Road ahead will have some bumps

Saw this on a Facebook status comment and thought I'd share because it was in response to a posting about being calm and respectable examples regardless of who won the election.

Not good...

Name Withheld at 9:18pm November 5
Sounds nice in some place other than the south. Today at school there were bomb threats, shooting threats and 300 kids checking out because of fear!!! To top it off being taunted by those whose candidate did win and no one--administation and teachers did nothing. I was on the campus for 45 minutes and yelled at 6 times. The things that were said were rude and racial. If the shoe was on the other foot--Jesse Jackson would be here tonight! This is out of control if you ask me. I wish for one minute that others could see what it is like here!!!!

Kudos to Hilary Clinton

Actually, I can't believe I'm writing this entry, but some things must be acknowledged.

I received this automatic email from CNN on Saturday:

-- Hilary Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Barack Obama for president

I've not been a Hilary fan, but can anyone deny that this woman can fight, endure, debate, defend, etc. with the best of them? She really is quite the contender!

It is also refreshing that we are in a point in time where black, white, women, men, Hispanic, Mormon, war hero, UFO believer, evangelical, old, young, etc. can all run for president. Granted, some of these (race, gender, age) are things that we have no control over. In fact, I've decided that I should select someone to vote based upon things they choose for themselves and not what they are/are not born with, but even so it is great that this barrier has either been overcome or is in process.

So, even though I'm more likely than most people I know to vote Republican, kudos to Hilary for a fight well fought and the will to keep going even when I would talk to the tv and tell her to give it up. Maybe I should stop listening to the naysayers in my life and take some advice from her.