com\/wordpress\/?p=829"},"modified":"2009-01-21T13:31:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T18:31:51","slug":"the-change-not-everyone-believes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scaredpoet.com\/blog\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"The Change not everyone believes in"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So finally, the 8-year-long nightmare has ended<\/a>. Yesterday, I breathed a sigh of relief. And while I realize that a nightmare that long still has a significant aftermath, at least I’m not screaming inside anymore.<\/p>\n

Still, while Obama takes the White House with the one of the highest approval ratings of an incoming President,<\/a> there’s still some bitter boobs out there who are using the internet to spew some pretty wild ultraconservative banter. I personally don’t want to link any of these sites because, well, I find them idiotic and giving them direct web traffic is not something I find worthy of doing, but just do a Google search for “Nobama” and you’ll see what I’m talking about. <\/p>\n

You find such gems as this fine comment in one such discussion (all typos and grammatical errors kept intact)<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I cannot stand the sight of his arrogant face. I refuse to watch anything about him. I am to the point of denouncing my citizen ship. He is NOT my president, I did NOT vote for him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember when conservatives were getting all up in a huff<\/a> when some liberals were proclaiming they’d do the exact same thing? Yeah, so much for being more Patriotic than the liberals, eh? I guess all that talk about being Patriotic Americans regardless of who is in office was all just puffery. And I suppose threatening to renounce your citizenship is only treason when you’re a liberal,<\/a> but perfectly acceptable speech when you’re a conservative.<\/p>\n

All in all, it seems like the conservatives who have butthurt over President<\/strong> Obama are having the same anger and resentment quite a few of us felt about 8 years ago. As someone who survived it, let me offer some soothing words of comfort: don’t worry, my friends<\/a>. You’ll get over it eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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