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Ok, we are all still walking on sunshine a week and a half after Barack Obama's victory, but the Flying monkey right are knee deep in their own filth. There is Rush Limbaugh claiming "we are in a Obama recession". Sean Hannity still cannot get through a sentence without mentioning William Ayers, Republican Congress people speak vile comments of the President-Elect Obama, and even my old friend at First Friday is doing everything he can to keep his head on. While none of this is surprising, it is sad to see the amount of hate out of the American people.

While I suspected the knuckle-dragging cheerleaders to make claims like (insert snarky voice)"It is the liberal medias fault!" and "He wouldn't have won if he wasn't black" or "He's a Marxist". It is the American people who are frightening me. I have personally been threatened for my t-shirt or hat by guys who could kick me so hard I would not land until 2012, so I would miss all the "Change". Or take the Mississippi middle school faculty who kicked two young boys off a school bus for mentioning Barack Obama's name, or the kids suggesting Barack Obama should be assassinated, or the teacher's aide who a classroom that Barack Obama "will be assassinated". Or better yet, the New Jersey supporters of Barack Obama who woke in the morning to find a burning cross on their lawn. Many of us were fortunate to have been raised by parents who preached tolerance and not hate, however it does not appear all of us were.

As I said, this is expected for the GOP's ankle biters like Ann Coulter or First Friday, because they hear the count on the mat. Should Mark Begich of Alaska unseat convicted thug Senator Ted Stevens, should Al Franken defeat Republican lap dog Senator Norm Coleman in Minnesota and put a peoples Senator back in Paul Wellstone's seat, and in Georgia, the runoff is favoring Democrat Jim Martin over Senator Saxby Chambliss. That would be the end of the Republican Party for the foreseeable future. They are scared, and they have scared the Republican voters into a regressive state of mind. As we all saw, much of this was stoked by the McCain/Palin campaign.

If I had the patience or time, I would reach out to every voter who carries some hate for African-Americans, Gays and Lesbians, Liberals, and immigrants or President-Elect Obama, I offer them this...Many whites who helped slaves escape through the underground railroad gave their lives for the opportunity to show that Thomas Paine's writings that "mankind is inherently good" was correct, the can be said for the straight men and women protesting alongside gays and lesbians against Prop 8 in California. The "liberals" that have stood up to it's own Government in protest of Guantanamo Bay or torture, do it because it is morally correct. The roads Barack Obama has taken on his way to the White House should be filled with admiration. For those of us who recognize the issues we face within our own country, and the problems infecting our Government, I am sure the likes of Lincoln, MLK, Jefferson, Paine, FDR, and RFK are smiling down on us.